Employment & Volunteering
Part Time & Full Time Openings
We periodically have openings for housekeeping, summer interns, garden staff or weekend and event help.
We currently have the following openings available:
HOUSEKEEPING STAFF MEMBER - Part Time, Year Round
Week-end position(s) open for Housekeeper with great hours. Work from 10:00am - 3:00pm Saturday and/or Sunday keeping this beautiful home clean and ready for guests. Responsibilities include:
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Cleaning guests rooms before new guests arrive
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Laundry
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Ironing
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First Floor cleaning - vacuuming, dusting
Be a part of the fun team that cares for this beautiful historic mansion. Flexible time off. On job training. Detail oriented person needed to meet our high standards of cleanliness. Part time weekly hours may be available as well.
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GARDEN STAFF MEMBER - Part Time, Seasonal
We are looking for an additional garden staff member to join our groundskeeping work force! This is a part-time position and will continue until the end of October. This position reports to our Head Gardener. Flexible time off. Prior experience is preferred but not required.
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Responsibilities include:
• Watering, weeding and pruning
• Cleaning and maintaining water fountains
• Planting and maintaining flower beds
• Must be able to go up and down stairs, climb ladders and carry up to 50lbs.
• Must be able to be around chemicals such as bleach, copper sulfide, algaecide, seven, herbicide, etc.
• Must be flexible on work hours, we try to not work in the heat of the day.
• Must have some knowledge of gas powered equipment.
• Must be willing to get dirty and sweaty.
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Please send resumes to inn@irwingardens.com
Volunteer Opportunites
We use a mix of both paid staff and volunteers to help oversee public garden hours and give guided tours. Our volunteers/staff participate in our special open-to-the-public events to help greet visitors, pass out information or enrich visitors immersive experience.
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Volunteers can choose to be one-time only or can make regular recurring commitments according to their schedule. Your participation is invaluable to us continuing our programs!
We currently have volunteer positions open for the following:
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GARDEN STEWARDS
This is a 4-hour commitment to be available in the gardens during our public garden hours to hand out visitor information, answer questions and monitor visitor activity. We are currently needing someone on Tuesdays from 2:00-6:00pm, now through the end of October.
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We appreciate as many days as you are willing and available to offer! We highly value our volunteers as their efforts allow us to continue open the gardens to the public at no charge
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Send inquiries to inn@irwingardens.com