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Posted: Mon, February 24, 2025

Pay begins at $16 per hour Mount Joy, PA job

Phone Number: 717-330-8513

Email: kristi.barto@fifthmonthfarm.com

This is a part-time position starting at 8 hours a week, working Wednesday and Thursday mornings. This position will begin Thursday, May 1st and end in October. The workday typically begins at 8 AM and ends at 12PM. Additional hours into the afternoon may occasionally be needed during times of planting or heavy harvesting. In the summer, on days with particularly high heat, we will often begin the workday at 6:30 or 7 AM and end earlier. Part-Time crew members must have reliable transportation to and from the farm. Pay begins at $16 per/hour.

The Floral Assistant’s primary duties will include:

-Working with Floral Director to manage the harvest of flowers for wholesale, markets, and Flower C.S.A. and work in tandem with Floral Crew members
-Harvesting flowers
-Arranging flowers for sale
-Report and implement plant maintenance
-Pest and disease scouting
-Weeding needs
-Watering schedule
-Maintain harvest records
-Washing and sanitizing harvesting tools
-Deadheading flowers in the fields
-Transplanting flowers
-Maintain cleanliness and organization around the farm

Secondary duties include:
-Seeding flowers for transplants

Experience in farming or gardening is desirable, as well as a love of organization and a keen attention to detail. Experience in floral design is beneficial, however, not a requirement. The Floral Assistant works closely with the Floral Director and requires an individual who thrives in an environment of open communication and is highly motivated to accomplish physical tasks. The Floral Assistant will be involved in bouquet arrangement and should have a strong artistic eye and ability to follow a standard for bouquet size, length, and color palette.

Working on a vegetable farm and among the flowers requires the ability to work in hot, cold, wet and changing conditions. It also requires the ability to safely lift 30 lbs and be on your feet for the entirety of the workday.

Flower crew members are self-motivated, detail-oriented, and efficient and enjoy working in a positive, professional, team environment.

Fifth Month Farm is a small diversified vegetable farm. We are located in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania and grow using organic practices. We grow year round for our Summer and Winter C.S.A.s, serving members in the Lancaster County and Philadelphia area. We grow many storage crops over the summer to sell during the winter months. The farm was founded in 2018 and is run by us, Devin and Kristi Barto. We are growing on a little under 5 acres of land that we lease. Our farm includes a heated propagation green house for transplant production, three large high tunnels, and one small storage tunnel. We grow over 50 different varieties of vegetables, as well as herbs, and flowers.

Fifth Month Farm is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusion are a safe space for all. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
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