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 our communities 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 we partner with organizations across Minnesota to create healthier outdoor spaces for people, water, and pollinators. We manage the Blue Thumb – Planting for Clean Water partnership and own the for-profit Metro Blooms Design + Build, a full-service landscape design and construction 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 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, and 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/part-time, nonexempt
- Hours: 40 hours per week during the outdoor work season (May–November)
- Rate: $20–$24 per hour + plus paid holidays + paid time off
- Location: Minneapolis, MN. Projects occur throughout the Twin Cities Metro area.
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This position is with with Metro Blooms Design+Build. Landcare crew members work in the maintenance of established naturalistic gardens of various sizes, completing garden maintenance tasks using sustainable techniques such as mowing, burning, pulling, and smothering. Our crew members take pride in spending time with established gardens, pulling weeds, pruning plants, repairing erosion, and sustaining urban wildlife habitat at gardens and raingardens of various sizes across the Twin Cities. Landcare crew members also assist with inspections and reporting of raingarden elements to meet reporting requirements.
- Job Title: Landcare Crew Member
- Reports to: Sustainable Landcare Manager
- Status: Seasonal, full/part-time, nonexempt
- Hours: 40 hours per week during the outdoor work season (mid-April–November)
- Rate: $20–$24 per hour based on qualifications. Paid holidays and paid time off.
- Location: Minneapolis, MN. Projects occur throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area.
Find more information on the position 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.
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.
