Fall Jobs at Prairie Gardens
The award-winning Prairie Gardens has been recognized across Alberta for its innovative Garden Centre, Corn Maze, and Haunting Season. Each year thousands visit from far and wide to learn about the spook-tacular Prairie Gardens.
This excitement is due in no small part to our amazing staff with their enthusiastic energy, genuine smiles, hard work and unparalleled dedication. These are the most fun jobs - ever!
Please call 780.921.2272. Bring your resume to 56311 Lily Lake Road, Bon Accord, or send your resume Fax 780.921.2398, or contact us.
Prairie Gardens is located 1 km from Bon Accord, AB. Bon Accord, Canada, and is 25 km North of Edmonton on 97 St. (HWY 28). Our address is 56311 Lily Lake Road, Sturgeon County.
FALL SCARE-CREW - Apply For a Job Today!
- Tour Bookings Co-ordinator - (Educational Tours) September to October
- Educational Field Trip Guides (10 positions)
- Birthday Party Fun Coordinator
- Maze Masters
- Haunted Attractions (Haunted House, Corn Maze)
- Live Shows (Strolling Characters, Make-up Artists, Puppeteers)
- Operations (Parking, Maintenance, Greeters, Kids Area, Mazes)
- On-site Sales (Admissions, Farm Shop, Trick or Treat Cabin)
- Food Services (Pumpkin Pie Café, Corn Palace Concession, Snack Jack Treats, Ice Cream Stoop)
Scare-Crew Details
Prairie Gardens Haunted Pumpkin Festival
Job Period: September 15 to November 1
Weekends on Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-6pm including
Thanksgiving Monday 10am-6pm
Requirements:
In order to work on our Scare-Crew you must:
- be 15 years of age by October 1st, 2009.
- be available to work weekends from the last weekend of September the last weekend of October 2009
- have your own transportation to and from Prairie Gardens.
- be available for Ghoul School Training starting on September 20th, 2009
- or have food service industry experience.
Haunted Attractions
Description: The Haunted Attractions Scare-Crew is assigned to The Haunted Farm House, the Pumpkin Cannon, where guests shoot pumpkins out of an air cannon. These pirates use a variety of props, costumes and scare techniques to entertain and frighten guests.
Live Shows
Description: The Live Shows Fall Crew includes Strolling Characters, Puppeteers, and Face Paint Make-up Artists. Strolling characters entertain the crowds during opening hours. They also spend time with our birthday parties during their visit to Prairie Gardens. Puppeteers perform our puppet show and entertain the crowds between shows while strolling with the puppets. Our make-up artists transform children into festive creatures with face paints. Pumpkin Races are fun and interactive shows that require the skills of a charismatic 'cheater' referee!
Operations
Description: The Operations Fall-Crew includes Tractor Operators, Maintenance and Creative Crew, Parking, and Custodial Attendants. Our friendly energetic parking attendants greet and park cars in our parking lot. Our custodial staff ensures that the site looks pristine for the many visitors to Prairie Gardens. Tractor operators provide safe and fun wagon rides, and maintenance and creative helps set the scenes, animatronics operations, and on-site set building.
Guest Relations, On-Site Sales & Craft Programs
Description: Our guest relations staff works at the admission booth, or as greeters at the front gate. Birthday Party / Group Use Fun Coordinator keeps birthdays well...fun! Onsite sales staff work in the Boo-Tique or Trick or Treat Cabin selling pumpkins and Halloween décor. Craft programs include painting pumpkins and craft building stations. Extra fun includes 'Fishin' Ponds, Pirate's Pull, and Dragon's Treasure stations. Maze Masters are the Knights of the corn - finding lost souls, and keeping the corn safe.
Food Services
Description: The Food Services Fall-Crew includes Pumpkin Pie Café, Snack Jacks, the Corn Palace, and the Ice Cream Stoop. The Fall-Crew in each of these locations would be responsible for preparing and selling scrumptious Halloween Food.
Requirements:
- Prior experience in Food Service is an asset, but not necessary.
- Food Safe Handling Certificates an asset
Educational Tour Guides (Weekdays September - October)
Description: Our Educational Tour Guides work Monday – Friday 9am-3pm guiding pre-booked school groups and daycares through the wonders of the harvest season. The children learn about how pumpkins grow, watch a puppet show and take a tour of the pumpkin patch on the wagon ride. Older grades learn about the mazes and explore our a variety of mazes, petting farm, and games area during their visit.
Requirements:
In order to work on our Educational Tours Fall-Crew you must:
- be available to work Monday to Friday (9am-3pm)
- attend the St. Johns First Aid Training 1 day course we offer in mid September
- have your own transportation to and from Prairie Gardens.
- be available for School Tour Guide Training starting September 15th, 2009.
Tour Booking Co-ordinator
Description: This is a part-time seasonal contract position in customer service with administrative support for the fall education programs. It involves booking educational tours, birthday parties and corporate company picnics to assist with the implementation of farm fun and festival operations for Prairie Gardens Haunted Pumpkin Festival. This position is fun, challenging, and provides excellent experience in the tourism/travel sector.
Position is Now Filled
Requirements:
- Excellent communication and telephone skills
- Detail oriented, administrative support experience
- Event planning experience or education
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Customer service experience or education
- Birthday party planning
- Driver's license
Prairie Garden's Gardening Season
Join Our Spring & Summer Crews!
Please send your resume through 'Contact us' or call 780.921.2272 for more information.
Jobs in Spring and Summer
Love working with plants and people? Horticultural and agri-tourism operations including greenhouse crop production, retail sales, watering, plant displays, and customer service. Summer and fall operations include mazes, festivals, and the famous Haunted Pumpkin Festival.
Spring Garden Centre Program
- Hanging Basket Specialist (Jaunary - June)
Experience in creating hanging baskets, propagation, planting, and basket managment. This is our specialty! We work with Proven Winners, rare and unusual plants, and create designer originals.
- Greenhouse Assistants (February - June)
Enjoy gardening, and would love to learn more about how to grow cool plants for Alberta conditions? We will teach you how to plant, pinch, and sell flowers! You can extend your season with us if you have an interest in our agri-tourism operation.
- Garden Centre Assistants Sales (April - June)
Enjoy people and plants? Assist with garden centre sales and growing plants in our peak spring sales season. This is a short-term committment with time off for the summer holidays.
Requirements:
Spring Greenhouse and Garden Centre Operations:
- enjoy gardening and people
- Weekdays - be available to work Monday to Friday (9am-3pm)
- Or Part-time Weekends / Evenings- be available weekends and / or evenings through May and June.
- Greenhouse, Garden Centre experience or horticultural training a requirment for lead positions.
- Driver's License
Agricultural Field Workers (Februay 1 - October 19th)
Workers required for horticultural and agricultural crops. Duties include greenhouse planting, watering, and field planting, weeding and harvesting of horticultural crops.
Wage: $8.50/hour.
Start Date: Feb 1.
End Date: Oct. 19.
Agricultural and Horticultural Production Operations
Requirements:
- Previous experience in agricultural / horticultural crop production is required (3 years).
Maze Masters
Summer to Fall (July, August, September, October)
Maze Masters! Always wished you had a job that you could tell folks to get lost? Have fun at the Corn Maze with maze operations, customer care, retail sales, phone services, guiding tours, hosting birthday parties, admissions, on-farm festivals, and our horticultural operations including selling the produce we grow! As the season moves from summer to fall, have fun being creative and help set up our festive scarecrows, fall scenes, and pumpkin paradise.