Skilled Gardener
Skilled Gardener required
Our client is one of London’s finest private residences, a spectacular Grade II listed 30,000 sqft Georgian mansion, which has undergone a ten-year extensive restoration and meticulous refurbishment. This magnificent property is situated in Southwest London just moments from Richmond Park.
Its three-acre estate has been dramatically re-presented by a celebrated landscape architect and includes extensive lawns, parterres, mixed shrub and herbaceous borders, sunken secluded Italian garden, water features, mature trees and woodland planting, extensive yew hedges and topiary, a championship-standard outdoor tennis court, outdoor swimming pool, paddock, stabling and other outbuildings.
The client also own and manage a number of Award-winning Executive homes in the area, each having smaller but beautifully designed and stocked family gardens, having a range of mature trees, plants and lawns.
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a skilled Gardener to join the team. The successful applicant will report to the Head Gardener and will play a key role in contributing to the presentation and development of one of London’s finest gardens, which is maintained to the highest aesthetic and horticultural standards, as well as helping to deliver the agreed strategies for the short, medium and long-term goals at the other properties.
Candidates must possess good plant identification skills, a thorough knowledge of horticultural practices and a passion to achieve the highest standards. We are looking for someone who is flexible, responsible and proactive, with integrity and discretion. The successful candidate will have a meticulous attention to detail and an ability to effectively plan and manage their time.
Experience of working in a large garden of a similar nature would be advantageous. Duties will include planting, pruning, weeding, lawn maintenance, hedge trimming, leaf collecting, mulching and also occasional upkeep of pathways and hard landscaping.
Ideally you will hold an academic horticultural qualification, such as NVQ or RHS at Level 2 or above. PA1/PA6 spraying certificates and other additional qualifications such as CS30/CS31 would be desirable, though not essential. Experience of using and making minor repairs to irrigation systems would also be beneficial, as would experience of maintaining water features, or the ability to carry out machinery maintenance.
The working week is 40 hours, with occasional weekend work. Salary and benefits are subject to experience. A full clean driving licence would also be desirable and all applicants must live within a commutable distance.
LOCATION: Southwest London
SALARY: circa £28,000
JOB No: EC60581
If this Skilled Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Plant Area Manager
Plant Area Manager required
Job Ref H301
Our client is one of the UK’s best loved garden centre groups with a great reputation for quality and service and offering opportunities for internal progression and development.
Job Summary:
As a Plant Area Manager within this garden centre, you will lead the plant department, ensuring it reflects their commitment to offering a diverse and high-quality selection of plants. You’ll manage a team of plant enthusiasts, drive sales, and create an inspiring and customer-centric environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plant Inventory Management:
- Oversee the procurement and maintenance of plant stock.
- Implement inventory control measures to minimize waste and optimize stock levels.
- Collaborate with suppliers to ensure a fresh and varied plant selection.
- Team Leadership:
- Lead, train, and inspire a team of plant specialists.
- Foster a culture of excellence in customer service and horticultural knowledge.
- Conduct regular team meetings to communicate goals and provide updates.
- Customer Experience:
- Ensure an exceptional customer experience through knowledgeable and friendly staff
- Implement initiatives to enhance the visual appeal and accessibility of the plant area
- Address customer inquiries and concerns with a focus on satisfaction.
- Maintain the overall aesthetics of the plant area, ensuring cleanliness and organization.
- Sales and Performance Metrics:
- Set and achieve sales targets for the plant department.
- Analyze sales data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with other departments to maximize cross-selling opportunities.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience in plant management, horticulture, or a related field.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- In-depth knowledge of plants, gardening practices, and seasonal trends.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to analyze sales data and implement strategies for improvement.
Working Conditions:
- This role involves both indoor and outdoor work, with exposure to various weather conditions.
- Flexibility in working hours, including weekends and holidays.
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Experienced Gardener
Experienced Gardener vacancy
Job Ref ADV479
To start immediately, a permanent position has opened to join a small, independent and fast-growing landscaping company in South-West London.
Ideally, minimum 3 years gardening experience, good level of English and a full, clean UK driving license.
Green Concept Landscapes is a high-end gardening company based in South-West London operating in Wimbledon, Chelsea and surrounding areas, serving both domestic clients and commercial maintenance contracts.
Fast growing and keen to expand further, we are looking for a committed and enthusiastic Gardener to join the team. As well as a proven track record working in the gardening industry, candidate must have a positive attitude, strong work ethic and a can-do attitude.
Green Concepts prides itself on providing excellent customer service and delivering a high standard of work and all new recruits must be willing to uphold this strong ethos, which is at the heart of our success. We offer in return fair and generous working conditions and reward hard work.
Responsibilities include:
- Basic garden maintenance
- Lawn treatments, mowing and aeration
- Pruning
- Fertilising, weed, moss, over-seeding, topdressing and turfing
- Hedge-cutting and shaping
- Plant care, planting and pesticides (inc. specialist roses and wisteria)
- Soil maintenance
- Hard landscaping
- Servicing Clients
- Managing a team on jobs
- Driving a long wheelbase Transit van L3H3
- 8-hour days Monday to Friday. 7.30am prompt start
- Jobs are all in the Wimbledon/Chelsea and accessible surrounding areas
Skills:
- Good plant knowledge
- Proper gardening skills
- Able to work in a team and on your own
- Good communication skills (good level of English), polite and professional at all times
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in garden maintenance in UK
- Physically fit and able to work in all weathers
- CLEAN FULL UK DRIVING LICENCE (25 years old for insurance purposes). NB: A maximum of 3 points can be considered.
Additional skills:
- Spray certificate (PA1/PA6) is a bonus but not essential. Training can be arranged.
- Horticultural certification is a bonus but not essential (Positive attitude is more important)
Salary and benefits:
- Starting from £30,000 per year (Full time, permanent) depending on experience (negotiable)
- 28 days per year
- Overtime available
- Company pension
- Performance based bonus
If you have the requirements to fulfill this role, please get in touch to chat more - info@greenconcept.uk
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Assistant Gardener
Assistant Gardener in South West London SW18 (Full-time or Part-time)
Job Ref: ADV463
Stallion Gardens was set up in 2010 by Matthew Stallion.
Having studied Commercial Horticulture (everything about growing) at Writtle Agricultural College, then later Garden Design at Capel Manor College and more recently at The English Gardening School at The Chelsea Physic Garden - Garden Design Diploma.
With a great passion for soft landscaping we have built a strong client base in Wandsworth and surrounding areas.
This is an excellent opportunity for a person who has recently left college and/or wants a start in horticulture. All ages considered. Full-time or Part-time.
Some previous experience in Gardening and the Horticultural Industry would be beneficial but not essential.
Would suit a physically fit person.
You would be working with an experienced plantsman, soft landscaper and team.
Responsibilities would include:
- Hedge Trimming.
- Lawn Maintenance.
- Garden clearance and seasonal work.
- Planting.
- Fence installation.
- Specialised pruning, trimming and training of plants.
- Proficiency in the safe operation of machinery subject to training.
Other qualities required:
- Ability to work well within a team.
- Happy to take direction and follow instruction.
- Has a can-do attitude.
- Good time management skills.
- Willingness to increase in knowledge and skills in the industry.
- Driver preferred but again not essential.
Further information please email Matthew.stallion1@gmail.com
Instagram @stalliongardens
Salary - In the region of - £24,000
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Part Time Gardener
Part Time Gardener required
Job Ref ADV452
A small growing gardening business providing garden maintenance for gardens over South West London. Working on a variety of scales, from small courtyards to large suburban gardens.
Great gardening assistant required - 2-3 days a week. Possibly more.
Would suit a self-employed individual.
Must be willing to learn, work hard, be reliable, and used to physical work.
Ideally you will have a horticulture qualification and a genuine interest in gardening.
The role pays £100-£120 per day depending on experience.
Most of the work is gardening maintenance as well as design and planting ideas for clients.
You will need to be able to travel to Fulham/Chelsea/Putney/Hammersmith to work.
Staying friendly and professional is very important.
You will need to wear presentable work trouser, t-shirt and closed toe shoes. You will also need waterproof jacket and trousers for rainy days.
Please send a CV with a message which details why you are interested in the role, your relevant experience and when you could be available to start.
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Gardener
Gardener required
Job Ref ADV438
Established high-end garden design and maintenance company working in private gardens in Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster, seeks gardeners to join the team.
On offer is a salary between £23,000-£30,000 pa (depending on experience), 28 days paid holiday per year inclusive of Bank Holidays and Public Holidays, and further professional training where appropriate.
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Sales Assistant
Sales Assistant required
Job Ref N436
A lovely role has become available for a Sales Assistant to join a family owned garden centre. The garden centre focuses on top quality products ranging from house and outdoor plants along with the associated products as well as garden sundries such as furniture, bbq’s and gifts. Another division to the centre is the bespoke landscape design, implementation, and maintenance services it can offer its domestic customers.
Our client has been established for many years securing a reputation for providing a high standard of customer service. The management are passionate about horticulture and achieving customer satisfaction is one of their priorities. They now seek a new Sales Assistant to join their team.
Job Brief
The successful candidate for this Sales Assistant role will been to be able to carry out the following duties:
-Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction through excellent sales service
-Maintaining outstanding store condition, housekeeping and visual merchandising standards throughout the shop
-Processing sales at the till in a polite and efficient manner
-Assisting with the processing of incoming deliveries and other general duties that the manager requires
Key Skills
Candidates will need to be reliable and proactive and have the following skills and experience:
-Provide excellent customer service role, preferably in retail
-Good horticultural knowledge
-Good command of spoken English
-Ability to work in a team following instructions of the supervisor or manager, as well as being proactive and taking initiative as an individual
-Reliable, with excellent timekeeping skills
-An eye for detail
-Happy to do physical work, outdoors, whatever the weather!
Package includes:
Salary of up to £26k per annum, 40 hours per week.
If this Sales Assistant vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 or sophie@horticruitment.com
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Head Gardener
We seek suitable applications for the position of Head Gardener on a private gated residential development in Southwest London.
The 12-acre arts and crafts influenced gardens still has remnants dating back to the late 18th Century and forms one of the largest private gardens in London. There are extensive lawns and pathways, as well as many planted borders, shrubberies, yew hedges, woodland, cherry trees, a sunken garden surrounding a formal pond as well as a fruit orchard the gardens are regularly assessed in order to plan their future development and improvement.
As Head Gardener you will lead and manage a small team of up to 4 full time and 1 part time gardeners, in ensuring that the gardens are maintained to a high standard throughout the year, as well as helping to shape the future of the gardens as part of the long-term development plan.
Applicants must be qualified to a minimum of RHS Level 3/4 Horticulture or equivalent, with a good working knowledge of plants, combined with good all-round craft gardening skills and experience of working with a wide range of garden machinery. You should also hold PA1/6 sprayers certificates and have good IT skills. He/she will be a self-starter able to plan and prioritise daily workloads and come with previous experience of managing a small team. Excellent man management skills are essential in order to ensure that you develop an effective team able to produce top quality work. It is also important that you have a good understanding of relevant health and safety legislation, with the ability to carry out risk assessments. A current full driving licence is essential.
Accommodation is 1 bedroom with all bills paid. You will be expected to share emergency weekend duty with the estate manager i.e: every other weekend.
SALARY: £35K - £40K DOE
LOCATION: Southwest London
JOB No: EC30235
If this Head Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Grounds Maintenance Team Leader
Grounds Maintenance Team Leader required
Job Ref E303
Our client is a high end, well established family run company which carries out a range of gardening services, including grounds and garden maintenance, as well as landscape design and build for both corporate and private clients. They take great care in making sure that their team is structured in such a way as to provide the necessary support and practical knowledge to ensure that their level of customer service and quality of work is not compromised.
The Role
They currently have a vacancy for a Grounds Maintenance Team Leader. The successful candidate will be in charge of a small team of gardeners responsible for the maintenance of approximately 15 high end gardens for corporate and business clients. You and your team will normally visit 3 sites per day carrying out general garden maintenance duties which will include – mowing, strimming, pruning, weeding, bed preparation and maintenance, replanting as required, leaf clearance, mulching plus general site tidiness. You will be provided with a company van and full range of tools and equipment to carry out your work.
The Applicant
He/she must have previous experience of working within a similar role and have good practical skills in the full range of garden maintenance duties. This should be combined with reasonable plant knowledge, and good man management and communication skills able to organise and delegate the daily work duties efficiently within your team, as well as liaising with clients as required. You should be hard working, with a good eye for detail and be familiar with the safe operation and routine maintenance of most types of garden machinery.
You should have a current full driving licence. The normal working week will be 44hrs plus overtime, holiday entitlement will be 20 days plus 8 days bank holidays.
If this Grounds Maintenance Team Leader vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Ruth Bolam on 01233 732767 or ruth@horticruitment.com.
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Head Gardener
The owner of this high end, well established company (third generation), aim is for his clients to be surrounded by plants and beautifully created gardens, throughout the seasons. Our client ensures the company is structured in such a way that the quality of gardening as well as the customer service is not compromised. Significant horticultural skills and experience working on private estates are the main criteria for the role of Head Gardener. The current team are dedicated and reliable horticultural trained specialists with a wealth of professionalism and knowledge and are fully in tune with new trends and trade products, delivering the absolute best level of gardening. The private estates are located across Buckinghamshire, London and the home counties regions.
Our client says “Our professional planting teams consist of the most experienced people available in the UK to carry out the safe handling and planting of large trees, fine topiary pieces and instant hedges.”
The Gardens
The Head Gardener will be responsible for their team, working on the 3/4-acre estates that comprise of; arboretums, ponds, manicured lawns (tasks included scarification, aeration), large herbaceous boarders, formal gardens that have, roses, box hedging and topiary. As well as the grounds, the driveways, paths, sitting areas need to be presented to a high standard, clear of debris and clean. Planting will involve creating amazing seasonal flowering borders and/or planters.
The Applicant
Together with excellent plant knowledge and horticultural skills applicants must have the knowledge to ensure garden equipment and machinery are maintained and kept in good working order.
During the working week of 44 hours (additional hours will be paid as overtime) you will visit up to 5 estate gardens managing two Assistant Gardeners, you will need to complete client/job reports to ensure materials etc. are ordered. A company van will be provided, a driving licence and PA1 & PA6 certificates are essential for the Head Gardener role. This is a full time employed position with a company pension and holiday entitlement of 20 days + 8 days bank holidays.
If this Head Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Ruth Bolam on 01233 732767 or ruth@horticruitment.com.
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