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Community Garden & Farmers Market Assistant 

Part Time. 17-20 hours per week.  Non-Exempt, hourly, $15/hour.

This job is very flexible during the week but requires the following nights and weekends: 

  • 10 Garden Workdays: 1 Saturday morning or afternoon per month February through November. 

  • 1 evening per month, usually a Tuesday or Thursday evening, 6 to 9 p.m. - Garden Assistant in educational workshops 

  • 35 Saturday mornings per year as a farmers market assistant (generally 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.). These include the first 3 Saturdays in December, all of January through March, and all of July & August. 


Must be able to lift 40 pounds and work outdoors in heat and humidity, and cold and wet weather.

Starts: August 2026

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Are you passionate about local food, organic vegetable gardening and farmers markets? 

Grow Oak Ridge is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes health in Anderson County, Tennessee, by connecting locally grown food with the public through farmers markets, community gardens and education. 

Grow Oak Ridge is looking for an organized, creative, passionate, and self-driven individual to join our team. We operate the Winter Farmers Market and Market-To-Go, Lavender Festival, the Grow Your Own Program, and a variety of gardening and nutrition education programs. You should be prepared to work in a friendly, approachable work environment to complete a broad range of tasks in various aspects of agricultural outreach. 

Community Garden Assistant duties: 

  • Weeding, watering and planting in the Grow & Learn Community Garden.

  • Promoting, harvesting and distributing flower sales from the Community Garden to local florists and restaurants, once a week during the growing season.  

  • Building, turning, measuring and managing the Community Garden compost system.

  • Cultivating volunteers for the compost program, instructing them and working alongside them to create healthy, useful compost. 

  • Coordinating supplies distributions for the Grow Your Own Program gardening program, one weeknight per month.

  • Recruit, organize and supervise volunteers for seed sorting days, 3 x year. 

  • Make monthly video content for Community Garden and Market-to-Go using Canva reels. 


Farmers Market Assistant Responsibilities: 

  • Working the front desk at the Winter Farmers Market (Saturdays, December through March with the exception of holidays) 

  • Working Market-To-Go orders July & August (Saturdays, July & August) with Market-To-Go the manager to ensure accurate and efficient order distribution. 

  • Making monthly video content for Market-to-Go using Canva reels. 

Miscellaneous Responsibilities: 

  • Assisting with various aspects of the Lavender Festival the week leading up to the event, which is always on the third Saturday in June (June 19, 2027), including lifting and carrying 40 pounds of signs, tables, tents and other festival items.

Requirements:

  • Minimum High School Graduate or GED / Some relevant college work is helpful in business, agriculture, marketing, or communications. 

  • Knowledge of and experience with gardening and composting in an organic environment. 

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. 

  • Preferred experience with Google Mail, Drive, Slides, Sheets, and Docs. 

  • Knowledge of and ability to shoot short videos for social media reels. 

  • Knowledge of Canva or willingness to learn it.  

  • Must be able to lift 40 pounds.

  • Must supply your own reliable vehicle and phone. 


How to Apply:  Email Rebecca Williams, Executive Director of Grow Oak Ridge a copy of your resume with cover letter. Letter should include your skills, why you are excited about joining the Grow Oak Ridge team, and any past experiences that you will draw on to help you to be successful in this position.