Join our Team

Great Swamp Greenhouses is a large, family owned, independent Garden Center that has been in business since 1978. We are open all year long and pride ourselves on growing most of our own Annuals and Perennials at this location and our growing location in Pittstown, NJ so we can control the quality and diversity of our crops.

We have over 25 full employees (some of whom have been here for over 35 years) and up to 50 part time in our busy season.

If you love plants, people and getting your hands dirty, check out these great opportunities!

Please apply here, or if you swing by, ask for Justen.

Available Positions

  • Job Description

    We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated team member to run our Houseplant and Tropical Department. Commercial or professional experience preferred. Most of the job’s tasks are, but are not limited to:

    • Ordering houseplants on an almost weekly basis

    • Watering, cleaning, and labelling houseplants and surrounding area appropriately

    • Redoing displays as they are shopped through

    • Assisting customers with houseplant questions

    • Ordering/managing Tropicals for our spring season

    • Assisting at register or elsewhere in garden center when needed

    Qualifications

    • Friendly and willing to assist customers

    • Must be able to ID most houseplants and their cultivars

    • Must know appropriate watering and care requirements for individual houseplants

    • Must be able to lift up to 40lbs and be on your feet the majority of the day.

    Time Requirement

    This full time position is 40 hours/week. Most of the year, only one weekend day each week is required, but in busy seasons (Thanksgiving to Christmas and about 6 weeks surrounding May), both weekend days may be required.

    Benefits

    • $21-24/hour

    • Health Insurance

    • 401K matching

    • 50% Employee Discount

    • Paid Vacation (after 1 year)

    • Paid select holidays

    • Overtime pay for anything over 40hours in a week (not required in Agriculture)

    • New Pair of workboots each year

    Benefits start after you have worked the 3 month trial period and we feel you will make a great addition to our full time team.

  • We are looking for seasonal part-time cashiers, mostly for now through Christmas, but may continue for early April through December as well. Must be friendly, sensible, hard-working and able to work most weekends during the year as this is a retail garden center.

    Position requires being on your feet 8 hours a day and occasionally lifting items up to 40lbs.

    Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

    • Cashier: checking out customers; knowing what items are to enter them into POS

    • Stocking: filling in and pricing retail items in the showroom

    • Customer Service: answering customer questions at the register or in the showroom or pointing them to the correct department

  • We are looking for a couple people to work inside the greenhouse during our Christmas season from mid November through Christmas. Must be friendly, sensible, hard-working and able to work most weekends during the year as this is a retail garden center.

    Position requires being on your feet 8 hours a day and occasionally lifting items up to 40lbs.

    Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

    • Foiling: wrapping plants with foil; must know sizes to sleeve correctly

    • Consolidating: reorganizing the poinsettias in neat rows

    • Customer Service: answering customer questions or pointing them to the correct department; do not need plant knowledge