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As one of the great gardens of the world located just 30 miles outside of Philadelphia, Longwood Gardens is rooted in a steadfast mission of excellence in horticulture, education, and the arts. Across our many departments, each and every staff member creates the magic that makes our Gardens distinctive. Our team of dynamic professionals is what sets us apart, and our spirit of legacy, innovation, and opportunity is what guides us. While beauty is our heart, our people are our soul.

Longwood Gardens is seeking a Floriculture Head Grower to lead the floriculture team and manage the production planning of the notable and iconic seasonal plants featured in our indoor and outdoor displays. Additional responsibilities include:

• Directing all aspects of the seasonal crop production process including management, budgeting, defining crop culture requirements, planning space utilization, plant sourcing, and customizing production schedules using our crop database.

• Overseeing contractually grown plant production.

• Leading the coordination and communication across Floriculture Production and Display Design teams to ensure that timelines and design specifications are consistently met.

Internationally recognized for innovative, dynamic horticultural displays, our gardens consist of both formal and informal gardens and landscapes designed by Longwood’s Founder Pierre S. du Pont and some of the greatest landscape and garden designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Longwood currently welcomes 1.5 million guests a year. The person in this role will be arriving at a pivotal moment, Longwood has just embarked on the most ambitious capital project in a century, Longwood Reimagined: A New Garden Experience: https://longwoodgardens.org/longwood-reimagined . The target opening date for these new garden spaces is 2024.

We seek a motivating leader inspired by growing plants in extraordinary ways with extensive experience in floriculture production and crop planning, combined with a background growing a diverse range of high-quality floriculture crops in different growing environments. The ideal candidate will have:

• A Bachelors’ Degree in Horticulture or correlative floriculture production experience

• A minimum of 5 years of growing a diversity of floriculture crops across a range of finished specifications within a public garden or horticulture operation.

• Excellent verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills

• Experience leading, training, mentoring and guiding staff, students, and volunteers.

• Proficiency in scheduling crops and working with production planning systems.

• Expertise across a wide range of greenhouse designs and systems technology

Successful applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Exceptions to the COVID vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons.

Longwood Gardens is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity, equality, and inclusion strengthen our institution and the world around us.

Job Type: Full-time

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