Landscaping, Horticulture, Gardening

Hiring: Native Plant Nursery and Landscape Technician
Business: Ontario Flora 
Dates: full or part time, now until 1st week of November
Location: Markdale, near Owen Sound, Ontario
Accomodation: The farm has accomodation available. Please indicate in your cover letter if you require housing as a part of contract.

Eligibility: See below
Date posted: August 21, 2026
Pay: From CA$19.00 per hour

Who we need:

Are you interested in wild plants, pollinators and eco-landscaping? Would you like to learn about bird, bee, animal friendly habitats, and plants? Would you love to work outdoors at an innovative social enterprise and native plant nursery? Look no further!

Our business:

Ontario Flora is a social enterprise that offers a native plant nursery, landscape design, environmental restoration. We bring people and nature together. We support and create community greening initiatives with wild plants. Our native plant nursery is located in Grey-Bruce north of Toronto. Our work can be throughout Southern Ontario.

Position Responsibilities:

• Potting up, splitting, plants, organizing and preparing plants for sale, moving plants from or to greenhouse, preparation for shipping plants to retailers or for customer pick ups, come mid May
• Although some candidates may be just beginning to learn native plants, we are looking for assistants who are eager to learn horticulture, and are interested to learn the basics of native plant horticulture
• We will work on native plant based landscape design projects, so, later spring, the candidate will help in garden areas and ecosystem restoration sites, residential gardens, and commercial and institutional locations as needed
• If landscape drafting is your skill you want to hone, if you have AutoCAD experience, we are able to offer job opportunities such as this to candidates, depending on individual skills and interests
• Later summer and fall assistance in collecting seed, drying and stratifying seed for nursery propagation
• Some planting installations may include the occasional short term out of Grey-Bruce projects, travel time paid and transportation provided

Qualifications and Experience:

• A candidate who is gaining skills in the following disciplines in school or in equivalent job experience is an asset but not required (Landscape Design, Architecture, Horticultural, Biology, Environmental Studies or Science, Agriculture, Landscaping, Gardening maintenance)
• Reliability, decision making and time management are needed
• No ‘hardscape’ construction is needed for the position however the ability to lift heavier landscape objects over 40 pounds is required
• Prior experience, familiarity, and interest in physical jobs outdoors in a variety of temperatures and weather is required
• Steel toe boots are required, some subsidy for purchase is given

Eligibility requirements:

Grant Positions 1 & 2
BIPOC youth under 30, or those with barriers to employment will be given preference for 1-2 positions for the year as a part of a federal government grant. This means those who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour. We are encouraging applicants to self identify if they have these and other barriers to employment.

Grant Position 2
Youth under 30, as a part of a federal government grant may also be selected

Position 3
All other candidates.

For these positions, the following applies:

• Have a valid Social Insurance Number, be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations

Job Type and Duration:

Full or Part Time (as negotiated) now until 1st week of November.

Accomodation:

The farm has accomodation available for employees. Please indicate in your cover letter if you require housing as a part of contract.

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 16 hours minimum, with flexibility for more hours negotiated through season.
Salary: $19.00 per hour
Application Closing: When ad is removed
Start Date: As soon as possible, when suitable candidate is found

APPLY

Please e-mail your resume and a brief covering letter, to:

c/o Claire Ellenwood
info@ontarioflora.ca
subject: Native Plant Nursery and Landscape Technician

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