At Rutheo Designs, we’re all about building beautiful gardens and planting native plants, but we do that by first building a passionate community of individuals. Started in the founder’s backyard, it’s been important from the start that our team is like a family. We believe that our work will shine the most if we can do it with joy, so we strive to have fun while building and tending to our gardens. If you are a passionate and dedicated individual looking to make a positive difference in your city and have fun while you do it, reach out to us today.
Accepting Applications Now — Hiring Spring 2025
Hone the visions & dreams of our clients into detailed, thoughtful plans for each garden installation as a Landscape Designer. Discuss garden concepts and ideas with clients, select materials and plant pallets, and guide them through our custom design process. Help our clients get excited about native plants and habitat restoration in their own yard, and deliver beautiful designs for our Installation Crew to complete. Applicants with extensive native plant knowledge, experience with fruiting trees and plants, and 5+ years landscape design experience wanted.
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Tend gardens & Seattle’s urban ecosystem as a Maintenance & Stewardship Technician. Aid our new projects in establishing well by removing weeds and invasive species, and keep our maintenance customers happy by keeping their yards lush and beautiful throughout the year using organic methods and all-electric power equipment. Applicants experienced in fine gardening, horticulture, and residential landscape maintenance wanted.
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Focus on ensuring all plants are pruned properly & at the appropriate time of year as a Pruning Specialist, an integral part of our maintenance & stewardship team. Stay on top of pruning all the plants in our client’s yards during their regular maintenance visits, and make recommendations for larger seasonal pruning projects as needed. Lead pruning workshops for other staff members to share your knowledge, and teach interested clients proper pruning techniques when they’d like to learn for themselves. Applicants with 3-5+ years professional pruning experience wanted.
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Hone the visions & dreams of our clients into detailed, thoughtful plans for each garden installation as a Landscape Designer. Discuss garden concepts and ideas with clients, select materials and plant pallets, and guide them through our custom design process. Help our clients get excited about native plants and habitat restoration in their own yard, and deliver beautiful designs for our Installation Crew to complete. Applicants with extensive native plant knowledge, experience with fruiting trees and plants, and 5+ years landscape design experience wanted.
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Help construct dream gardens, plant edible food forests, and restore Seattle’s urban ecosystem as a member of our installation crew. Help run the on-site operations and coordinate with the Project Manager as a Crew Lead, focus on the high-quality execution of each and every detail as a Landscape Craftsman, or run the truck and source materials to keep the crew running as the Materials Supplier. Our installation crews operate in a collaborative way, as partners with our designers, project managers, and clients, relying on group conscience and the experience of each individual. Applicants with 2-10 years professional landscaping experience wanted.
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Come learn at Rutheo Designs, and have an opportunity to gain college credit while exploring any of the above positions (or all of them!). We love to offer opportunities for students to learn about landscaping, design, sustainability, habitat restoration, or entrepreneurship. Internship contracts are flexible, and negotiated with the student, although are typically part-time. Reach out to start a discussion. One intern will be accepted for any given quarter.
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Meet with new clients, develop proposals & estimates, and coordinate with the designers and installation crews to create beautiful gardens and restore Seattle’s urban ecosystem as one of our Project Managers. Plan projects to move efficiently, offer support and guidance to the Installation Crew, coordinate with specialty vendors, manage budgets & all the small details of each project — you’ll have a hand in every part of the process of making our clients happy and making the planet healthy. Applicants with 5-10 years landscape construction experience and prior project management experience wanted.
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Oversee our day-to-day operations and coordinate our Maintenance and Installation crews as the Operations Manager. Organize the monthly schedule for maintenance and install crews, coordinate sick leave and vacation time, send off contracts and invoices, and schedule consultations with new clients. The Operations Manager is integral to the functioning of the company, and helps make sure everything runs smoothly so we can offer the best service we can. Applicants with prior operations management & experience scheduling multiple crews wanted.
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At Rutheo Designs, we strive to let nature take the lead.
