Who We Are
Metro Blooms is a nonprofit that partners with communities to create resilient landscapes and foster clean watersheds, embracing the values of equity and inclusion to solve environmental challenges. We believe that collaboration with community is the most impactful way to heal our earth and we strive to center relationships in all that we do. Most of our work happens in the Twin Cities metro, but through our Blue Thumb education programming and partnership we partner with organizations and residents across Minnesota to create healthier outdoor spaces for people, water, and pollinators. Metro Blooms owns the for-profit Metro Blooms Design+Build, which is a full-service landscape design, construction and landcare company. We coordinate our work across entities for impactful programming.
Installation crew members work to implement the landscape plans that our designers have created. Designs are typically naturalistic, and native plant-focused. Projects range in size from a single front yard raingarden to a multi-family or community-based project that includes large plantings as well as hardscapes including stepping stones, patios, natural stone walls and pathways. Our crew members take pride in installing beautiful and thoughtful landscapes that provide resilient outdoor spaces for both humans and urban wildlife. We are dedicated to safety and thoroughness in all our work.
- Job Title: Landscape Installation Crew Member
- Reports to: Installation Crew Leader
- Status: Seasonal, full/parti-time, nonexempt
- Hours: 40 hours per week during the outdoor work season (early May – late October)
- Rate: $21.50 – $24 per hour depending on qualifications + Paid Holiday + Paid Time Off + Staff Development
- Location: Minneapolis, MN. Projects occur throughout the Twin Cities metro area
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Landcare crew members care for and maintain native plant gardens and rain gardens of various sizes, completing garden maintenance tasks using sustainable techniques such as pulling, mowing, and smothering. Our crew members take pride in spending time with both establishing and established gardens, pulling weeds, pruning plants, replanting, repairing erosion, and sustaining urban wildlife habitat in sites across the Twin Cities. Crew members are also trained in the inspection of green stormwater infrastructure elements.
- Job Title: Landcare Crew Member
- Reports to: Landcare Crew Lead
- Status: Seasonal, full/part-time, nonexempt and at-will
- Hours: 40 hours per week during the outdoor work season (early May – late October)
- Rate: $21.50 – $24 per hour depending on qualifications + Paid Holidays + Paid Time Off + Staff Development
- Location: Minneapolis, MN. Projects occur throughout the Twin Cities metro area.
Learn more and apply here
The Flex Crew Member works alongside the Flex Crew Lead to support the Landcare and Installation programs of Design+Build. The Flex Crew is primarily responsible for watering newly planted sites using a truck and water trailer, as well as inspecting and maintaining select landcare sites. Site maintenance includes trash and sediment removal, vegetation management using sustainable techniques such as hand-pulling and mowing, mulching and replanting. The Flex Crew also supports Installation projects as needed, including but not limited to planting and watering recently completed projects. This is a supportive position, responding to a variety of tasks throughout the season. This crew member will be reliable, self-motivated, and comfortable with a variable set of responsibilities.
- Job Title: Flex Crew Member
- Reports to: Flex Crew Lead
- Status: Seasonal, full/part-time, nonexempt and at-will
- Hours: 40 hours per week during the outdoor work season (early May – late October)
- Rate: $21.50 – $24 per hour depending on qualifications + Paid Holidays + Paid Time Off + Staff Development
- Location: Minneapolis, MN. Projects occur throughout the Twin Cities metro area.
Learn more and apply here
Metro Blooms celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a positive, equitable and inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We don’t just accept difference, we thrive on it for the benefit and resilience of our employees, our programs, and our community. We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce that promotes the values of equity and justice. We encourage everyone to apply, especially those underrepresented in our sector: Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals.
Metro Blooms prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant because of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, or other status protected by applicable law.
The policy applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law.
