HORTICULTURIST - 73891

Executive Service

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture works to ensure that agriculture and forestry are the leading industries in Tennessee. The Department actively works with industry, consumers, and lawmakers to serve, support, and promote agriculture and forestry businesses, that they may be more profitable while also protecting the public health and safety.

How you make a difference in this role:

In this role, you contribute to the stewardship and visual quality of agricultural landscapes across campus by applying horticultural expertise to maintain healthy plant systems. Your work supports and enhances land use efficiency and ensures plant resources are managed in alignment with departmental standards. Through informed plant selection, care, and maintenance, you help showcase a diverse example of Tennessee agriculture on campus.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Plan and maintain landscapes, green spaces, ponds, greenhouse and agricultural areas on campus.
2. Perform planting, pruning, fertilization, and soil management.
3. Maintain accurate records related to maintenance activities and schedules for designated areas.
4. Coordinate with departmental staff and external contractors to support ongoing horticultural projects.
5. Assist with seasonal planning and resource allocation to support effective landscape and plant management across campus.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.