Maintenance Gardener
Maintenance Gardener required
Job Ref L666
An exciting opportunity has opened for a Maintenance Gardener to join a highly respected, award-winning company based in London. This company has delivered prestigious projects across the city and continues to grow. They are looking for an experienced Gardener eager to work on various commercial gardens, and roof gardens throughout London. The number of sites visited per day can vary. When initially starting, the successful candidate will work alongside an employee until confidence grows, with the intent to potentially inherit their own round. Career progression is very much present within this business for the successful candidate.
Main Responsibilities:
Duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- General maintenance tasks such as pruning, weeding, watering, planting, mulching.
- Lawn maintenance and care.
- An understanding of Health and Safety requirements.
- Strong knowledge of plants.
- Competence with handheld tools and machinery.
- Ensuring each site is kept to a high standard by managing garden waste and removing litter.
Key Skills:
The ideal candidate will possess strong plant knowledge, excellent communication skills, are trustworthy and have a desire to grow. A PA1/PA6 spraying certificate, a full and clean driving licence and a CSCS would be desirable, however not essential.
Once the successful candidate has gained confidence working alongside a colleague, they will be expected to complete solo rounds via means of the London tube.
Benefits:
- 28 days holiday including bank holidays.
- Uniform and PPE provided.
- Travel expenses covered.
- Opportunity for a tax-free bonus at the end of each year.
Working Hours are 7:30 – 16:00 Monday to Friday.
If this Maintenance Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 or sophie@horticruitment.com.
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Maintenance Gardener
Maintenance Gardener required
Job ref F550
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Gardener to join a well-respected award-winning company in London. The company has been responsible for numerous very high-profile projects throughout the city for many years and are currently expanding their maintenance arm, leading to an increasing number of high-profile contracts. The company has recently secured a new, long-term, large maintenance contract in southeast London. They are seeking an experienced Gardener, working as part of the existing site team. In addition to a competitive salary, the client will generously pay for the travel expenses of the successful candidate.
Main Responsibilities:
The client is seeking a dedicated and experienced Maintenance Gardener to join the team at their site near Elephant and Castle. The successful candidate will be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the landscaped areas, ensuring the site remains a beautiful, safe and welcoming environment for visitors. Our client is seeking an individual who is hard-working, knowledgeable, willing to learn and have good time keeping. Candidates will have the ability to work as part of a team or individually under their own initiative.
Duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Carry out regular maintenance tasks such as mowing, weeding, pruning, and trimming to ensure all landscaped areas are kept in optimal condition.
- Water, fertilise, and provide care to plants, shrubs, trees, and lawns, ensuring their health and vitality.
- Assist in planting seasonal flowers, shrubs, and trees in accordance with the site’s landscape design plan.
- Identify and manage pests and diseases, using appropriate methods to maintain plant health.
- Ensure the site is kept clean by removing litter and managing garden waste appropriately.
- Perform basic repairs and maintenance to hard landscaping features such as pathways, edging, and garden furniture.
- Monitor and maintain irrigation systems to ensure efficient water use and plant health.
- Adhere to all health and safety regulations, ensuring a safe working environment for yourself, team members and the public.
- Regularly report to the Head Gardener on the status of the site, including any issues or improvements needed.
Key Skills:
The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong work ethic, having the ability to work under their own initiative while taking pride in their work and completing tasks to a high standard throughout all tasks on the large site. An understanding of Health and Safety regulations is essential. A PA1/PA6 spraying certificate would be desirable, however not essential.
- Experience: A minimum of 2 years of experience in landscape/garden maintenance or a similar role.
- Knowledge: Strong knowledge of plants, horticultural practices, and landscape maintenance techniques.
- Physical Fitness: Ability to perform physical tasks in various weather conditions.
- Attention to Detail: Keen eye for detail to maintain high standards of garden aesthetics.
- Communication: Good communication skills to work effectively with the team and report to the supervisor.
- Certification: Relevant horticultural qualifications (e.g., RHS Level 2) are desirable but not essential.
Benefits:
- 28 days holiday including bank holidays.
- Opportunities for training and professional development.
- Uniform and PPE provided.
- Travel expenses covered.
- Opportunity for a tax-free bonus at the end of each year.
- Contribute to the upkeep of one of London’s premier green spaces
Working Hours are 7:30 – 16:00 Monday to Friday.
If this Maintenance Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 or sophie@horticruitment.com.
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Skilled Gardener
Skilled Gardener required
Job Ref ADV523
Are you a skilled gardener with a passion for leading and inspiring others? Do you thrive in a dynamic outdoor environment, bringing creativity and expertise to every project? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to showcase your talents as our Lead Gardener.
The Forward Trust are a large charity providing a number of support services to people with challenging backgrounds. We wholly own and run Amenity Landscaping, a small gardening business within our Employment Services Division.
Amenity Landscaping delivers gardening, landscaping and horticultural services on behalf of private clients and small housing developments in North London and Hertfordshire and we employ people with lived experience including ex-offenders, people in recovery and also the unemployed or NEET. This role provides access to a company vehicle.
What you will be doing?
As a Lead Gardener, you will be working outdoors and in open spaces and your activities will include:
- Leading a small team including a Horticulture Apprentice
- Bed work & pruning
- Hedge cutting & shrub pruning
- Seasonal activities such as lifting & splitting herbaceous perennials, mulching, etc.
- Lawn care
- General gardening activities at your discretion, allowing you the flexibility and to use and further develop your skill as a gardener.
- Operating equipment such as Strimmers, Mowers, Blowers, Hedge Cutters etc to carry out garden maintenance and soft landscaping.
- Complying and reporting any health and safety and other incidents relating to the work of the Amenity Landscaping to the General Manager
What we are looking for?
We are looking for people who are interested in working outdoors, with an interest in the environment and working as part of a team. The post holder will enjoy undertaking manual work in different types of weather and starting work early (often by 7.30am) and finishing by 3.30pm.
You will be working with an experienced team of colleagues and we work on different sites in London, so every day is a bit a different. The working hours are 7.30am Monday to Friday with some overtime hours available if required. The role is for 37 hours per week.
We encourage applications from either ex-offenders, those at risk of offending or have been in trouble with the police or in recovery and unemployed.
Below is a list of the qualities that we are looking for in applicants for this post. Please address these points in your application.
Essential
- A full UK driving licence
- Ability to Lead a small team when carrying out gardening services to the clients of the business.
- Be a seasoned gardener with a broad knowledge of plants found in British gardens.
- Have good communication and customer service skills.
- Ensuring you/your team follow the job schedules
- Keeping a record of chemical applications and on-site customer requests
- Offering recommendations for improvement.
- Giving guidance and support to the gardener(s) in the team.
- Practical knowledge of how to manage and maintain a garden i.e. when and how to prune various plants.
Desirable
- Respectful of customers and team members with a mature attitude to receiving feedback
- PA1/PA6 chemical spraying certification.
- Able to work as a member of a team undertaking gardening duties to contract specified standards, ensuring that the quality of service is maintained to meet customer requirements.
- Able to undertake any administrative duties required, e.g. Completing any H & S forms and risk assessments, etc.
- Awareness of the health and safety regulations that affect the work area and able to work in accordance with all health and safety policy requirements, e.g., Manual handling, Personal Protective Equipment, (PPE), etc.
What we offer
We value the dedication and commitment of our employees by rewarding them with market-leading pay and benefits. We provide comprehensive training and opportunities to progress in the Employment Services Division.
We also offer:
- Access to company vehicle
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Training and development opportunities
- Simply Health Cashback Scheme (Optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Access to Blue Light Card for discounts on shopping
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
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Operations Manager
Operations Manager required
Job Ref ADV520
Living Windows is a small and exciting growing garden centre based at Hackney City Farm which was opened at the end of 2022.
We’re excited to be hiring an Operations Manager who will oversee the daily workings of the business operations. Plans, manages, and implements business activities to ensure deadlines are met, and maintains a high quality standard of business delivery.
Job Duties:
- Manages the growth and success of the team and external consultants
- Coordinates activities that affect operational decisions and business requirements
- Responsible for the production, procurement, and planning of daily operations
- Communicates with all relevant employees/consultants to ensure delivery times are met
- Liaises with Company Director
- Plans, schedules, and reviews workload and manpower to make sure targets are being met on a cost-effective basis
- Manages the stock control, and checks that inventory records are accurate
- Monitors production standards
- Makes sure the working environment maintains access to quality equipment
- Manages the purchase of materials and services required for production
- Organise, plan, and implement inventory activity
- Provides guidance to employees
- Manages and implements Health and Safety policy and procedures
- Work with the Director to develop effective marketing and communication activities
Skills
- 2 years prior Business, Start-Up and/or Managerial Experience
- Highly Organised
- Production and planning skills
- Ability to manage time and workload effectively
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Experience in negotiating and working with suppliers and customers
- Ability to manage and work in a team environment
- Solution focused and strong problem solving skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to engage and motivate other
- Drive and creativity to achieve results
The Senior Operations Manager position is offering a competitive salary depending on experience. A full driving licence is required.
Please enquire via email: venus@livingwindows.co.uk
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Garden Centre Assistant Manager
Garden Centre Assistant Manager
Job Ref ADV519
Living Windows is a small and exciting growing garden centre based at Hackney City Farm which was opened at the end of 2022.
We’re a small team that divides work between the company's retail, design and garden. maintenance work. We’re excited to be hiring a team member to be fully focused on the garden centre. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate candidate to help grow a community-driven plant hub in the heart of Hackney.
Job Description
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the garden centre, including managing staff, inventory and customer service
- Develop and implement sales strategies to increase footfall and revenue, including promotions and events.
- Manage and optimize the Shopify and iZettle systems, including product listings, pricing, and payment processing.
- Ensure that all plants are healthy and properly cared for, including watering, pruning, and pest management.
- Provide advice and guidance to customers on plant care and maintenance, including recommendations for appropriate soil, lighting, and watering.
- Monitor inventory levels and order new products as needed, ensuring that the garden centre always has a variety of healthy and attractive plants and supplies.
- Work with suppliers to negotiate pricing and delivery schedules and ensure that products are high-quality and delivered on time.
- Maintain a clean and attractive store environment, ensuring that displays are attractive and products are properly labeled and priced.
- Provide excellent customer service, including answering customer questions and addressing any concerns about plant care and maintenance.
- Assist with plant displays and merchandising, ensuring that plants are properly labeled and priced.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Strong leadership and management skills, with experience supervising staff and overseeing daily operations.
- Excellent customer service skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with customers and staff.
- Knowledge of plant care and maintenance, with experience caring for a variety of indoor and outdoor plants.
- Sales and marketing skills, with experience developing and implementing strategies to increase revenue and footfall.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
Required Personal Attributes:
- Strong attention to detail
- Literacy and numeracy skills to the required level;
- Possess a 'positive, can-do attitude’
- Confidence in own ability to perform
- Hard-working
- Self-determination
The Garden Centre Assistant Manager position offering a salary of up to £30,000 depending on experience. The possibility of a salary review will be made after 2 months.
A full driving licence is not required but desired.
Please enquire via email: venus@livingwindows.co.uk
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Hard Landscape Foreman
Hard Landscape Foreman
Job Ref H875
Our client is an established company operating from West London specialising in the design and construction of bespoke residential gardens. They have won a number of industry awards for their work and unique designs which often incorporate specialist materials and features requiring the highest standard of workmanship. They currently have a vacancy for a Hard Landscape Foreman to take responsibility for one of their site teams.
Job Description:
Expansion of the company requires the strengthening of the delivery teams on site with the appointment of a Hard Landscape Foreman for projects predominantly in and around London. Your role will be to create and maintain a positive and pleasant work environment, ensuring high levels of organisational effectiveness, communication, and safety. The person appointed will be responsible for supervising a small team of landscapers working on individual projects. Your duties will include:
- Assisting the Project Manager in the planning and organisation of projects
- Ordering of materials and equipment.
- Setting out the works from design drawings.
- Delegating duties within the team.
- Ensuring work is completed on time, and to a high standard of finish.
- Liaising with the client and design team to resolve any problems.
- Ensure that site operations are carried out in accordance with the company’s health and safety policy.
- Maintain site records.
Key Skills:
Candidates must have excellent practical skills in all areas of hard landscaping, with a good eye for detail and strong leadership skills, able to demonstrate a successful track record of delivering high quality workmanship which is completed on time and within agreed budgets. It is also important that you have good communication skills, combined with a pro-active and flexible approach to your duties.
A full clean drivers licence is essential for this role
If this Hard Landscape Foreman vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 sophie@horticruitment.com
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Senior Horticulturist
Senior Horticulturist required
Job Ref G301
Our client is not your average garden design company. Over the years they have built up a reputation for greatness; a testament to which is their growing client base. As a company they focus on garden design, landscape construction as well as the aftercare for the unique and bespoke gardens that they create. Their vision is to be the number one horticultural company in the UK; transforming individuals and companies’ outdoor spaces into gardens and grounds they can be proud of.
They also aim to educate their clients on the importance of sustainability, helping them to minimise the impact of their operations on the environment and create thriving green gardens that both they and the local wildlife can enjoy. Working with a wide range of domestic and commercial clients to further their own garden design experience and provide even more people with gardens, terraces, grounds and play areas their customers can take pleasure from.
Due to an ever-increasing client base, they are now seeking a skilled and knowledgeable Senior Horticulturist to join the team and work within some truly spectacular open spaces, showcasing your skills and horticultural knowledge.
Job Responsibilities
The Senior Gardener will drive the curation and aftercare of their projects forward to ensure ongoing horticultural excellence. In this hands-on role the successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of high-end domestic gardens and luxurious commercial sites.
Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Planning and scheduling aftercare plans for each client.
- Being the main point of customer contact and acting as an ambassador of the company dealing with any questions or queries the customers may have.
- Adhering to Health & Safety Guidelines
- Species specific specialist pruning such as top and soft fruit, pleached, espaliered, trained fruit trees, topiary and roses.
- Operating a variety of machinery, tools and equipment safely
Our client requires reliable, enthusiastic, positive and experienced individuals to maintain and exceed the customer’s expectations. You’ll have excellent customer service skills, be naturally capable of demonstrating your knowledge and have core skills in all types of garden maintenance.
Key Skills
The ideal candidate will be a plants person, with strong horticultural knowledge and a passion for all things gardening. The successful applicant will be self-motivated, organised, confident and enjoy working alongside the current team.
Requirements
- A recognised Horticultural qualification of minimum Level 2 is desirable
- Excellent horticultural practices with strong plant knowledge
- PA1 & PA6 spraying certificates are desirable, however training can be provided.
- Confidence working alone and with others in a supervisory capacity.
- Experience with a wide range of garden machinery.
- Able to complete physical work in all weather conditions.
- Ideally must hold a full, clean UK driving licence.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
If this Senior Horticulturist vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 or sophie@horticruitment.com.
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Garden Maintenance Foreman
Garden Maintenance Foreman
Job Ref: ADV516
The Outsiders is a fast growing and well-respected garden design, landscaping and maintenance company operating across London. We are looking for an experienced full-time skilled Garden Maintenance Foreman to join our busy and innovative team.
We are a garden design and landscaping company based in Barnes, operating across London, the UK and parts of Europe.
Established in 2021, we are constantly growing and developing to accommodate our clients’ needs. We work in both the domestic and commercial market, providing a dynamic and bespoke approach to each client.
The ideal candidate will have a passion for horticulture, a keen eye for detail and have strong leadership abilities to manage a team effectively. This exciting role requires team players who show initiative and can also work independently; they will report directly to the office. The successful candidate must hold a full driving licence and have experience driving vans. They will need to be self-motivated with good horticultural knowledge and be passionate about gardening with a desire to develop.
Role:
- Lead a team of garden maintenance staff in daily operations, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently and to the highest standards.
- Work as part of a soft landscaping team to plant and maintain prestigious, premium gardens and commercial sites across London.
- Ability to work efficiently and effectively manage a busy and flexible schedule.
- Deliver great customer services, able to build client relationships and respond calmly and politely to any queries.
- Highlight and communicate any problems or developments to GM Manager.
- Ensure all tools, materials and plants are taken to site when required.
- Daily completion of electronic job sheets highlighting next steps for future jobs.
- Ensure that the van is kept clean and tidy with a full set of tools.
- Oversee and carry out general garden maintenance – including mowing, planting annuals and bulbs, pruning at the correct time, lawn care and overall garden development.
- Ensure all health and safety procedures are followed.
You will need:
- Excellent horticultural knowledge with at least 3-4 years + experience in the industry to include: pruning, pest & disease control, planting, irrigation, lawn care, using a wide variety of horticultural machinery.
- A desire and passion to continually learn and develop
- A drive to deliver/create/nurture high standard gardens.
- Knowledge of seasonal variations.
- Good organisation and time management.
- Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively and appropriately with clients, operations team and designers.
- Right to live and work in the UK.
- Full clean UK driving license, with experience of driving vans.
- Recognised horticultural qualification, or a high level of horticultural experience/knowledge.
This private advert is being managed directly by the employer. horticruitment are not involved in the hiring process and are therefore unable to share any additional information on this role. If you have any questions regarding this position, the best course of action is to apply for the job which will open a line of communication with the employer.
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Garden Centre Manager
Garden Centre Manager required
Job Ref E171
Our client has grown into a leading independent gardening company with six centres along with a garden maintenance business. Our client is now looking for a Centre manager to join one of their centres. The Centre Managers responsibility will be to lead the creation of outstanding customer retail / leisure experience and maximize the centre's commercial contribution.
Responsibilities include:
- Profit management Manages the Garden Centre profit and loss to optimise profit contribution.
- Operational management.
- Manages the retail space and Garden Centre environment to optimise the customer experience, team member work environment and commercial contribution.
- Team management
- Recruits, motivates, and manages the team to ensure the successful delivery of the annual Garden Centre objectives.
- Business planning.
- Creates and refreshes the annual business plan for the Garden Centre to clarify the financial ambition.
- Customer care
- Resolve customer issues and complaints to bring about effective resolution and encourage customers to return.
- Resource management
- Designs and manages the resourcing approach for the Garden Centre to optimise the customer experience and cost management.
- Business development.
- Works in collaboration with the local community and concession partners to create customer offers and events that inspire customers to visit and buy.
Additional requirements
- Leading people
- Coaching Commercial awareness
- Decision-making
- Cost Management
- Planning and prioritising
- Problem solving
- Driving for results
- Business planning
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Horticultural qualifications desirable
- Supervisory experience within a customer-orientated retail environment essential.
If this Garden Centre Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Jay Rimell on 01233 732767 or recruitment@horticrutment.com.
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Soft Landscaper
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our multi award-winning client as a Soft Landscaper. This is an important role within the Construction division of our clients business, working with the soft landscaping team to bring design-led horticultural visions to life. The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, positive and highly motivated. They will also be a collaborative team worker, able to take direction, whilst ensuring the delivery of consistent quality work in line with project specifications and deadlines. The candidate will need to support the Soft Landscaping Foreman, as well as working cooperatively with hard landscaping colleagues, designers, sub-contractors and other stakeholders
Responsibilities include:
- Actioning site design plans to ensure the horticultural elements are delivered as prescribed
- Maintaining and managing all horticultural elements on site to ensure sustained good health
- Turfing and its maintenance
- Tree planting - working alongside specialists where required
Be responsible for stock control within your department including ordering, stocking up, receiving of products following the required procedure, quality control and clearance of slow-moving lines.
Ensure that product prices are in line with budgeted gross margin figures.
Essential requirements
- Recognised horticultural qualification with the ability to demonstrate good plant knowledge – this is a strong preference, but not essential if experience is proven
- Driving licence as sites may not be accessible via public transport
- CSCS card
- Competent in using the appropriate power tools where required
- Certificates in spraying (PA1 PA6)
- Good awareness of Health & Safety and implementing procedure
Qualities required of the ideal candidate:
- Ability to work positively in a team with a pro-active and can-do attitude
- Able to work independently and take ownership for delivering superb quality work every time
- High levels of energy, self-motivation and the ability to motivate others
- Strong attention to detail
- Good time-management
- Ability to work under pressure to meet project deadlines
- Strong work ethic
- Integrity and discretion
- A desire to develop personally, whilst also supporting the development of other team members
What you will receive for fulfilling this role:
- A competitive annual salary depending on experience
- An annual bonus based on the Company’s overall performance
- May have use of a Company van for business if project requires
- 28 days holiday inclusive of bank and public holidays
- Branded uniform
- PPE
- Training
- Company pension scheme
- Employee assistance programme backed by BUPA
- Company events
- Working for one of the UK’s leading award-winning landscaping companies
If this Soft Landscaper vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Jay Rimell on 01233 732767 or recruitment@horticruitment.com.
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