Horticultural Maintenance Lead

Reimagined Roots; West Boylston (MA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a regenerative landscaping company dedicated to restoring ecosystems and teaching clients sustainable gardening practices. As the Horticultural Maintenance Lead, you'll manage vibrant gardens, enhance biodiversity, and impact food autonomy positively. If you're knowledgeable about native plants and love hands-on ecological care, this is your chance to make a difference.

Benefits

Paid Jury Duty

Paid Time Off

Referral Program

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on gardening or ecological landscaping experience.
• Confident in identifying native and invasive plants of New England.
• Familiar with vegetable gardens and seasonal food production.

Responsibilities

• Expert-level plant care including weeding, watering, and pruning.
• Application of organic fertilizers and compost management.
• Identification and management of pest and nutrient issues.

Skills

Plant Care

Problem-Solving

Knowledge of Native Plants

Ecological Landscaping

Tools

Small Power Tools

Job description

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Pursuing landscape design through the lense of permaculture, with consideration to food autonomy and economic development.

Are you ready to trade in ornamental maintenance for meaningful work restoring ecosystems and teaching clients how to grow nutrient-dense food at home?

JoinReimagined Roots, a regenerative landscaping company on a mission to replace resource-intensive grass lawns and ornamental gardens with abundant, living ecosystems. We’re searching for aHorticultural Maintenance Leadwho’s passionate, independent, and deeply knowledgeable aboutnative plants, food gardens, and ecological care.

About the Work

You’ll be the hands, eyes, and heart of our garden maintenance efforts—working independently to steward a variety of vibrant gardens across Central Massachusetts. From native pollinator habitats to raised vegetable beds and food forests, your work will make an immediate and tangible impact.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Expert-levelplant care: weeding, watering, deadheading, pruning, and transplanting
• Application oforganic fertilizers, compost, and compost tea
• Regularedits and improvementsto gardens (removing underperformers, enhancing biodiversity, reshaping beds)
• Identifying and managing pest, disease, or nutrient issues—organically and holistically
• Maintaining walkways, mulching, and supporting healthy soil systems
• Documenting and communicating your work clearly with our team and clients
• Occasionally supporting small install projects (e.g., dividing plants, seeding native meadows, planting food crops)
• Have 2+ years of hands-on gardening or ecological landscaping experience
• Are confident identifying bothnative and invasive plantsof New England
• Are deeply familiar withvegetable gardens and seasonal food production
• Have excellent judgment and can workindependently in the field
• Can performstrenuous outdoor laborin all conditions, across varied terrain
• Are organized, communicative, and love problem-solving in dynamic environments

Bonus Points For:

• Knowledge of rain gardens, permaculture principles, or regenerative agriculture
• Experience with small power tools (trimmers, mowers, etc.)
• Willingness to teach others or lead a small team as we grow
• Enthusiasm for composting, plant propagation, and ecosystem restoration

What Makes Us Different

We’re not just landscaping—we’reregenerating landscapes and culture. Our projects range from:

• Raised beds, chicken coops, arbors, pergolas, and greenhouses
• Patios, walkways, and water management (rainwater catchment, swales, drainage)
• Native plant and pollinator gardens, foodscapes, and wildflower meadows
• Long-term ecological maintenance that prioritizessoil health and biodiversity

We work hard, move with purpose, andliveour values ofresilience, curiosity, and radical candor. Our team is tight-knit, mission-aligned, and committed to leaving every site better than we found it.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $25.00 - $32.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week

• Paid jury duty
• Paid time off
• Referral program

Schedule:

• Day shift

Ability to Commute:

• West Boylston, Massachusetts 01583 (Required)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Construction

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