Careers at Backyard Eats
We are not currently hiring for our Installation or Maintenance crews, but we’re always interested in connecting with talented individuals with a passion for edible gardening! See below for a more detailed job description.
If you would like to be considered for a position should one become available, please submit an interest form here:
Vegetable Garden Installation and/or Maintenance Crew
Join our team of professionals creating a new industry in Philadelphia! We design, install, and maintain attractive and functional gardens that yield high-quality fruit & produce in our clients’ backyards.
Our install crews build the gardens, and our maintenance team plants and maintains them. We call it full service food gardening, and it has allowed us to deliver successful gardening experiences and change lives for hundreds of clients in the Philadelphia area over the last 7 years.
We are looking to add to our team of builders and gardeners. If your skills, experiences, and interests are geared toward building, carpentry, or landscaping installation, you’ll be a fit for our installation team. If you have horticultural, plant management, or extensive amateur growing experience in edibles, you’ll be a good fit for our maintenance team.
This position is an opportunity to work alongside skilled craftsmen, designers, horticulturalists, and professional staff and management to aid in building a custom, high end product for appreciative clientele. You will learn a lot about working in a small, growing business, with all its associated fun & challenges, as you help co-invent Backyard Eats.
We value our employees and offer benefits such as monthly cell phone reimbursement. Tools other than than a cell phone will be provided.
Schedule
- Full-time
- Typically Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM*
- Seasonal, full-time
*some light weekend work during busiest months
Because we work outside, there is a chance weather would keep us from working, but there is typically plenty to do around the shop to prepare for the next job!
Job Activities
Installation and Maintenance roles differ significantly in their day-to-day responsibilities. However, there is some crossover: for example, when an installation is completed and needs to be planted, or when maintenance needs help with spring or summer planting.
Job Activities (Installation Team)
- Build exceptional quality raised bed gardens, including wood beds, fencing, gates, trellising, soil, and pathways
- Prepare and plant “foodscaping” installations such as orchards and food forests
- Communicate and collaborate with production team and job foreman
- Assist in inventory management, including ordering and preparation for future jobs
- Learn to identify key areas for added value and process improvement in the business
Job Activities (Maintenance Team)
- Care for nursery plants
- Plan annual vegetable gardens for clients
- Sow seeds and plant fruit and vegetable starts according to a predefined planting plan
- Maintain gardens with weeding, pruning, and training, and application of organic insect and fungal disease controls, and harvest produce
- Learn to identify pests & diseases, critter damage, understand the needs and growth habit of almost 100 varieties of vegetable crops, and understand watering and fertilizer needs
Requirements
- Heavy lifting (50+ lbs) and physical work in hot & cold conditions
- Valid driver’s license & ability to get to shop
- Passion for sharing the homegrown food experience with others
Learn More
Visit our website at www.backyard-eats.com
Visit us on instagram at backyardeatsPHL
We are not currently hiring for our Installation or Maintenance crews, but we’re always interested in connecting with talented individuals with a passion for edible gardening! See below for a more detailed job description.
If you would like to be considered for a position should one become available, please submit an interest form here: