Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Employer: Freedom Tree Holdings LLC
Location: Pelham, TN
Workers needed: 72
Pay: $15.65/hour
Season: Nov 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Skill Level 1
Nursery: Duties to Include, but not limited to: Perform any combination of the following duties concerned with preparing soil and growth media, cultivating, and otherwise participating in horticulture activities. Hauls and spreads topsoil, fertilizer, etc. to condition land. Dig, rake, and screen soil and fill cold frame and hot beds to prepare them for planting. Plant, spray, weed and water plants, shrubs, and trees. Ties, bunches, wraps and pack flowers, plants, and shrubs to fill orders. Load trucks for marketing. Work on potting line transplanting seedlings into selling containers and place In growing area. Tasks include budding, grafting, pruning, planting, digging, hoeing, chipping. Staking an.cl trimming trees and plants. Operating and maintaining
Nursery Equipment. Trees, Shrubs, and posts will need to be moved from fields to loading areas. Repetitive lifting of 701bs is required to move potted plants from potting area to holding area. Assist with delivery of products to customers. Maintenance on farm equipment required in operation. Assist in set-up of product for sale of crop.
Alternative Work:
General farm maintenance and other duties as required in the farming operation maintenance. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, maintenance of tools & equipment, and other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Also includes fixing, clearing, and painting offences/ barns. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed above and only after the first week guarantee is met.
70 lb lifting requirement
Experience - Two months experience In nursery related budding, grafting, and pruning trees.
The employer will be staggering start dates based upon the seasonal need of the crop. Below are the dates and # of workers;
Start Date: 11/15/2026 - 50 workers
Start Date: 01/04/2027 - 22 workers
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer shall provide free and convenient access to cooking facilities or a kitchen so that workers can prepare their own meals. The employer will also provide transportation, at least once each week to assure that workers have access to stores.
Transport: The employer will permit workers eligible for travel reimbursement to select any means of transportation they choose, and employer will reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges
Experience wanted: 2 months
Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Physically able to meet and perform all job specifications. May be required to take random drug and / or alcohol tests, at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. All testing and background check will occur after employment has started and is not a part of the interview process. May be required to submit a criminal background check, at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the farm will result in immediate termination. Failure to comply with request for criminal background check may result in immediate termination of employment.
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