Director of Horticulture

3 months ago

North York, Canada Toronto Botanical Garden Full time

Director of Horticulture

Toronto Botanical Garden

The Organization

Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) is the leading destination in Toronto to experience sustainable horticulture, and to better understand our collective role as stewards of our ecosystem. With free admission and over 300,000 visitors a year, TBG welcomes everyone to learn to love plants. Beyond an inspiring plant oasis, we are a dynamic community hub and an engaging learning environment.

In partnership with the City of Toronto, TBG is embarking on an exciting landmark capital expansion. Today the Garden is a 4-acre botanical garden nestled in the City of Toronto’s Park System adjacent to Edwards Gardens and the Wilket Creek Ravine. As the Garden prepares to expand its managerial oversight across thirty-five acres (in a phased approach), the organization is scaling up to achieve sustained organizational performance as a relevant and inspiring living museum.

Toronto Botanical Garden connects people and plants, fostering sustainable communities and developing reciprocal relationships with nature through lifelong learning. For more information, visit torontobotanicalgarden.ca.

How you will make an impact

The Director of Horticulture will launch the Toronto Botanical Garden forward, embracing the legacy of our original 4-acre botanical garden, while serving as a key partner as the Garden prepares for and realizes the expansion into the surrounding Edwards Gardens. Together with our horticultural staff and volunteers you will guide the scaling up of our horticultural operations. You will build on past success, while diligently focusing on developing inspiring gardens and forward-thinking collections that are relevant to the Garden’s diverse and evolving audience. You will be a self-starter, skilled at balancing the mission and the business; while also motivated to build and mentor a team that has the capacity and passion to take the Garden’s horticulture to new heights.

Job Responsibilities
- Develops, manages, and evaluates the Garden’s living collections, gardens, and landscapes to advance the Garden’s mission.
- Builds and mentors the TBG’s horticulture department, to achieve excellence in horticultural management and mission
- engagement.
- Leads a team to create progressive horticultural displays and collections that attract and engage diverse audiences, while also improving the overall guest experience.
- Develops, assesses, and monitors annual horticulture plans and corresponding budgets.
- Balances the near-term and annual planning with the long-range strategic direction of the department.
- Ensures a safe and respectful work environment for staff, interns, volunteers, and visitors, adhering to Ontario Occupational Health and Safety regulations.
- Collaborates with the Audience Engagement, Development, Learning, Retail and Venue teams to amplify TBG’s focus on being an inspiring plant place, an engaging learning environment and a dynamic community hub.
- Collaborates with other team members on content for interpretive horticultural related materials, signage, and programs.
- Collaborates with the Development team to leverage sponsorship and grant opportunities, track deliverables, and ensure reports are prepared on time.
- Serve as a primary contributor to the Expansion and Renewal planning, including supporting the Expansion Committee, working with landscape architects and related contractors to realize future garden improvements.
- Fosters and lead strong partnerships with organizations and individuals to amplify TBG’s mission.
- Actively participates on the Senior Leadership Team and committees as directed by the Executive Director.
- Serves as a professional representative of the Botanical Garden within the Greater Toronto Area and national public garden communities.

Experience and Qualifications
- University degree or equivalent in horticulture, landscape architecture, environmental science, ecology, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years progressive horticultural leadership experience in a botanic garden, arboretum, or public garden.
- Experience leading a high-performance team, working cross-functionally across an organization, and leading a core-mission function.
- Must have thorough knowledge of botanical garden collections, supporting science and sustainability practices with demonstrated creative design abilities.
- Must have excellent plant ID skills and a good understanding of plant taxonomy.
- Communicates and manages well at all levels of the organization while also exercising good judgment and effective decision making based on accurate and timely analysis.
- Excellent writing skills as well as a skilled presenter.
- Demonstrated experience for managing budgets, setting, and fulfilling strategic goals, establishing work plans, and attaining outcomes.
- Proven experience working with and/or managing volunteers in a nonprofit setting.
- Current Arboriculture certification is an asset.
- Working knowledge o

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