Garden Center Sales

These positions have been filled, however we are always looking for the right people. If you have commercial garden center experience and think you have the right stuff, please contact us, and ask for Ed or Tina.

One or two full-time positions exist for a people able to assist retail customers in the garden center. The successful applicant would be responsible for greeting customers, finding out what the customer needs (which is not always the same as what they think they want), showing them, or directing them to, the items, and completing the sale. Some customers may also need some assistance with "seat of the pants" design, the kind you scratch out in the sand.

Not every individual is going to have every skill or ability but the right person should have skills/experience which include several of the following:

Knowledge of perennials, trees, shrubs, and/or groundcovers hardy in central New England in order to help guide retail customers efficiently through the selection process..

Applicant must be a “people person”. If you are normally grumpy, another place might suit you better.

Ability to design “on the fly” with retail customers at the nursery.

Applicant must be readily adaptable to rapidly changing priorities in a fast-paced retail horticulture environment.

Applicant must be able to take praise for a project well done as well as criticism and responsibility for one not done well.

Bemis Farms Nursery and its staff are truly committed to solving a customer's problems, not merely sending them home with a plant. We have a guarantee unsurpassed by anyone, one without specific time limits, which promises a plant will perform in the way it is supposed to. This means we have to be sure the plant will fit the customer’s needs over the long term. We are not out for the quick buck, but rather the long term customer.

We also recognize that what Barry and Eliot Jordan’s father (of Jordan’s Furniture) taught them is as true now as it ever was “Every Business is Show Business” We are not and do not want to be the stodgy stick-in-the-mud garden center. Shopping should be a fun experience. You need to understand and accept that also.

Our Staff Manual details the specifics of employment. We encourage you to read a copy if you are interested in our organization. Please feel free to contact Ed or Tina if you have any questions.

Members:

Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association

New England Nursery Association

American Nursery & Landscape Association

Massachusetts Flower Growers Association

Download an Employment Application below

Employment Application PDF format

or contact us and we will be happy to mail you one.

Where Successful Gardeners Shop - - - Since 1947