Smokey and Sunshine HIRING NOW: Customer service / sales in garden center

👨‍� 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.
Smokey: Perfect. Bring her in.

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

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  · 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

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  · 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

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  · Basic computer skills (email, office, internet). We will train
• · Previous plant knowledge or nursery experience
• · Sales or customer service experience

💰 Pay

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  · Starting pay: $18/hour depending on experience and performance
• · Opportunity for growth based on performance

📅 Schedule

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  · 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.

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