Senior Horticulturist/Horticulturist

Job Details

Job no: 495923
Work type: Full Time
Location: Swarthmore
Categories: Staff, Hourly (Non-Exempt), On Campus

Swarthmore College is a highly selective liberal arts college located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, whose mission combines academic rigor with social responsibility. The Scott Arboretum & Gardens cultivates a variety of plants that create some of the region’s most intimate, authentic, and accessible horticultural experiences.

The opportunity:

This Senior Horticulturist/Horticulturist position provides horticultural support for the care and maintenance of the plant collections, gardens and landscaped areas of the Scott Arboretum & Gardens and the entire Swarthmore College campus.

Essential Responsibilities

HORTICULTURAL TASKS

• Maintains the plant collections by performing timely planting, weeding, mulching, pruning, fertilizing, irrigating, leaf raking, and other plant cultural practices with minimal supervision.
• Maintains specialty garden areas consisting of Glade Garden, Harry Wood Garden, Nason Garden, Pinetum, Pollinators Garden, Singer Hall landscape, Winter Garden, magnolia and holly collections, green roofs, various courtyard gardens and major horticultural collections.

GROUNDSKEEPING DUTIES

• Keeps campus areas, turf, roads, sidewalks, and patios maintained in an efficient way.
• Performs trash removal, irrigation, turf renovation, turf mowing, snow removal, and leaf raking.

COMMUNITY/EDUCATION SUPPORT

• Develops, leads or assists with Arboretum classes and lectures open to members, the public and volunteers.
• Provides horticultural information to the public, members, and volunteers.

Senior Horticulturist Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in horticulture or related discipline; or, practical horticultural training course (two to four year program) plus three to five years of job-related experience.
• Must possess a Pennsylvania pesticide applicator’s license or is willing to do so.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Horticulturist Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in horticulture or related discipline; or, practical horticultural training course (two to four year program) plus one to three years of job-related experience.

Advertised: 2026-06-12 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Open until filled