Boosting the signal:
Ironwood is a small full-service landscape company and we are looking for enthusiastic people to join our team! Your horticultural training, professional landscape experience, and passion for plants is needed!
We are an organic landscape company with a strong emphasis on proper horticultural practices and great customer service. We provide high-quality garden maintenance services, landscape installation, stone walls and patios, installation of container designs, garden renovations, and fine-pruning projects.
Ironwood's owner, Derek Fowler, is a graduate of Edmonds Community College in Nursery Specialization and Landscape Design. He has traveled to China many times, built and maintained a rare plant garden on Camano Island for 10 years, is an avid hiker and native plant lover, and has a background in bio French intensive organic farming, market gardening, and community-supported agricultural systems. His goal in providing high-quality chemical-free landscape maintenance and installation services with a focus on excellent customer service, is to work with dynamic and passionate horticultural graduates and enthusiasts to contribute positively to the horticultural industry and Ironwood’s clientele. Outside of work, Derek spends a great deal of time planting common and unusual fruit and nut trees, growing and eating vegetables from his garden, and volunteering with Plant Amnesty, Washington Native Plant Society, and other groups when his family permits.
Landscape Maintenance Technicians
A good landscape maintenance technician can tell what needs attention in a landscape just by looking. With experience, the technician develops an eye to assess how the landscape was installed, why plants are not thriving, which pathogens or insects have taken hold, and what course of action may be necessary to improve or correct all of the potential problems that result from unprofessional landscape installation and management processes or approaches. When you work for Ironwood, we will teach you to stand out in a crowd of your peers as you learn to master your horticultural craft and its practice in the field. We are passionate about our work and believe in investing in our employees. We want to succeed in our business and help you succeed as part of our team.Candidates will be enthusiastic with a positive attitude, able to work alone or with others, possess a valid WA driver’s license with a clean driving record, take direction and give direction, communicate with clients, and are punctual.
Knowledge of the following:
Full time positions offer 1 week paid vacation, performance bonus options, and continued educational opportunities
Construction Technicians
A good construction technician is able to understand how landscapes are built and which processes are to code and how they are employed. As a technician, you are able to address soil concerns and cultivation methods, preparation of areas for lawns, walls, patios, and irrigation systems. With Ironwood, we will teach you to stand out in the landscaping industry. You will be able to see need for improvement where others see perfection, will know how to ensure that installations are made safe for all intended users, and which material is best for a given environment and its application. We are passionate about our work and believe in investing in our employees. We want to succeed in our business and help you succeed as part of our team.Candidates will be enthusiastic with positive attitude, able to work alone or with others, possess a valid WA driver’s license, take direction and give direction, communicate with clients, and is punctual.
Knowledge of the following:
Full time positions offer 1 week paid vacation, performance bonus options, and continued educational opportunities
Please contact Derek Fowler at ironwoodlandscapedesign (at) gmail (dot) com or Ironwood 206-229-3738.
