Employment

The Houston Botanic Garden is seeking a dynamic Director of Horticulture to lead all horticulture initiatives to drive year-round attendance and further the Garden’s education and conservation mission. The director must understand the importance of botanic garden collections, conservation, sustainability, and display strategies to operate a successful public garden that serves as a resource for a local and global community. The ideal candidate is an educator by nature and passionate about the Garden’s mission, well organized and strategic, has horticulture experience and plant knowledge of the Texas climate and its particular challenges.

The Houston Botanic Garden is seeking an experienced, motivated, creative, and team-oriented Associate Director of Development to execute a multi-faceted fundraising program directed at institutional donors.

The Houston Botanic Garden is seeking a venue coordinator who will work closely with the Director of Private Events to execute all aspects of the venue rental program — fielding inquiries, giving site tours, and assisting in the coordination and logistics of event set-up and break-down — as well as venue rental sales and new client development.

The Houston Botanic Garden is seeking two seasonal Event Assistants who are passionate about customer service; have experience in vendor relations and event management; demonstrate strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills; and desire to work in a dynamic organization in a stage of rapid growth.

The Houston Botanic Garden is seeking a seasonal, part-time teacher with classroom experience, ideally in a STEM-based curriculum, for its summer BotaniCamp program. The BotaniCamp teacher need to be available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, between June 17-August 9.

The Houston Botanic Garden is seeking three seasonal, part-time camp counselors for its summer BotaniCamp program. Counselors need to be available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, between June 17-August 9.