About My Garden Plant Recruitment

Why we exist

Most US recruitment agencies treat horticulture like any other sector. A vacancy lands for a head gardener, an arborist or a landscape architect, and a generalist consultant runs a keyword search against a mixed database. A stack of resumes arrives on the estate manager’s desk. Half of the candidates have never worked on a comparable property. The arborist claimed ISA certification that was never verified. The landscape architect who left three studios inside two years looks fine on paper.

My Garden Plant Recruitment was set up to work the other way. We are a specialist US green-industry recruitment desk covering eleven disciplines. Every consultant on the team is fluent in the horticultural sector they serve, and every candidate we introduce has been screened against the actual credential, site experience and package bar you set on the intake call.

What we do

We place permanent professional hires for US green-industry employers: landscape architecture and design firms, garden centers, private estates, historic-property foundations, golf clubs, sports grounds, tree care firms, parks departments, botanical gardens, university extension programs and nursery producers. We fill roles from crew-leader level through director-level appointments, and one consultant stays accountable from the intake call through onboarding follow-up.

How we vet

Every candidate on a My Garden Plant Recruitment shortlist has been assessed against the same standard before an introduction:

• Professional-body membership verified: ASLA, APLD registration, ISA Certified Arborist status, TCIA member-firm status, CTSP, AHS-recognized qualifications, GCSAA membership, STMA affiliation, PGMS, AmericanHort, APS
• Right-to-work documentation confirmed (I-9, work authorization, H-2A / H-2B history where relevant for seasonal talent)
• Site experience validated against your operating environment: private estate, public parks, botanical collection, golf course, commercial nursery, retail garden center
• Current package broken down: base, housing, vehicle, uniform, tool allowance, seasonal bonus, retirement contributions and other benefits
• Notice period and non-compete position on current employment
• Physical fitness and PPE competence confirmed where the role requires it (arborist, hardscape installation, sports turf)
• Reference readiness confirmed before we send the resume

Hiring around the growing calendar

The green industry does not hire on a linear calendar. Spring is build-out season for landscape firms and golf clubs; fall is planting and turf renovation; mid-summer is peak maintenance; winter shifts differently in the north and the south. Hiring windows tighten around these periods and the best passive candidates only look outside them. We build our search timetables around the growing calendar, and we tell you at intake if the timing is going to work against you.

Who we work with

Our clients include US landscape architecture studios, design-build landscape firms, garden center groups, private estates and family offices, historic-property foundations, golf clubs and country clubs, sports grounds and stadia, tree care firms, municipal parks departments, wholesale nurseries and specialist propagators, botanical gardens and green-industry leadership appointments across the sector.

Our standards

• Sector-fluent screening. Every consultant is fluent in the discipline they recruit for.
• Straight package advice. If a package is under-market for the region and the season, we say so before we start.
• One consultant, end to end. The same person runs your brief from intake through onboarding follow-up.
• Discretion by default. Every approach and every brief stays confidential until you say otherwise.
• A written guarantee. Every placement carries a written replacement guarantee.

Talk to a consultant

Use the contact form and we will come back within one business day. We are available Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm ET.