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    Culinary Gardener

    Officinalis Culinary Gardens

    Full-Time
    Marin, Napa, and San Francisco
    $30/hour (with opportunity to grow)
    Posted October 16, 2025
    Job Description

    Officinalis Culinary Gardens is a small and growing studio. We design, install, and care for culinary gardens on private estates in Marin, Napa, and jewelbox-sized spaces in San Francisco. Our edible gardens are seasonal, medicinal, and full of magic. The Role We're seeking a passionate and experienced gardener to help tend, grow, and steward our gardens to their full potential. This role includes hands-on work at our various projects. Maintaining the garden's beauty and productivity by planting, pruning, harvesting, and problem-solving. You'll help us design seasonal crop rotations, keep the soil vibrant, and delight our clients with stunning and thriving edible spaces. This is hard work. It can be hot and physically demanding but between the pollinators, tangible results, and genuine appreciation from our amazing clients, it is deeply rewarding.

    Requirements

    What We're Looking For: • Enthusiasm for edible gardening — a nerd for rare, new cultivars, joy when seeing your seeds germinate and overall excitement for gardens • An obsessive eye for detail • Adaptability with time — Willing to work until the job is finished, sometimes installs are 12hrs long, sometimes the day is 3hrs • Experience — 1+ year in farming or edible landscaping OR 2+ years in high-end garden maintenance • Soil enthusiast — if you squeal when you find a thriving worm party, you're our people • Able to lift 50+ lbs regularly • Strong communicator — with both teammates and clients Bonus Skills: • Proficiency in design software: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, CAD, SketchUp, etc.

    Benefits

    Benefits (After 90 Days): • Health insurance • Paid time off • Fresh Veggies

    Skills & Tags
    gardening
    culinary gardens
    edible landscaping
    full-time
    horticulture
    organic farming
    sustainable agriculture
    garden maintenance
    benefits
    design
    Apply for this Position

    Please send your resume, a short note about why this job excites you, and any relevant portfolio materials to Mimi@officinalissf.com

    About Officinalis Culinary Gardens

    Officinalis Culinary Gardens is a small and growing studio. We design, install, and care for culinary gardens on private estates in Marin, Napa, and jewelbox-sized spaces in San Francisco. Our edible gardens are seasonal, medicinal, and full of magic.

    Marin, Napa, and San Francisco
    Job Details
    Category:Farm Operations
    Job Type:Full-Time
    Location:Marin, Napa, and San Francisco
    Posted:October 16, 2025
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