Store Associate: Sales, Cashier, Customer Service, Merchandiser, Plant Care

Homestead Gardens, Inc.; Severna Park (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local garden center is seeking energetic Retail Store Associates to provide exceptional customer service and engage in hands-on plant care. The role includes guiding customers in plant selection, maintaining plant quality, and ensuring visually appealing displays. If you enjoy a fast-paced outdoor environment and working with passionate gardeners, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Energetic and customer-focused attitude.
• Ability to provide knowledgeable service.
• Willingness to engage in plant care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional, knowledgeable customer service.
• Guide customers in plant selection and gardening solutions.
• Maintain plant material and ensure top quality.
• Keep displays and workspaces clean and appealing.
• Operate the register accurately and efficiently.

Skills

Customer service

Knowledge of plants

Team collaboration

Job description

Love plants? Enjoy helping people? Thrive in a fast‑paced, outdoor environment?

Homestead Gardens is looking for energetic, customer-focused Retail Store Associates to join our team. This is more than a retail job — it’s an opportunity to work surrounded by beautiful plant material, connect with passionate gardeners, and be part of a team that brings landscapes and gardens to life every day.

If you enjoy staying active, learning something new, and working where others come for inspiration, you’ll fit right in.

What You’ll Do

As a Retail Store Associate, you’ll play a hands‑on role in both customer experience and plant care.

• Deliver exceptional, knowledgeable customer service
• Guide customers in plant selection, gardening solutions, and product recommendations
• Receive, unload, price, and merchandise plant and product shipments
• Water, groom, and maintain plant material to ensure top quality and presentation
• Keep displays, sales areas, and workspaces clean and visually appealing
• Operate the register accurately and efficiently
• Support daily garden center operations as part of a collaborative team