Grower Assistant: Prospect Hill Flower Farm

FlowerGrowersDirectory.com; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Plenty of flowers

Job summary

Prospect Hill Flower Farm in Louisa County, Virginia is seeking a part-time Grower Assistant to join the team from March through November (or December), with 15–25 hours per week across two or three days.

You will prepare soil, plant, tend flowers, harvest crops, and make bouquets while providing friendly customer service at markets and direct sales channels. Outdoor work and reliable teamwork are essential; farming experience helps, but quick learners are welcome.

Qualifications

• Farm or nursery experience is preferred, but quick learners welcome.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work outdoors in all weather.
• Commitment to part-time schedule (15–25 hours/week) during March–November/December.

Responsibilities

• Prepare soil, sow seeds, transplant starts, weed beds, and manage crops.
• Harvest, process, and bouquet-making; support customer service and market sales.
• Attend farmers markets and assist with sales; coordinate with florists and designers.
• Maintain sustainable growing practices and engage with local farm networks.

Skills

Outdoor physical work

Customer service

Team collaboration

Willingness to learn

Job description

Prospect Hill Flower Farm is hiring a part-time grower assistant in Louisa County, Virginia. The role runs about 15 to 25 hours per week across two or three days and covers the March through November or December season, with work continuing beyond the season. The grower assistant prepares soil, plants and tends flowers, harvests crops, makes bouquets, and supports customer service.

Prospect Hill Flower Farm is a small cut flower farm with about two acres in production and more than 40 flower types. The farm uses sustainable growing practices and sells to local florists and designers in central Virginia. The role includes outdoor physical work, small-team collaboration, farmers market support, and a full-season commitment.

• Role: Grower Assistant
• Employer: Prospect Hill Flower Farm
• Location: Louisa County, Virginia
• Employment type: Part-time
• Pay: $15 to $17 per hour, commensurate with experience

Soil, Planting, And Crop Care

The grower assistant spreads compost, prepares soil, clears finished plants and beds, sows seeds, transplants starts, and weeds production areas. Fertilizing, pest and disease control, and high-tunnel management continue as crops develop. Hand tools and small equipment support the daily field work. Flower production also includes harvesting, processing, and bouquet-making. The assistant removes finished crops, keeps beds productive, and handles flowers after harvest so stems are ready for the farm's sales work. The position requires a positive, observant approach because crop problems need prompt attention. The role joins other Louisa County growers in a region where production work connects farms with florists, designers, and market customers.

Farmers Market And Customer Work

Prospect Hill Flower Farm attends the Farmers Market at St. Stephen's in Richmond several Saturday mornings per month from late March through October. The grower assistant helps with sales and customer service during those market shifts, adding a public-facing part to the field role. Customer conversations require clear information about flowers, bouquets, availability, and farm production. The farm also supplies local florists and designers through the River City Flower Exchange, so harvested product moves through both direct sales and professional floral channels. People connected with flower growers work across production, sales, and post-harvest handling. Prospect Hill Flower Farm's assistant role includes each of those practical stages without separating field work from the finished bouquet.

Physical Work And Seasonal Commitment

The position requires extended standing, repetitive tasks, lifting up to 50 pounds, and outdoor work in all weather. Soil, plants, tools, high tunnels, and market equipment are part of the daily environment. Farm or nursery experience is preferred, but the role also accepts applicants who learn quickly and bring dependable work habits. Farm operators must address field sanitation duties such as hand washing, restrooms, and potable water in covered operations, according to NC State farm safety guidance. Pesticide and crop-protection work also requires label-based handling, worker protections, and attention to restricted-entry rules under the EPA Worker Protection Standard. The full-season commitment runs from March through November or December, with work continuing beyond that period. The schedule is part-time rather than a fixed five-day week, and the farm assigns two or three workdays each week within the stated 15 to 25 hour range.

Sustainable Flower Production

Prospect Hill Flower Farm is in its twelfth year and grows more than 40 flower types across approximately two acres. Sustainable growing practices shape the crop work and connect field care with the farm's flower sales. The grower assistant works with soil preparation, crop cultivation, pest and disease control, harvest, processing, and customer service. That combination builds practical knowledge across the production cycle without requiring prior commercial growing experience. Related flower farm roles include field, harvest, nursery, and crop-support work. Broader floral jobs also cover the suppliers, designers, and growers who move flowers from farms to customers.

Prospect Hill Flower Farm can also be reached at (804)-239-8313 for general farm contact. The stated non-wage benefit for the grower assistant role is plenty of flowers. The farm belongs to the Virginia Association for Biological Farming and the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers. Those memberships place the operation within professional networks focused on biological farming and specialty cut flower production.