Job Summary: Performs a variety of seasonal gardening and grounds maintenance work considering the seasonal schedules or project plans for the NEXCOM Hospitality Group NHG property suitability of the weather degree of moisture in the soil and stage of plant growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Decides when and which standard methods to use in planting transplanting seeding re-sodding mulching dusting spraying watering cultivating cutting arranging pruning and trimming trees shrubs flowers and grass.Inspects for plant diseases molds brown spots rusts blight mildew plant insects leaf miner scales borers slugs and unusual or poor plant growth. Selects and uses fungicides insecticides and herbicides for the control of diseases insects and weeds.Determines when plants need additional watering and how long they should be watered. Observes plants and thins or transplants when they have grown too close together or too large for their locations. Decides when shrubs have reached the proper stage of growth for trimming and when trees need pruning to remove obviously diseased limbs or excess branches.Compute quantities of plant seeds and other materials needed for specific areas. Starts new plants in seedbeds or cold frames. May also reproduce plants through cuttings rooting grafting and layering.Operates a variety of hand and power operated garden tools and equipment such as seeders spreaders edger hedge trimmers pruning shears and sprayers.Picks up trash and vacuums parking lots and sidewalks daily.Reports to supervisor or security personnel acts of vandalism and or damage to NHG facilities.Performs other related duties as assigned