Garden & Facilities Specialist

📍 971 Smithville Highway, Sparta, TN

🕰 Full-Time | In-Office Position

💰 Salary Compensation: Negotiable Based on Experience
+ Produce and Bonuses + Benefits + Free Meals + Vacation + Deep Store Discounts

About Farmers’ Storehouse
Farmers’ Storehouse is a conservative christian farmers’ cooperative focused on freeing our families from a broken food system. The team is committed to protecting our friends family and neighbors from genetic and chemical waste by promoting farmers raising crops in God’s design. We execute this purpose through a Beyond Organic Market, Granary, Flour Mill, that partners with extraordinary farmers and serves wonderful families nationally. 

We believe real food and amazing farmers are worth celebrating and we’re looking for someone who can visually tell that story through the physical and digital world.

Position Overview

The Garden & Facilities Specialist is responsible for creating and maintaining an environment of beauty, cleanliness, and order throughout Farmers’ Storehouse Sparta.

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This role blends gardening, light facilities care, landscaping, and stewardship of shared spaces. The goal is simple but important: create a place where farmers, customers, and team members feel welcome, refreshed, and inspired.

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Through attentive care of gardens, fruit trees, buildings, and gathering spaces, this role helps transform Farmers’ Storehouse into a living example of stewardship and abundance.

Core Responsibilities
 

Garden & Landscape Stewardship

• Maintain and improve exterior gardens surrounding the Storehouse

• Grow and care for crops, vegetables, herbs, and flowers

• Manage fruit tree inventory and propagation starts for sale

• Water gardens and plantings daily as needed

• Maintain soil health, composting, and seasonal plant rotations

• Assist with planting seasonal demonstration crops related to grains and agriculture

 

Grounds & Outdoor Beauty

• Maintain landscaping beds and outdoor plantings

• Care for lawn areas and pathways

• Keep outdoor seating areas clean, inviting, and well organized

• Maintain attractive entrance areas and customer walkways

• Support seasonal decoration and garden displays

 

Storehouse Cleanliness & Order

Provide weekly attention to beauty and cleanliness across the property, including:

• Organic Market

• Granary

• Bakery

• Outdoor seating areas

• Bathrooms

• Office spaces

• Exterior grounds

Responsibilities include cleaning, organization, ordering cleaning supplies, and maintaining a warm, clean and welcoming environment.

 

Team Coordination

• Coordinate with department heads on shared space responsibilities

• Communicate maintenance needs or repair issues

• Assist with organizing spaces for events, classes, or gatherings

• Help maintain visual harmony between indoor and outdoor environments

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Required Skills & Qualifications

Practical Skills

• Experience with organic gardening, landscaping, or horticulture

• Ability to maintain organized and clean public spaces

• Basic knowledge of plant care, watering schedules, and soil health

• Ability to perform light physical work including lifting, planting, and outdoor maintenance

• Strong attention to detail and pride in creating beautiful spaces

 

Professional Traits 

• Self-motivated and dependable

• Organized and proactive

• Observant and attentive to small details

• Comfortable working independently and outdoors

• Positive attitude toward teamwork and stewardship

Preferred (But Not Required)

• Experience managing garden beds and wildflowers

• Interest in making additional revenue by teaching classes on weekends

 

Personal Characteristics for a Great Fit

You will love this career if you:

• Finds joy in creating beauty and order

• Take pride in clean and welcoming spaces

• Loves plants, gardens, and living landscapes

• Notices when things need attention before others do

• Works with care and consistency

• Appreciates the mission of supporting farmers and nourishing families

Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary (negotiable based on experience)

- 10% Bonus for all produce sold from the Storehouse Gardens

- 50% Commission on all Garden Classes (if you so choose to teach)
- Paid vacation
- Benefits package (details discussed during interview)
- Deep employee discounts at:
     Organic Market
     Granary
     Flour Mill
     Bakery

This is an in-office position located at:
 971 Smithville Highway, Sparta, Tennessee

 

Why this Role Matters

At Farmers’ Storehouse, beauty is not accidental.

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The gardens, gathering spaces, and buildings are part of the experience of honoring food and the people who grow it.

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This role helps ensure that every visitor — farmer, family, or neighbor — walks into a place that feels alive, cared for, and welcoming.

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A place where agriculture is celebrated not only in the fields, but in the environment around us.

If you qualify and these values resonate with you then this position is for you.
Call for Interview 931-738-3838