Job Opportunities
Landscape Construction Foreman
About us:
Love & Carrots is DC’s foremost urban farming and edible landscaping company. We design, install and maintain urban farms, vegetable gardens, and native landscapes across DC, MD, and VA.
Love & Carrots is hiring an experienced Landscape Construction Foreman to lead installation crews in building high-quality landscapes. Our projects include natural and manufactured stone patios, permeable pavers, fencing, pergolas, retaining walls, raised garden beds, drainage and stormwater management, and native landscapes.
We're looking for a qualified individual to bring a high level of landscape construction experience to our team. Successful applicants will take pride in craftsmanship, lead by example, enjoy teaching others, and want to be part of a great, collaborative group.
Core Responsibilities
Work alongside and under the direction of Lead Foreman and Construction Manager as needed.
Lead a crew of 2–4 on residential landscape construction projects of all sizes.
Translate landscape designs into high-quality patios, retaining walls, drainage systems, fences, raised beds, planting beds, and other landscape features.
Coordinate daily tasks, materials, equipment, and jobsite logistics.
Train and mentor crew members while maintaining a positive, productive work environment.
Communicate with Project Managers and Designers regarding progress, scheduling, and any field issues.
Ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.
Ensure project sites are maintained in an orderly fashion and sites are left clean.
Operate and oversee the use of large trucks and construction equipment including skid steers, mini loaders, compact excavators, and power equipment.
Additional Responsibilities
Innovation: improve crew efficiency, expand company capabilities, and increase the quality of our final product
Estimate Accuracy: Collect site data used for accurate estimating
Systems: Identify areas for improvement and communicate to management, help craft new systems and solutions as needed
Qualifications:
5+ years of professional landscape construction experience.
2+ years of crew leadership or foreman experience.
Strong knowledge of hardscape installation, grading, drainage, ICPI permeable pavers, stone masonry, carpentry, irrigation.
Ability to read construction drawings and layout projects accurately.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
Valid driver’s license with clean driving record and experience and ability to safely drive work vehicles including larger trucks and trailer
Physical demands of the role:
Ability to repeatedly lift heavy (75lbs +) objects throughout the day.
Ability to perform frequent high-intensity manual labor including pushing, pulling, and lifting various equipment and materials.
Ability to accomplish physically demanding work for the entire day in all weather conditions.
Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and walk for long periods of time.
Experience with and ability to use various hand tools such as shovels, rakes, saws, ladders, and pruning shears, etc.
Experience with and ability to use power tools and machinery, including: excavator, skidsteer, circular saw, drills/drivers, augers, sod cutters etc.
Preferred Experience
(not required, but strongly favored)
Bilingual (English/Spanish).
Compensation
Starting rate: $30/hr +, commensurate with experience
$100 annual gear stipend
Biweekly cell phone stipend
Health and dental insurance, 401k, and a generous paid time off package
Paid training and opportunities for advancement.
High-quality tools and equipment.
Year-round, full-time work.
Our office/headquarters has a large vegetable garden for staff to harvest from
A supportive team that genuinely cares about craftsmanship, sustainability, and loves what they do.
Schedule
The crew generally works four 10-hour days during the main season, switching to 5 day weeks for the winter. Start times listed below are subject to shifts based on weather or available sunlight:
Shoulder seasons (March - May, September - November):
Monday - Thursday 7:30AM - 6PM
Summer hours (June - August)
Monday - Thursday 6/6:30AM - 4:30/5PM
Winter hours (December - February)
Monday - Friday 8:30 - 4:30
Interested? Email a brief letter of interest and resume to: [email protected]
Urban Gardener
We are seeking a full-time crew member to join our Garden Maintenance team. We are hoping to fill this position for the 2027 maintenance season, but are open to a fall/winter 2026 start date for the right candidate.
Our Urban Gardeners are responsible for the maintenance of our clients’ organic vegetable gardens, ensuring that they are beautiful and productive! On an average day they travel to 3-4 gardens, primarily residential, and maintain between 20-30 gardens over the course of a two-week period.
Gardeners work independently, driving from site to site, to perform all necessary garden tasks, and are supported remotely by our office crew and in the field by a team of experienced senior farmers. Our service area ranges throughout the beltway area, and each farmer is provided with a kit containing all tools needed to maintain gardens. Bulk garden materials are stored at our base of operations for employee use.
Winter work:
The season for garden maintenance runs from March through November. From December through February all employees work on our installation crew. Installation crew work requires driving our medium-duty trucks and more heavy lifting/bed filling etc. Garden crew members can choose not to work December through mid February, but if they do work year-round, truck driving and installation work is required for those months.
Maintenance tasks include:
Seeding, planting, weeding, pruning, harvesting and applying organic pest control practices.
Amending soil, soil fertility management.
Trellising, drip irrigation repair and management.
Ensuring the area in and around the garden is neat and well maintained.
Tracking visit details using garden tracking software on phone
Engaging with clients: teaching, sending recap emails, answering questions, receiving client feedback and applying feedback to gardens.
Necessary Qualifications:
1+ year experience with annual vegetable cultivation required
Both a driver's license and a reliable personal vehicle are required to fulfill job duties.
Knowledge of proper harvesting, weeding, transplanting, pest/disease ID, sowing, fertilization and rotation/succession planting techniques.
Ability to lift 50lbs, perform manual work, lift heavy objects, walk and stand for long periods of time
Ability to perform physical labor outdoors in various weather conditions (heat, rain, cold)
The ability to think on your feet and come up with solutions to common garden issues on the spot without immediate assistance.
Proactive, friendly, and prompt communication through phone and email.
Comfortable teaching adults and children gardening basics (using our supplied curriculum.)
Attention to detail and organization is critical
Compensation and Benefits:
Schedule: 7:30 AM - 6 PM, Monday - Thursday
Starting rate: $20-26+/hour, commensurate with experience.
Health and Dental insurance, 401k, and paid time off
Annual smartphone reimbursement
Annual gear credit
Mileage reimbursement for use of your personal vehicle on garden routes.
Vegetables to take home! Our headquarters has a large on-site vegetable garden for staff use.
Interested? Email a brief letter of interest and resume to: [email protected]
Installation Crew Member
Our installation crew is the skilled team that crafts our many diverse foodscapes. Working for Love & Carrots is a great opportunity to learn how to build gardens and urban farms and break into the urban gardening industry. Installations can include the following:
Perennial landscape installation
Includes planting perennials, shrubs, and trees, soil amendment, edging and mulching
Garden structure carpentry: raised beds, arbors, garden fencing
Drip irrigation system installation
Dryset hardscaping, drainage solutions
Includes flagstone and riverstone paths, patios, french drains and dry riverbeds
Necessary Qualifications:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States permanently without employment visa sponsorship
Prior experience working in a labor-intensive role.
The ability to work as part of a close knit team.
Ability to work independently, take initiative, trouble-shoot, and lead as necessary.
High attention to detail and organization
Ability to lift heavy (75lbs +) objects throughout the day.
Ability to perform frequent high-intensity manual labor including pushing, pulling, and lifting various equipment and materials.
Ability to work on their feet for the entire day in all weather conditions
Must have a valid driver's license and the ability to drive larger vehicles/medium duty trucks
We require that employees have received their initial Covid-19 vaccination - additional boosters not required
Preferred Experience in: (not required, but strongly favored)
Landscape construction
Carpentry
Heavy equipment, medium-duty trucks, skid steer
Schedule:
Installation crew members work 10 hour days, 4 days/week 7:30AM - 6:00PM Monday - Thursday during the regular season. The crew works 5 days/week in the winter 7:30AM - 4:45PM Monday - Thursday and 7:30AM - 12:30PM Friday).
Compensation:
Starting rate: $20-$26/hr, commensurate with experience
$100 annual gear stipend
Annual phone stipend
Benefits include health and dental insurance, 401k, and a generous paid time off package
Our office/headquarters has a large vegetable garden for staff to enjoy and take produce home from
Interested? Email a brief letter of interest and resume to: [email protected]
Freelance Landscape Designer
We rely on our experienced and dynamic design team, and we frequently need to contract additional freelance designers on a part time basis throughout the year. Our design needs range from small row homes and pollinator gardens to property master plans. If you have several years of landscape design experience working directly with clients in the DC/MD/VA region and would be interested in opportunities to join our team, please share your resume and a portfolio with 1-2 work samples in an email to [email protected].
Community Partnerships:
We love living here and being involved in the DC Metro Area urban agriculture movement. We've partnered with local organization, schools, and non-profits on a number of great projects for our community.
We’re open to new ideas and projects– If you would like to partner with us, send us an email and let’s chat!
Interested? Email with your interest in the subject line: [email protected]
