Careers at Fuchs baut Gärten
A reliable employer with prospects: apprenticeships, flexible working hours, development from apprentice to management.
A company where you can stay
Many in our team have been with us for 10 or 20 years, some for over 45. That is thanks to our tandem principle of designer and site supervisor, flexible working-time models, internal opportunities to switch roles – and the fact that we specifically support site manager and leadership careers rather than hiring from outside.
Award-winning apprenticeships
As a recognised training company, we have been honoured with the Bavarian State Prize for exemplary apprenticeships (2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026). Over the history of our company we have trained more than 110 apprentices – and with us you can grow from apprentice to the management team, as Elisabeth Simon's career shows.
Member of the Familienpakt Bayern
We are a member of the Familienpakt Bayern – the joint initiative of the Bavarian State Government and Bavarian businesses to make family and work compatible. For us, this is not a certificate tucked away in a drawer, but everyday life: flexible working time models and part-time work across all areas, from the office to garden maintenance.
The best people to tell you what that feels like are those who live it: Rosina, one of our team assistants, on family-friendliness at work – and Helmut from garden maintenance on his parental leave as a dad and the support he has had throughout his working life – plus Robert from the Erdenwerk on teamwork with heart.
Two of our team at the trade competition
On 30 April 2026, Thomas Kreter and Benedikt Rest – both journeymen in landscape gardening – represented Fuchs baut Gärten at the BayernCup at DEULA. The BayernCup is the Bavarian trade competition for landscape gardeners: two people work as a team against the clock to complete a full task – paving, timber construction, natural stonework and planting, all to plan and measured to the millimetre.
A competition like this is the toughest school there is after your apprenticeship: under time pressure, with unfamiliar materials, in front of an audience and a jury – and the two of you have to understand each other without words. Anyone who takes part gets more out of one day than out of some weeks on site.
The fact that two of our young journeymen volunteer to compete tells us more about our apprenticeship than any statistic. Photos: Carolin Tietz.
Three new landscape gardeners
A special milestone: Monika Mörwald, Peter Gerg and Leonhard Landscheid have successfully passed their journeyman's exam in landscape gardening.
Training young skilled professionals has been a high priority for us for many years. Our aim is to pass on knowledge, hand over responsibility and accompany young people on their way into a demanding and varied profession. We are all the more pleased that our three apprentices have taken this important step: with their commitment, their development and their craft skills, they are a valuable addition to our team.
We warmly congratulate Monika, Peter and Leonhard and wish them much joy and success in the rest of their careers.
Three of us, profiled by the trade association
The channel of the landscape gardeners' associations has profiled three of our career changers: Monika Mörwald, who left office life behind and passed her journeyman's exam in 2026, Franziska Wametsberger, who went from retail sales assistant to landscape gardener in our pond-building team, and Michael Fischhaber from our maintenance team. The path is open – with us too.
More episodes of the series: Moni – “The office wasn't for me” · Moni – Go for it! · Franzi's career change · Franzi – Part 3 on Instagram · Michi – Career changer in the green industry · Michi – Commitment counts more than a CV
Two newcomers in their first year
And while some celebrate their journeyman's exam, the next ones are starting: since 1 September, Alen Rustemoski and Lorenz Yang have been training with us as landscape gardeners – guided by trainer Rupprecht von Sigriz. Welcome to the team!
Apprentice day at Fehrle Stauden: understanding & using perennials
Once a year, a day belongs entirely to our apprentices. In July 2026 they visited Fehrle Stauden in Schwäbisch Gmünd – one of the well-known perennial nurseries in Germany. They travelled the day before, and the apprentices organised the journey and dinner themselves: taking responsibility is part of the apprenticeship with us.
On the apprentice day itself: a tour of the growing fields and greenhouses, first-hand perennial knowledge and the five steps to a perennial bed – assessing the site, choosing plants, preparing the soil, laying out and planting, and long-term care. Then it was time to get hands-on: in practice beds, our apprentices planted their own perennial schemes. For those about to take their exams, the day was worth its weight in gold – this is exactly the knowledge needed every day in perennial planting.
Photos: Helena Wohlmuth.
How do you find the right apprenticeship?
Before you read our view: here, one of our apprentices tells you how he found his way to us – and what he really did in his first year.
What is open right now – and what isn't
We would rather say it straight out, so that nobody goes to unnecessary effort.
Apprenticeship: We are accepting applications for the apprenticeship start in autumn 2027 – as a landscape gardener. The 2026 round is complete and filled: since 1 September, Alen Rustemoski and Lorenz Yang have been with us in their first year.
Internships and working student positions: Always welcome. A site internship in landscape gardening is the most honest way to find out whether the profession is right for you. We also take office interns from landscape architecture and landscape construction management, as well as working students.
Permanent positions: We are currently not looking for any more employees. We have enough people and deliberately do not want to grow further – the quality of our gardens matters more to us than the number of sites. You are still welcome to send an unsolicited application: we will look at it and get in touch if something comes up. But we can't promise anything.
As of: September 2026.
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What the work really looks like
No brochure picture: a June day on a site in Geretsried. Moving soil, planting grasses and perennials, cleaning a wall, setting a boulder into a gravel bed. Anyone who starts with us does exactly that – in the rain just as in the sun, and mostly with people who have been working together for years.
Site in Geretsried, June 2024. Photos: Benjamin Klopp / frames for good.
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