Crew Signups

Urban Farm Nursery - Tree Crew Sign Ups

We use seasonal temporary employees during our PopUp Nursery events. This work is fun and engaging, but it is work so there are certain things to know before you sign up.  This page describes key details and will have links to the current sign ups.

IMPORTANT: Read this section first, then look for the Links below.

1) The first rule of our nursery lot is Be Safe. 
We need you to do your part to make this a safe work environment including:

    • staying hydrated,
    • wearing closed toe shoes at all times
    • wearing gloves when applicable,
    • wearing protective eyewear when applicable
    • using smart lifting skills or proper equipment for heavier items, and
    • DON’T RUSH – mistakes happen when we rush.
2) The second rule of our nursery lot is Have Fun. 
We love what we do and we love who we work with.  Honestly, it makes sense: if you are enjoying yourself on the lot, then you will want to come back again.
 

Other important elements of working on our Tree Crew:

Please be on time.  A lot of the instructions happen in the first part of the day shortly before we open up to the public. If you are late, you are adding to our work as we then need to set aside time to give you updates. We do not have a lot of time in the morning for these adjustments.
 
Slow days may mean we will need to send people home early. Our pickup scheduling has made this not quite as necessary, and yet sometimes it is. If either you are willing to go early or if this will create a hardship, you can let us know ahead of time and we will take that into consideration.
 
Our customers are like family to us. Treat them with respect, and they should do the same in return. Many are repeat customers and have been coming to us for years.  
 

Education and support are free. We have several people on staff who are trained in the proper planting procedures, so unless you have knowledge and experience that we have vetted, you must stick to our planting methods and send customers with questions to Greg, Janis, Ray, and Jordan first. It is important that you stick to our system and to not make up answers! You can learn our methods in Root Camp.

 

ROOT CAMP

If you’ve not signed up for Root Camp click HERE. 
If you want to log in go HERE. 

The best sections to check out for Tree Crew are 1 thru 4.

 
Lunch break is 30-45 minutes within an hour window. We do provide lunch and a water station to fill your flasks, but you can bring your own lunch. We close for an hour with a rest break of a maximum of 45 minutes to allow us a few minutes to reset the lot. 
 
This is a paid gig.  First year crew start at minimum wage and wages go up based on experience. W9 forms will be collected so please bring appropriate IDs on your first day, and 1099s will be issued per federal guidelines.
 
We will go over the rest of the rules when you show up on lot.
 
 
We use the SignUpGenius app to manage our work-day sign ups.
Here are the three current sign-ups for January 2025:
 
NOTE:  DO NOT sign up for more than one person. Each individual needs to be added separately.  

January 2025 Sign Ups:

WWOOFTies needed! 

Willing Workers Organizing Our Fruit Trees!  We will be unloading the truck of bare root trees on one morning early in January (DATE TBD), and then we will spend 4-5 days prepping, pruning, and heeling-in the trees for our 25th annual pop-up nursery.  You’re almost guaranteed to get mud on you and/or your shoes.

Start date: January 9th. 
Likely End date: January 12/13th

The sign up genius will be updated, this page will not.

SIGN UP HERE

This is a separate sign up for our Cashier, Gate Crew and General Store Support. 

IMPORTANT: These positions are being offered to people who have experience or who have already been trained for a specific role. If you’re interested in an administrative job on the tree lot, please email Janis@urbanfarm.org AND Ray@urbanfarm.org.

Same dates as the Nursery Days.

Sign up HERE

POP UP Nursery Tree Crew – CLICK HERE

Join the best crew in town!

We need several people as Tree Crew for our OPEN TO PUBLIC pop up Nursery Days. This is to help fill pre-orders for bare-root & small potted trees and bagged products (cashier, General Store, and gate crew are scheduled separately).

And YES we plan to be open on Sundays.

PROPOSED DATES (these may change if the delivery date requires adjustment):

  • Thurs, Jan 16 (Not open to the public)
  • Fri, Jan 17
  • Sat, Jan 18
  • SUN, Jan 19
  • Fri, Jan 24
  • Sat, Jan 25                            
  • SUN, Jan 26
  • Friday, Jan 31
  • Sat, Feb 1                            
  • SUN, Feb 2

Sign up HERE


Summer 2025 This section will be updated later

WWOOFTies needed! 

Willing Workers Organizing Our Fruit Trees!  We will be unloading one or two truck loas of potted 5 and 15 gallon citrus trees on one day early in September (DATE TBD), and we will take time to insect the trees for basic pruning and quality control check.

Potential date: Single-day Early September, mid week. 

SIGN UP PENDING

This is a separate sign up for our Cashier, Gate Crew and General Store Support. 

IMPORTANT: These positions are being offered to people who have experience or who have already been trained for a specific role.  

Same dates as the Nursery Days.

Sign up PENDING

POP UP CITRUS Nursery Tree Crew – CLICK HERE

Join the best crew in town!

We need several people as Tree Crew for our OPEN TO PUBLIC pop up CITRUS Nursery Days. This is to help fill pre-orders for potted citrus trees and bagged products (cashier, General Store, and gate crew are scheduled separately).

PROPOSED DATES Late September, possibly early October.  Two weeks of Thurs, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Sign up PENDING

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