Floral Manager

Weatherlow Farms; Westport (MA); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Weatherlow Farms in Westport, MA is seeking an experienced flower farmer to manage its existing floral program. The role covers agricultural, administrative and design duties and requires leadership of field crews and coordination with wholesale, retail and event design work.

You will supervise seeding, harvest, bouquet production and online/ecommerce outreach, while maintaining strong relationships with customers and supporting farm store events.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a floriculture program from seed to sale.
• Ability to organize harvest and post-harvest handling for wholesale and events.
• Supervisory experience and customer-facing outreach.

Responsibilities

• Agricultural duties: inventory seeds, plant plans, crop maintenance, irrigation, trellising, weeding and mulching.
• Administrative duties: hire and supervise workers, maintain wholesale/retail accounts, grow customer base, run outreach.
• Design duties: organize bouquet production for on-farm and off-site events, manage hardgoods and client communication.

Job description

Weatherlow Farms, founded in 2014, is seeking an experienced flower farmer to manage its existing successful floral program. Candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the business including agricultural, administrative and design duties.

Full Time salaried position starting at $62,500

35+ Hours (November to March), 45+ Hours (April thru October).

Agricultural duties will include:

• Inventory and order seeds, tubers, and other plant materials.
• Generate and execute seeding and planting plans.
• Direct crop maintenance, including irrigation and trellising and weeding and mulching.
• Organize and execute the harvest and post harvest handling of all florals, for wholesale, retail and design work.

Administrative duties will include:

• Manage and hire workers to assist with field and harvest and design tasks.
• Maintain current customer base, including wholesale and retail and event design accounts, as well as grow these bases.
• Organize and execute outreach to new customers through social media, newsletters, and other channels.
• Develop new, and maintain existing, online/ecommerce platforms for wholesale/retail.

Design duties will include:

• Organize and execute bouquet production for retail needs, on farm and elsewhere.
• Inventory, organize and order hardgoods for event design.
• Create floral design proposals for on-farm events and all associated client communication.
• Coordinate harvest for, and the creation of, all floral design work for on farm events.

About Weatherlow Farms

Weatherlow Farms raises the highest quality grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork, poultry and eggs in the seaside town of Westport, MA. We grow a curated selection of flowers and foliage for weddings and special events. All is cared for employing environmentally sustainable and socially responsible practices which focus on the special relationship between land, animal and food. We have a boutique farm store and host farm events throughout the year - including farm-to-table dinners, workshops, weddings, as well as private dinners and cocktail parties.