Job Opportunities

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/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]