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Artemis Flower Farm Harvester

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Artemis Flower Farm Harvester

Last Updated On: May 7th, 2026 at 07:37PM MST

Contact information
Farm Address:
8104 North 63rd Street
Longmont, '--, 80503

Primary Contact: Helen H Skiba
Secondary Contact: Nelson Esseveld

Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 7205696341
    Email: helen@artemisflowerfarm.com

    Email: nesseveld@gmail.com

Website: https://www.artemisflowerfarm.com

Internship information
General Farm Description: Artemis Flower Farm is a specialty cut flower farm located at 8104 N 63rd St in Longmont. It is run by Helen Skiba and Nelson Esseveld, who are married. We farm at the Treehouse Farm Collective alongside Speedwell Farm & Gardens and other operations. We have been growing cut flowers for 10 seasons, and 2024 will be our 4th season at this property. We sell our flowers at farmers market, to the Colorado Flower Collective and local florists, to a small CSA, at our farm stand, at our on-farm workshops, and to wedding clients. We also sell dahlia tubers and fall bulbs. We currently farm on about 1.5 acres, with 3 caterpillar tunnels, but we will be expanding our operation in 2024 up to 3 acres along with managing the farm’s collective space. Read more about our farm on our website. You can get in touch with our current employee, Kailey Littlehorn, to learn what it’s like to work for us: klittlehorn@gmail.com.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: 6/1/2024
Internship Ends: 9/30/2024
Number of Internship Available: 1
Application Deadline: 4/30/2024
Minimum Length of Stay: 4 months

Internship Details:

Job Purpose:

We harvest over 150,000 stems of cut flowers every season, and we are growing. This essential job supports our team in getting our product to market.

Duties:

  1. Harvest flowers alongside Lead Field Partner and owners

  2. Organize flowers in farm walk-in cooler

  3. May include field work (transplanting, weeding) if harvest finishes early.

Hours:

  • Up to 21 hours per week, as early as 6am to as late as 1pm, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

  • First week of June through the last week of September, with potential for more work in October.

Compensation:

  1. $18/hr

  2. Flowers to take home

  3. 1 hour of accrued paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked

  4. 8 hours unpaid time off to be scheduled in advance

Required Qualifications:

  • Desire to learn and ability to remember plant names

  • Ability to follow detailed directions

  • Strong communication skills

  • Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions

  • Ability to engage in physically active work every day on uneven terrain

  • Ability to work independently and also collaborate with a team

  • Reliable transportation to and from the farm. There is a Park-n-Ride on the Diagonal Highway about 3 miles from the farm; you could bike to the farm easily from there.

Preferred Qualifications

  • One full season or more working on a production farm

  • Knowledge of cut flower names

How to Apply:

Fill out our online form HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHnRXlq9pYxKigUtwpYz99K2tWrWgpxbAPP0Ybn7oh0b0Dzw/viewform


Educational Opportunities: No

Skills Desired: Yes - please refer to the job description.

Meals: No

Stipend: yes, this is a paid position.

Housing: No

Preferred method of Contact: Email