As a Landscape Foreman at Laurel Hill Gardens, you will lead and manage on-site landscape construction, garden installation, and maintenance crews for high-end

residential and estate properties. You are responsible for executing landscape designs, ensuring craftsmanship, crew productivity, safety compliance, and exceptional service standards across both design-build and estate gardening projects.

• Supervise and work alongside crew members during all phases of landscape installation, hardscaping, softscaping, and estate garden maintenance.
• Interpret and implement landscape plans, construction drawings, and horticultural specifications.
• Manage daily project timelines, coordinate tasks, and adapt schedules as needed to meet deadlines and client expectations.
• Ensure all work meets quality, aesthetic, and technical standards consistent with high end landscapes and estate-level expectations.

• Provide daily direction and motivation to crew members; assign tasks based on skill levels and project requirements.
• Train crew members on planting techniques, pruning standards, equipment use, safety procedures, and horticultural best practices.
• Foster a respectful, efficient, and positive team environment.

• Act as the on-site liaison between clients, designers, subcontractors, and office staff.
• Maintain a professional demeanor and communicate updates, changes, or concerns promptly to clients and supervisors.
• Anticipate client needs, suggest seasonal improvements, and identify enhancements for ongoing estate care.

• Operate and oversee proper use of trucks, machinery, and landscape tools.
• Enforce job site safety protocols and company standards to protect crew and client property.
• Maintain accurate time records, material use logs, and site reports.

• Oversee recurring high-touch garden care including deadheading, fine pruning, seasonal planting, soil amendments, and specialty horticultural tasks.
• Identify pest or disease issues and report or implement solutions as appropriate.
• Monitor the overall health and presentation of estate landscapes with a designer’s eye for detail.

• 3–5 years of experience in landscape construction, estate gardening, or high-end property maintenance with at least 1–2 years in a supervisory role.
• Horticultural knowledge including plant ID, care, and seasonal requirements.
• Proficiency in reading landscape plans and using tools/equipment such as skid steers, trenchers, and irrigation systems.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record and own transportation. 
• Landscape certifications preferred but not required.

• Must be able to lift 50+ lbs, work outdoors in various weather conditions, and manage physical labor over extended periods.
• Flexible availability during peak seasons, with occasional weekend or after-hours work.

• Competitive hourly wage based on experience. 
• PTO and holiday pay
• Opportunities for training and advancement

About Laurel Hill Gardens

We have been serving some of Philadelphia’s finest gardens and estates since 1981. Nestled right in the heart of Philadelphia’s garden district, Laurel Hill Gardens is a full service landscape, design, build and maintain company. We primarily build and tend landscapes and gardens in the Chestnut Hill area. Our storefront is the showcase of our plants and people, positioning ourselves as the trusted gardeners of Chestnut Hill and beyond. We care about people and plants and the relationships between the two. Our philosophy is Love Your Landscape. We aim to help our community, clients and customers love their landscape, no matter how big or small. 

We hope you’ll give us the opportunity to learn more about you and what you can bring to our special corner of Philadelphia.