Careers at Creative Roots Landscaping

Working in landscaping isn’t easy, but it’s incredibly rewarding. If you love working with your hands and want to take pride in creating stunning landscapes for some of the best clients in Kelowna, this could be the perfect career for you.

At Creative Roots, we offer more than just a landscaping job in Kelowna—we provide a path for growth. With opportunities for advancement, industry training, and our culture of Open Book Management, Business Literacy (“BizLit”), and hands-on landscaping experience, your career potential is yours to shape. We support ongoing development through industry certifications like Red Seal and IIABC, helping you gain the skills to grow into a true landscaping professional. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to level up in the landscaping industry, we invest in people who are ready to learn, grow, and take ownership of their success.

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How Landscaping Careers Grow at Creative Roots in Kelowna

At Creative Roots, we believe that great landscaping careers in Kelowna start with hard work—and grow with the right support. Whether you’re stepping into Landscape Construction, Landscape Maintenance, Irrigation, or Administration, every position begins with a competitive hourly wage. But we don’t stop there. We offer clear growth paths, skill-building opportunities, and leadership training to help you earn more, learn more, and build a lasting career in the landscaping industry.

The Creative Roots Passport to Success

Our Education and Skill Track is designed to help team members advance in the landscaping industry. This system outlines clear requirements for every role within Creative Roots, helping you:

  • Identify specific goals to improve your skills
  • Develop expertise in the areas you’re most passionate about
  • Move up the ranks and increase your hourly wage

This hands-on training program steps outside the traditional “job description” model, giving you control over your career path. Each team member receives a Customized Development Plan. This plan helps track progress, skill development, and training. It makes it easier to see your growth in real time.

Your Career Growth at Creative Roots

If you have the desire and dedication, you can reach the top-end hourly rate within your division. From there, you may set your sights on our Leadership Track—where we actively promote from within. Our Leaders are the foundation of what makes Creative Roots one of the best landscaping companies to work for in Kelowna.

Maybe you see an opportunity to create a new business or division within Creative Roots? Whatever your goal, all of our Manager positions are year-round, salaried roles with even greater earning potential. The opportunities are endless!

Do you have

the right stuff ?

Here is the BASIC stuff you need before applying:

  • Be closely aligned with our Core Values
  • Be physically fit; this is hard, physical work that requires stamina
  • Be passionate about gardens, landscaping and great service
  • Be eager to learn about landscaping, people and business
  • Be self-motivated, especially under pressure
  • Be able to work independently and as a member of a team
  • Be able to effectively manage your emotions in the workplace
  • Be able to communicate effectively and efficiently
  • Be literate and like to read
  • Be detail-oriented
  • Have strong organizational skills
  • Have strong interpersonal skills
  • Have the desire and initiative to grow within your position and the Creative Roots team
  • Have a desire to accomplish things with a sense of urgency
  • Have a desire to play on a winning team
  • Be Bold! Engaging! and Entertaining!

How to Apply

No Smoking

It is important to know that because we care, not only about healthy living, but also our high level of professionalism, we are a 100% Non-Smoking company and proud of it! No exceptions. Please take this into consideration before starting the application process.

  1. Make sure you submit your application via our online application process. It’s important to know that we do not consider any direct email submissions, phone calls, faxes, drop-ins, etc.
  2. Stand by for an invitation to interview.
  3. If invited, participate in our initial Group Interview.
  4. If invited, participate in a second One-On-One Interview and provide references (if you didn’t include them in your online application)
  5. If successful in the comprehensive Reference Checks, get invited to attend an Open Tryout to show us your field skills. Even if you have little to no experience, we need to see if you can use a shovel or a rake, take direction and the pace you work at. If you tell us you have the skills, be prepared to back it up!
  6. If selected, get out in the field and get working! We have a minimum one week Field Tryout (paid, of course) so our Leaders and other team members can see how you do and so you can try us on for size too.
  7. If offered, accept the job and schedule your orientation and start date!

Great People Deserve Great Opportunity

We believe that the quality of your career depends on the people you surround yourself with. This includes those at home, on the ice rink, and at work. Landscaping is more than a job; it is a profession. In this field, you can challenge yourself, grow, and take pride in your hard work.  Life is too short to spend your days in a role that doesn’t help you improve both professionally and personally.

At Creative Roots, we can’t choose your family or friends, but we can guarantee that you’ll work alongside motivated, skilled, and fun people who inspire you every day.

Our Commitment to an Exceptional Work Environment

How do we ensure this? It begins with our core values: Obsessing over great service, working together, being creative and a little weird, proving we care, communicating, and being go getters. But we don’t just talk about our values—we live by them.

To attract and retain the best landscaping professionals in Kelowna, we offer:

  • A strong team culture that supports and challenges you to grow
  • Tangible benefits & career development programs that reward hard work
  • Opportunities for leadership & specialization within the landscaping field

We understand that a great customer experience begins with having the right people. We are dedicated to offering training, support, and rewards. This commitment makes Creative Roots the best place to grow your landscaping career.

Benefits:

  • Paid overtime
  • Opportunity to learn from people who know the industry
  • Stake in our Profit Sharing Plan and Benefits Package*
  • Professional and personal development opportunities
  • Weekly Team Huddle and the practice of Open Book Management & The Great Game of Business

* (after completion of probation period)

 

Ready to Build Your Future With Us?

If you’re looking for more than just a job—if you want a landscaping career in Kelowna where your effort is valued and your growth is supported—you’re in the right place.

Explore Open Positions and take the first step toward a career you can be proud of.

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