If you are looking for a gratifying landscaping job with a reputable company in the Pioneer Valley, look no further. Better View Landscapes is a leading provider of premium landscaping services to customers in Northampton, Massachusetts, and the surrounding areas. We are a well-established (stated in 1995) local business, we specialize in landscape design, installation, and maintenance for residential and commercial properties. With more than 25 years of experience in the area, we have built a reputation for creative landscape designs, exceptional service, and professional integrity. We look for employees who share these values and want to contribute to the natural beauty of the neighborhoods we serve.

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We are always hiring awesome people who love the outdoors, and are passionate about the landscape field be it Gardening, Hardscaping, or Lawn care.  We want the opportunity to speak with you and see if we might be a good fit for your next step in your landscape career.

Better View Landscapes offers a variety of career opportunities for those who enjoy working outdoors in nature and wish to enhance their knowledge of the natural world.  Better View Landscapes offers landscape design, installation, and maintenance services for both residential and commercial customers in Northampton, Massachusetts, and the surrounding areas. Some of the positions we are currently looking to fill are:

Lead Landscape Gardener

Love Gardening? Ready to Lead? Join a Company That Values Your Passion AND Your Expertise

At Better View Landscapes, we don’t just care for gardens—we care deeply about the people who tend them. We’re a growing, tight-knit team in the heart of the Pioneer Valley, known for our beautiful properties, loyal client base, and the respect we show our crew. If you’re a skilled gardener looking for more than just a job—a place to grow—this role is for you.

What Makes Us Different? Why You’ll Love Working Here

  • We Invest in You: From professional uniforms and safety gear to spring bonuses and team celebrations, we believe in starting every season strong and showing appreciation year-round.
  • Grow Your Career: Want to design beds, lead a team, and work directly with clients? This is a leadership role with opportunities to grow into garden design, training, and account management.
  • Not Just a Number: You’ll be trusted with real responsibility, encouraged to share your ideas, and recognized for your experience.
  • Help Us Be the Best: Our gardens are high-end, high-touch, and cared for by a team that takes pride in their craft. We’re looking for someone who can raise the bar—leading by example, sharing knowledge, and helping our team deliver at the highest level.
  • Tools and Training Provided: We equip our team with the right tools, fresh uniforms, a stocked fridge in the shop, and access to ongoing training and certifications.
  • Team Culture You Can Feel: We’re friendly, organized, and respectful—with a deep love for gardens and the people who care for them.

Your Role as Lead Landscape Gardener

As a lead gardener, you’ll bring your experience and plant knowledge to the field each day, guiding a team and maintaining some of the area’s most beautiful properties. You’ll work hand-in-hand with our Maintenance Manager to deliver exceptional care—and inspire your team to do the same.

Responsibilities include:

  • Leading and mentoring our garden crew using best horticultural practices
  • Working with clients to suggest and install small garden enhancements
  • Managing seasonal care including pruning, planting, weeding, and cleanups
  • Identifying pest, disease, or plant health issues and solving them proactively
  • Building trusted relationships with our clients by consistently showing up, communicating clearly, and delivering results
  • Operating in all weather conditions—because the gardens don’t stop when it rains

What We’re Looking For

  • 2+ years of hands-on gardening or landscaping experience
  • Strong plant ID skills and knowledge of New England horticulture
  • A passion for gardens and mentoring others
  • Excellent communication and a client-first mindset
  • Ability to lift 60+ lbs and handle physically demanding work
  • Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
  • Bonus if you have experience upselling enhancements or doing small garden design

What’s In It for You

  • Hourly Pay: $24–$32/hour based on experience
  • Commissions: Earn bonuses on client-approved garden enhancements
  • Benefits Package:
    • Health and dental insurance
    • 401(k) with company match
    • Paid holidays, vacation, and PTO
    • Company vehicle and phone
    • Paid training and certifications
    • Uniforms, safety gear, and all necessary tools
    • A stocked fridge and a team that supports one another

Apply Today

If you’re ready to take your love of gardens to the next level—and want to work with a company that sees and supports you—apply today. At Better View Landscapes, your passion, leadership, and plant knowledge will be celebrated every step of the way.

Let’s grow something beautiful together.

Location: Hadley, MA
 Position Type: Full-Time, Year-Round
 Pay Range: $24.00 – $32.00/hour + Enhancement Commission Opportunities

Apply Today!

Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work and leading a team by example?

 

Are you looking for a role that offers more freedom and responsibility, while still being supported by a great team?

 

Do you have a keen eye for detail and pride yourself on delivering high-quality work every time?

If you answered yes to these questions, you may be a great fit for our Lawn Care Crew Leader position!

Why You Should Join Better View Landscapes:

  • Leadership and Independence: You’ll be responsible for leading your own crew, managing daily operations, and ensuring every lawn is mowed to perfection each week. You’ll have the autonomy to make decisions while ensuring the highest level of care and quality.
  • Competitive Pay: Earn $23-$29 per hour, based on experience, with a full benefits package, including health and dental insurance, 401(k), and productivity bonuses.
  • Work Schedule Flexibility: While the goal is to complete lawns each week, we understand that weather can be unpredictable. Our schedule can be adjusted to accommodate for delays, and some Saturdays may be required during peak seasons or when the weather doesn’t cooperate.
  • Growth Opportunities: At Better View Landscapes, we believe in investing in our team. You’ll have access to paid training, industry seminars, and opportunities for career development.
  • $500 Signing Bonus: Receive a $500 signing bonus after completing 90 days of successful employment with us!

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Leading Your Crew: Oversee daily operations, ensuring that every lawn is completed each week according to our high standards. Your leadership will guide your team to consistently meet deadlines.
  • Managing Schedule Flexibility: Adjust work schedules as needed to complete weekly lawn care, including the possibility of overtime when the season requires. Some Saturday work may be required during peak seasons or when weather delays occur.
  • Mastering Lawn Care Equipment: Safely and efficiently operate a variety of lawn care equipment and ensure it’s well-maintained for optimal performance.
  • Owning Lawn Quality: Take full responsibility for lawn health and quality, addressing any issues and reporting them to management as needed.
  • Exceeding Client Expectations: Deliver results that exceed client expectations, ensuring that all jobs are done right and on time.

We Need You If You Have:

  • Leadership Skills: You know how to lead by example, keep your team motivated, and achieve quality results.
  • Attention to Detail: You take pride in your work and ensure every lawn is mowed and maintained to the highest standards.
  • Strong Communication: You can communicate effectively with your team, clients, and management to ensure smooth operations and client satisfaction
  • Flexibility and Adaptability: You’re willing to adjust work schedules as necessary, including possible Saturday work during peak seasons or when weather delays occur.
  • A Positive Attitude: You bring energy and pride to your work every day, creating a productive and positive atmosphere for your team.

Bonus Skills:

  • MA Pesticide Applicator’s License (not required but a plus)

What’s In It For You?

  • 40 Hours a Week (with Overtime as Needed): A stable full-time position with a flexible schedule that may include occasional Saturday work to meet deadlines, especially during busy or unpredictable weather periods.
  • Competitive Pay: Earn $23-$29 per hour based on experience, with opportunities for overtime and productivity bonuses.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Health/dental insurance, 401(k), and more, with opportunities for growth within the company.
  • Learning and Development: Paid training programs, access to industry seminars, and clear paths for career advancement.

$500 Signing Bonus: Earn a $500 signing bonus after successfully completing 90 days with us!

Are you someone who could describe yourself as a “green thumb”?
Do your values align with our core values: Vision, Integrity, Empowered, and Work/Life Fulfillment?
Do you enjoy working with your hands and creating beautiful results?
Do you like working independently and as a part of a team?

If so, Better View Landscapes may have a place for you and your talents!

Better View Landscapes is hiring for entry-level positions across all 3 of our divisions — garden maintenance, lawn care, and landscape construction.  Utilize your experience and knowledge, along with simple hand tools, powered equipment, and your own “person power”.   We provide on-the-job training, as well as other paid educational opportunities (available after 90 days of service) such as certifications, workshops, college courses, and licensing.

To succeed in this role, you should be physically fit and able to operate small machinery. The ideal candidate will be friendly, professional, and possess a desire to learn and build skills in the field. This candidate must be self-motivated and able to work independently as well as able to collaborate with others on the team.

Positions are full-time from Spring thru the end of Fall, with the option of being on-call throughout the winter for snow removal.  Applicants who are interested in full-season work are preferred.

Responsibilities:

Landscape/Garden Maintenance 

  • Caring for residential and commercial client landscapes
  • Assist in the creation of new or the renovation of existing landscape beds
  • Digging, tilling, and preparing the soil for planting
  • Installation of plant material
  • Caring for the perennials, grasses, shrubs
  • Weeding
  • Identify and manage garden/landscape pests by natural or chemical methods
  • Pruning, shearing of landscape plants
  • Spring/Fall clean-ups
  • Work with hand tools and basic light machinery such as powered edgers and leaf blowers

Lawn Care

  • Mowing and trimming client lawns weekly
  • Assist in machine care and routine maintenance
  • Lawn installations and repairs
  • Spring/Fall clean-ups
  • Work with hand tools and basic light machinery such as powered edgers and leaf blowers
  • Assist with other divisions as needed

Landscape Construction

  • Assist in the building of outdoor living spaces using natural stone and pavers
  • Assist with the installation and maintenance of irrigation systems
  • Assist in machine care and routine maintenance
  • Operation of dump trucks, skid steers, mini-excavator, and other construction equipment (MA hoisting license req.)
  • Assist with other divisions as needed

Requirements:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Friendly personality with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Work effectively and efficiently, able to follow directions
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Willingness/ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions, with a positive attitude
  • Clean and professional appearance
  • Punctual and dependable
  • Ability to lift 60+ lbs consistently
  • Available to work a varied schedule (including occasional Saturdays)
  • Stand and bend for 8 hours or more a day
  • A commitment to the safe operation of each work task
  • Must pass DOT physical requirements
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record
  • Provide your own steel-toe footwear

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Starting at$18.00 to $30.00 /hour,  based on experience, licensing/certifications, and skill set.

Benefits: competitive pay, paid sick time (after 90 days), 401K, free drinks (company fridge fully stocked), safety gear, company smartphones for supervisor positions, uniforms, training, and a good, friendly working environment with guidance from industry experts (our team leads have been with the company 2-10+ yrs).

Apply Today!

Do you like creating and building things?
Are you a problem solver?
Are you skilled with industry-specific equipment?

Here at Better View Landscapes, our teams create interesting, functional, and beautiful residential outdoor living spaces utilizing top-of-the-line and state-of-the-art equipment.  Not only do we invest in great equipment we invest in our team members as well by offering educational opportunities bit our in-house training and by sending our team members to industry training and seminars throughout the year. 

We value your time and respect that work-life balance by seldomly working weekends. We know that you want to have your off time to spend with family, friends or just have some time to yourself. 

Better View is a great place to work and we have many other great benefits that go beyond the standard health, dental, 401k, etc. (which we offer) and they include:

  • A Company refrigerator and cabinet that is STOCKED with your favorite drinks and snack (free of course) 
  • A Fun supportive friendly environment
  • Paid Sick time
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Training and Professional Development Opportunities in the Off-Season

Our Hardscape projects often include a combination of:

  • Natural and native stone (such as Goshen stone) and paver patios and walkways
  • Lite masonry or interlocking retaining walls
  • Outdoor kitchens
  • Fire pits & outdoor fireplaces
  • Installation of irrigation
  • Outdoor low voltage lighting 

The Hardscape Foreman position requires:

  • Knowledge of and experience operating an excavator, skid steer loader, cut-off saw, and other industry-specific machines. 
  • Clean driving record of at least 3 years 
  • Masonry experience, construction experience
  • Positive can-do attitude, a good sense of humor, and the desire to teach

Licensing:

  • Drivers License (Required)

Bonus Points:

  • CDL A
  • Hoisting (Preferred) but will train you and get you certified

Compensation

$35,000 – $61,000 (includes benefits) based on experience and licensing.

Hours

Hours fluctuate seasonally: 7 am-3:30 pm (peak season) with occasional OT, and some Saturdays required. Must be available on an on-call basis during the snow season. 

Apply Today!

Develop a Gratifying Career with Landscaping Jobs at Better View Landscapes

For fulfilling landscaping jobs that will expand your knowledge and encourage personal and professional growth, join the team at Better View Landscapes. We are looking for experienced landscapers who take pride in creating gorgeous landscapes with the utmost attention to detail. If you have a strong work ethic and experience working with landscaping equipment, we want to hear from you! It is our belief that happy employees make happy customers, which is why we offer excellent pay, comprehensive benefits, and training courses that help foster knowledge and growth.

Ready to join the Better View Team? It all starts by filling out the application found below:

The Better View Difference: Expertise, Convenience, and Integrity

On the Better View Landscapes team, you work side-by-side with some of the best landscaping minds in the industry. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide a full range of landscaping services, from design conceptualization through project completion. Our deep understanding of landscape design and installation allows us to develop gorgeous landscapes with diverse locally sourced plants and premium building materials.

At Better View Landscapes, we understand that people need to feel valued and heard, which is why we offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and an encouraging work environment. With open, direct communication and operational transparency, we ensure that any concerns from employees and customers alike are addressed quickly and professionally. We want our employees to look forward to coming to work every day because we know that happy employees lead to satisfied customers. Better View Landscapes has become one of the area’s most successful landscaping companies thanks to the hard work of our employees, who are dedicated to creating beautiful, lasting landscapes in Northampton, Massachusetts, and the Pioneer Valley.

You’ll Love Working With Better View Landscapes

On the Better View Landscapes team, you will enjoy personalized career support for your professional development. We know that our reputation for excellence is a direct result of our employees’ dedication to creating beautiful landscapes. That’s why we strive to create an enriching and supportive work environment, where employees are encouraged to pursue fulfilling career goals. In addition, we offer higher than average pay for the area, 401k options, paid vacation, paid time off, and paid holidays. Some of our team members are able to work year-round doing snow removal and other work in the off-season. All of our employees receive company uniforms and safety gear, and we ensure that employees are paid for travel time to and from each job.

After more than 25 years of servicing New England properties, we have a thorough understanding of the area’s unique climate, soils, and moisture, as well as comprehensive horticultural knowledge of local plant life. We are proud to provide exceptional landscape design, installation, and maintenance services to loyal customers in and around the Pioneer Valley. Our extensive service area includes:

Northampton | Amherst | Hadley | South Hadley | Florence | Belchertown | Pelham | Easthampton | Sunderland

Design-build services only (maintenance coming soon):

Longmeadow | East Longmeadow

Don’t see your neighborhood? Visit our Service Area page for more details, or contact our office to request service in your area.

25 Years Of Dedicated Service

In 1995, Tory Chlanda established a lawn mowing service with his high school buddy, Lawn Jockey, Inc. which is now renamed Better View Landscapes. With significant growth over the past two decades, Tory’s aim has remained the same: to provide superior landscaping products with integrity and outstanding customer service. Throughout college, Tory worked tirelessly to expand the company while pursuing a business degree and studying with Master Landscape Designer Gordon Fletcher-Howell. Tory’s desire to learn as much as possible about landscaping led him across the globe, where he studied horticulture and gained critical hands-on experience in landscape design and installation.

After 25 years in business, Tory decided to change the company name from Lawn Jockey to Better View Landscapes, to better express the full range of services offered by the company and that aligned with the company’s mission and goals. Although the name has changed, the company’s mission of creating better views for the homeowners and commercial properties around the Pioneer Valley continues. With more than two decades of experience serving the Northampton area, Better View Landscapes has earned a reputation for premium landscape design, installation, and maintenance second to none. It is our goal to continue to beautify the Pioneer Valley and surrounding neighborhoods with enduring landscapes that stand the test of time.

For more about our company’s history and mission, visit our About Page.