Smokey Sunshine HIRING NOW: Customer service / sales in garden center
Smokey and Sunshine HIRING NOW
👨�Smokey and Sunshine HIRING NOW: Customer service / sales in garden center
Sunshine: Smokey, we need plant people. Smokey: Does your girlfriend know plants? Sunshine: Of course. She fertilized my donuts so they would grow larger. Smokey: Did it work? Sunshine: Kind of. I gained three pounds.
TopTropicals.com is looking for a part-time customer service and sales team member for our Ft Myers Garden Center.
If you genuinely love plants, enjoy helping people, and don't mind getting your hands dirty in a tropical nursery environment – then working with rare tropical plants, fruit trees, and fellow plant lovers can be fun and rewarding!
💼 Responsibilities
· Help walk-in customers select plants and check out
· Answer customer questions by phone, email, social media, and message board
· Open and close office, operate cash register
· General customer service and sales support
📚 Requirements
· Genuine love for plants and willingness to learn. We will train
· Friendly, patient, and polite with customers
· Strong work ethic and reliability; punctuality is essential
· Ability to follow instructions and work efficiently
· Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and comfortable working outdoors in Florida heat and weather
· Drug-free - background check and drug test upon employment
· Valid Florida driver's license and reliable transportation
· Must love cats - our famous "PeopleCats" helpers patrol the gardens daily
� Preferred qualifications
· Basic computer skills (email, office, internet). We will train · Previous plant knowledge or nursery experience · Sales or customer service experience
💰 Pay
· Starting pay: $18/hour depending on experience and performance · Opportunity for growth based on performance
📅 Schedule
· Part-time to start, potential for full-time later · Friday and Saturday, 9 am - 4 pm
📍 Location:
Top Tropicals Garden Center
13890 Orange River Blvd
Ft Myers, FL 33905
✍️ How to apply:
Please email a brief resume and a short paragraph explaining why you'd like this job.
Resume guidelines: · Keep it brief; include job history and education · Please avoid long descriptions of unrelated experience · Tell us why working with plants and people interests you
🚶➡️ To apply in person:
You are welcome to visit our Garden Center during business hours:
Monday-Saturday, 9 am - 4 pm
To apply in person, ask for Kristi - our manager.
No phone calls please.
Thanks for applying - we hope to see you working alongside our plants, #PeopleCats, and fellow plant lovers soon.
