Flowerwell, founded in 2015, is a cut flower farm in Brockport, NY (25 min from Rochester). We grow on 2+ acres both in high tunnels and on farmland. Our focus is selling to florists and designers, along with growing & designing for our own weddings and events. We extend our season by focusing on holiday wreath making, dahlia tuber sales, and teaching creative classes to the community.

The Jobs

We strive to build a great team of farmers and floral designers, delivery drivers, and freelancers while combining the skills, talents, and abilities of each team member to help grow Flowerwell.

We have found that our best teams have included both highly experienced farmers/florists and those who are newly turned on to this field. We encourage applicants of all experience levels. Specific jobs and responsibilities may be tailored to the individual, but overall, everyone at Flowerwell works together to produce the highest quality cut flowers, from seed to sale (or centerpiece). In our daily work, we:

• Prepare our farm for planting, transplanting, and direct seeding in fields and high tunnels

• Maintain said plantings (cultivate, weed, manage, feed, prune, deadhead, end-of-season clean-up, etc.)

• Harvest and uphold post-harvest procedures

• Prep and load flowers for orders (wholesale)

• Prep for weddings and design for weddings/ events/ special orders

• Assist in our retail department (dahlia tuber selling/splitting & Holiday Evergreen Wreaths)

The Ideal Candidates

Our ideal candidates are curious about farming and/or designing, energetic, creative, and consider a good work ethic to be among their core values. Emotional maturity, self-motivation, reliability, and an aversion to drama are very important. In short, attitude is everything. Flower and gardening knowledge are highly valued, as is the desire to learn. Everyone must have the ability to work (pleasantly) in all kinds of weather, to work individually or with a team, lift 40 lbs, and keep a clean and organized workspace. We welcome all folks to our team, from all walks of life and backgrounds. All employees are responsible for housing.

Non-discrimination policy: We do not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations.

The Details

Positions are paid hourly, commensurate with experience and availability. We are a year-round business. Some roles are full-time, others part-time or seasonal.

See below for the job openings are currently hiring for, with detailed descriptions and information about the position, and if you think this interesting and rewarding work may be for you, please apply!

• Wholesale Delivery Driver (Part-time, seasonal): 2 days per week, May-late October, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8 am- 1:30 pm (roughly, depending on where you are delivering too). Typically 8-15 hours per week. You will be delivering flowers to florists (businesses) and not homes, both in Buffalo and Rochester. The starting wage $16 per hour.
  

• Farmer/ Florist (Full-time): This is a full-time position that blends growing with designing. We work as a team to grow our flower-filled farm & all the tasks that entails. Once wedding season begins, our teams shift into either wholesale or wedding work. This position would shift into wedding work. Prior knowledge of weddings, floral design, and/or the floral industry is helpful. Design experience is ideal. Farming experience is not required but a likeness for the outdoors and gardening is necessary. (Your hands will get dirty & you will be outside more than you’ll be inside). This position requires (not all) weekends for weddings, during our main season (Late May-mid October). Starting wage is dependent on experience and capability.
  

• Flower Farmer (part-time): This is a part-time position, focused mainly on harvest, farm maintenance, weeding, and wholesale support. This position is roughly 15-20 hours a week, with the possibility of more hours during September- October. 3-5 days a week 7:30/8 am-1 pm with availability on Mondays and Tuesdays necessary. Starting wage is dependent on experience and capability. This position is seasonal, late April- early November.
  

• Freelancer: Floral design for weddings, most commonly on Wednesdays and Thursdays, sometimes an occasional Friday or Tuesday, 8/9 am-3 pm, scheduled per event. Onsite work at weddings (weekends) will be required. Starting wage is dependent on skill, availability, and design efficiency/speed. Our wedding season is from late May- to mid-October. Please apply even if you have limited availability, we are looking to create a pool of Freelancers to help us throughout the season, even if not consistently.
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