Horticultural Landscape Designer

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Landscape Designer

Armstrong Garden Centers

Design Beautiful Outdoor Spaces. Grow Your Career.

For more than 130 years, Armstrong Garden Centers has helped customers succeed in their gardens with expert advice and quality products. We are seeking a talented Landscape Designer to join our growing Landscape Design team and help bring our customers' outdoor living dreams to life.

As a Landscape Designer, you will serve as the primary connection between our clients and Armstrong Garden Centers, creating inspiring landscape designs while guiding projects from concept to installation. This is an excellent opportunity for a creative, customer-focused professional who thrives in a sales-driven environment and has a passion for landscape design and horticulture.

What You'll Do:

• Create professional, scaled landscape designs and planting plans
• Meet with customers to assess project scope, needs, and budget
• Recommend plant materials, hardscape elements, and Armstrong products
• Partner with landscape sales and installation teams to ensure successful project execution
• Manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines and customer expectations
• Follow up with customers throughout the sales and installation process
• Drive sales and achieve design and revenue goals
• Provide outstanding customer service in our garden center during peak seasons
• Complete approximately 3-5 landscape designs per week

What We're Looking For:

• 3-5 years of landscape design, landscape sales, or related experience
• Strong knowledge of plants commonly used in California landscapes
• Understanding of plant growth habits, cultural requirements, and maintenance needs
• Excellent design skills with a strong sense of color, scale, proportion, and visual composition
• Strong communication, customer service, and relationship-building abilities
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented, and driven to deliver outstanding results
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment
• Flexible, adaptable, and receptive to feedback

Why Join Armstrong Garden Centers?

Benefits for Full-Time Associates

• Medical, dental, and life insurance after 30 days
• Paid holidays and vacation after 90 days
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Ongoing growth and development opportunities
• Opportunity to work with an employee-owned company that values expertise, service, and teamwork

Compensation:

• Competitive hourly rate based on experience and horticultural knowledge
• Commission-based earning opportunities
• Compensation commensurate with qualifications and performance

Schedule:

• Five-day workweek, Tuesday through Saturday
• Weekend availability required
• Schedule may vary based on customer appointments and seasonal business needs

Physical Requirements:

This role involves frequent walking, standing, bending, kneeling, lifting, reaching, and working outdoors in varying weather conditions. Candidates must be able to safely lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical tasks associated with landscape consultations and garden center operations.

Apply Today!

If you're passionate about landscape design, horticulture, and helping customers create exceptional outdoor spaces, we'd love to hear from you. Join Armstrong Garden Centers and help bring beautiful landscapes to life while growing your career with an employee-owned company.

Together, Armstrong Garden Centers and Pike Nurseries is the largest independent retail garden center in the United States. With over 50 retail, wholesale and production facilities in California, Georgia and North Carolina, Armstrong and Pike are leaders in every facet of the green industry. Our pride of ownership can be seen in all that we do - from our exceptional services to our quality plant material all of which are out-shined by the fabric of our company and reason for our success - our associates.