Experienced Plantscape Non Canabis Horticultural Training Manager

Modern Floristry Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Opportunity for advancement

Job summary

Modern Floristry Inc. is seeking a full-time Horticultural Manager based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. You will lead the Plantscape team, develop training modules, and ensure high-quality plant care and installations that align with client specifications.

The role emphasizes supervision, schedule management, and ongoing education, with opportunities to advance within a design-focused, horticulture-driven business serving clients locally and nationally.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in horticulture, including plant care, soil and irrigation management, and pest and disease identification and organic pest management techniques.

Responsibilities

• This role requires supervising horticultural staff, coordinating schedules and workflows, training plant care staff, and ensuring designs meet client specifications and quality standards. The position combines office, administrative duties with on-site plant care and team training.

Skills

Horticulture expertise

Supervisory experience

Project coordination

Client collaboration

Physical stamina

Sustainable horticulture practices

Education

Relevant education in horticulture/botany or related field

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement

About the job

Company Description Modern Floristry is a Los Angeles-based company specializing in thoughtfully tailored floral, plant, and visual designs. The team creates custom concepts for fresh floral arrangements, live plants, and gardens that support a wide range of clients and special events. Services span design, installation, and ongoing maintenance, ensuring spaces remain vibrant and visually cohesive. Modern Floristry combines artistic vision with horticultural expertise to deliver high-quality, detail-oriented experiences for clients throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area, nationally and World wide.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. The Horticultural Manager will collaborate closely with our Senior Plantscape team to focus on training, continuing education and reinforced technique for our Plantscape Associates, grow and develop our Plantscape Tech teams to execute installations, optimize care practices, recognize overall plant health, develop an aesthetic eye to ensure installations always look clean, healthy and polished. Day-to-day responsibilities include managing supervising horticultural staff, coordinating schedules and workflows, training hosting and leading plant care training and developing continuing education modules and testing program to ensure superior knowledge and engagement and ensuring designs meet client specifications and quality standards. This job includes office, administrative and on site plant care with individual teams to perform on site training, evaluation of accounts and assist with elevating project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in horticulture, including plant care, soil and irrigation management, and pest and disease identification and organic pest management techniques.
• Strong organizational and supervisory skills, with experience leading teams, delegating tasks, and managing schedules.
• Ability to manage project timelines and budgets, coordinate logistics, and maintain accurate inventory and records.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills for working with clients, designers, vendors, and internal team members.
• Comfort with physically demanding on-site work, including lifting, standing for extended periods, and working in varied indoor and outdoor environments.
• Knowledge of sustainable and environmentally responsible horticultural practices is highly beneficial.
• Relevant education or training in horticulture, botany, landscape design, or a related field preferred; equivalent practical experience considered.
• Experience in event production, hospitality, or high-end residential/commercial installations is a plus.