California Botanic Garden is seeking a passionate, creative, and motivated individual to join the Garden’s horticulture staff. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter and have a desire to acquire diverse skills and experience valuable in the green trades.

California Botanic Garden’s Grow Native Nursery (GNN) seeks an energetic native plant enthusiast. The ideal candidate will have great interpersonal skills and an outgoing personality backed by horticultural knowledge and sales experience. The Sales Associate will work at California Botanic Garden’s retail nursery Grow Native Nursery.

California Botanic Garden seeks a dynamic leader for the Garden’s public facing programs. Highly motivated and a demonstrated self-starter, the Director of Visitor Engagement will work with the Garden’s leadership team to recast and reimagine public programs as we emerge from the pandemic conditions that have sharply curtailed on-site programming. The Director of Visitor Engagement will oversee admissions, events, exhibits, informal education, community relations, and internal and external communications (including website) regarding CalBG and its programs. This position is responsible for implementing policies and procedures to optimize visitor and participant experience, including working with other staff to incrementally build out the Garden’s master plan for interpretation. The Director of Visitor Engagement serves as chief customer service officer and represents the organization in a wide range of external community relations. It is anticipated that the department will build staff gradually as programming expands and funding permits.

Work in a team performing invasive plant management on the Angeles National Forest. Duties include herbicide application, use of hand and power tools such as chainsaws for removal of invasive plant species, rugged off-trail backcountry travel by foot in difficult terrain, and some GPS mapping of plant populations. Must approach all tasks with respect for natural, cultural and fiscal resources, co-workers, volunteers, partner agencies, and organizations. This is a full time temporary position (up to 40 hours a week for 3 months, with possibility of extension.) Hours may vary due to weather conditions.