•  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:

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).

 

Summer Adventure Program  Agri-Tourism Coordinator Description: This is a part-time seasonal contract position from spring to fall that involves a wide range of activities throughout our varied seasons.  Marketing plan development and execution, event planning and execution,  and implementation of farm fun and festival operations for Prairie Gardens agri-tourism operations.  Please send a resume, or call for more information - 780.921.2272  Requirements:  Marketing experience or education Event planning experience or education Microsoft Office proficiency Public relations experience or education Birthday party planning Driver's license  Agri-Tourism Adventure Guide Summer (June - August) Love being outdoors, strawberries, and having fun?  Help our U-Pickers have fun out in the strawberry feilds, learn about our on-farm food services, summer tours, on-farm festivals, assist customers with horticultural questions, and our horticultural operations. Part time hours available on weekdays or weekends. 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. 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) from September 15th (First Aid Training)– October 31 have your own transportation to and from Prairie Gardens. be available for School Tour Guide Training starting September 15th, 2009.