Employment
Farm Employment
At Waldoch Farm and Joyer Adventure Farm, we have various employment opportunities throughout the year. We are looking for passionate, honest and caring individuals that have a high standard for quality, will take initiative, be able to follow directions, and assist our customers. With customer service being a top priority for all positions.
We offer flexible schedules to high school and college students, parents who want to work while their children are at school, and retirees or other adults who want to supplement their income.
Waldoch Farm is a retailer farm, which makes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday our busiest days, with the most hours available. We work around our staff’s availability, however, the more available you are the more likely it that we will consider you for employment.
How to submit an application
Applications for employment can be downloaded, filled out and delivered in person at the farm or scroll down or fill out the application online.
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Employment: Submitting an Application
We accept applications throughout the year. You are more than welcome to drop off an application at any time. Do not hesitate to apply during any time of year in case we need some reinforcements to finish the season strong. However, these positions may have already been filled for the season. See when interviews are typically held for each position for the best time to apply.
We look forward to your application!
Garden Center
Interviews: March and April
Garden Center worker applications, which include those applying for positions in customer service, as cashiers, and as waterers.
Seasonal Positions:
Garden Center Cashier and Stockers
Garden Center Cashier and Stockers
Produce Field
Interviews: mid-May
We need the most help starting in early June, weeding the fields. Depending on the season, we hire a few people for work in May when a lot of schools are done for the summer.
In the summer months; the hours are typically 7am to 1pm or 3pm. During August we need a few more people to help Harvest the crops.
Seasonal Positions:
Field Hand
Field Hand
Joyer Adventure Farm
Interviews: mid-May through late August
Many roles that need to be filled to help guests have a fun and safe time at Joyer Adventure Farm.
Most of the positions with Fall Fun are on the weekends. We also need extra help on “MEA” on the farm. Check the Joyer Adventure Farm hours of operations for typical work hours.
Sunflower and Fall Fun Seasonal Positions:
Tractor Drivers, Activity Attendants, Ticket Booth Sales, and Food Service workers.
When the Strawberries start to ripen Joyer Adventure Farm will open 6 days a week for U-pick.
Strawberry Seasonal Positions:
Strawberry Seasonal Positions:
Tractor Drivers, Activity Attendants, Ticket Booth Sales, Fruit Sales, and Food Service workers.
Most of the positions with Fall Fun are on the weekends. We also need extra help on “MEA” on the farm. Check the Joyer Adventure Farm hours of operations for typical work hours.
Sunflower and Fall Fun Seasonal Positions:
Tractor Drivers, Activity Attendants, Ticket Booth Sales, and Food Service workers.
Submitting Applications
Applications for employment can be downloaded, filled out and delivered in person at the farm.
Worked for us before:
Follow the link below to fill out a Reemployment Form
How to submit reemployment form
When you reapply to Waldoch Farm and Joyer Adventure Farm, reminder we have various roles available throughout the year. Filling out this form helps us determine the availability of returning staff and help us better gauge the number of new hires we will need to fill our staffing needs. Please feel free to select multiple roles that interest you, so we can cover all areas of the business throughout the season.
Open Positions with a plant focus
Do you have a passion for plants? Would you like a seasonal full-time position at Waldoch Farm? Fill out an application and let us know where you think you could fit into the Waldoch Farm Family. We take a couple of months off of production and retail in the winter for the holiday season. However, our business continues to grow in scope and size each year. Last year we built a growing range that increased our covered growing space by 35%. This blessing means we need to grow our team. We are looking for quality candidates for the following positions:
Paid Internship
Our business continues to grow in scope and size and we are ready for the symbiotic relationship having interns at Waldoch Farm would provide. The tasks at Waldoch Farm could vary from pest control, planting, and maintenance of our annuals and perennials, and would include assisting with the vegetable harvest. The roles at Waldoch Farm include managing plants from seed to table and assisting in maintaining a customer friendly experience.
Greenhouse Assistant Grower and Retail Customer Service Focus
We need help in March and April transplanting all of the beautiful flowers we sell. Then, in May and the summer months our customers need help selecting the best plants for their gardens. If you want a change of pace every couple of months this role would be right for you.
Open Positions with a plant, people, and entertainment
We are looking for quality candidates for the following positions:
Chef
We are in the process of designing a commercial kitchen at Waldoch Farm. This kitchen will have great potential on the Farm. It will be used for value-add opportunities with the produce we grow at the farm for Direct sales of canned goods and will be the central location of food preparation, for Joyer Adventure Farm and Waldoch Farm Garden Center. With the addition of this kitchen, we are planning to add caramel apples, fudge, donuts and more to our menu. We are excited about this new venture on the farm and this role has some exciting potential for offering Farm to Table dinners if there is a passion for it. Other things that may interest you: there are only a few days the Farm’s food locations are open past 6pm, we are seasonal so it could be 9 months fulltime with November-January being slower, and most of the time you will be able to have consecutive days off. If all this sounds fun to you, please, fill out an application and we can talk about the different ways this role could be set up.
Perennials Sales and Plant Maintenance
Help customers with perennial and design questions. Keep the perennial areas fully stocked. As wells as keep the plants looking good with plant maintenance and watering. The time commitment in this role can be as little as two days a week. If you are interested in working more than that do not hesitate to apply.
Joyer Adventure Farm Seasonal Positions
Joyer Adventure Farm opens mid June. we start the season off with a fast pace because of the U-Pick strawberries. We give haywagon rides to the strawberries and running the food trailer for lunch. We are hiring these positions for the Strawberry picking season:
Event Tractor Drivers - must be 25+
Event Cashiers
Ticket Booth sales
Activity Attendants
Food Service Workers
As the fields start to ripen and the sunflowers start to bloom in August, we need additional fun and energetic people to host guests on the farm. By mid-September, the start of Fall Fun, we need even more help. We are hiring these seasonal positions:
Event Tractor Drivers - must be 25+
Sunflower / Cut flower field host
Event Cashiers
Activity Attendants
Ticket Booth sales
Corn Cops
Barnyard Attendant
Food Service Workers
Some positions start Thursday through Sunday in August and September with the blooming of the Sunflowers. Then the bulk of the positions start during Fall Fun and are on the weekends. We also need extra help on “MEA” at Joyer Adventure Farm.
Field Hand
We are hiring Field Hands to help harvest in the produce fields until Labor Day. Apply to join our amazing summer crew. Stay on staff to help during Fall Fun on weekends in September and October.