Estate Worker
An excellent opportunity has become available for a skilled estate worker to join a family-run private Grade 2* estate on the Essex/Suffolk border.
The estate is made up of about 50 acres including woodland, meadows, a 3-acre formal garden, a croquet lawn and swimming pool area. The garden has occasionally been open to the public in the past to help raise money for charities.
The Estate Worker will be part of a very friendly small professional team in a positive environment and will be responsible for the overall maintenance of the Estate. Duties include routine (both planned and reactive) maintenance, fault finding and general repairs to all internal and external areas of the Estate and with overall responsibility for security, the utilities, fire and intruder alarms. Carpentry, decorating and basic plumbing and electrical skills are required, and particularly swimming pool maintenance. In the summer, assistance with cutting lawns will be necessary.
Candidates will need to have adequate knowledge to be able to work on your own initiative and carry out repairs and work without supervision in the most efficient and proactive manner. You will understand and take responsibility for the successful day-to-day repairs & maintenance services on the Estate & grounds. The estate worker will be proactive, a good team player, have a ‘can do’ attitude and an excellent understanding of health and safety issues. The successful candidate must be a team player, hardworking, able to operate machinery, along with plant knowledge and a friendly manner with a flexible approach to their work. The estate is positioned in a secluded location therefore the candidates must be able to drive and be prepared to have a DBS check with references.
Accommodation can be provided rent free for the successful applicant if required. Further details to be discussed. Partners, children and pets are welcome.
SALARY: Circa £26,000 plus accommodation
LOCATION: Essex / Suffolk border
JOB No: EC36356
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Gardener
A passionate and driven all rounded Gardener is sought after on a full time and permanent basis for a beautiful grade II* listed private estate on the Essex / Suffolk Border.
The garden was designed 25 years ago by the garden designer George Carter and has been developed into a stunning vista garden with incredible landscape views and expansive lawns. The estate covers about 50 acres including woodland, meadows and a 3-acre formal garden consisting of a rose garden, topiary, yew hedging a walled garden (cutting borders, raised beds, espalier fruit trees lining the walls of the garden, orangery), a large heated glasshouse housing tropical plants. There is also a croquet lawn and swimming pool area. The majority of the garden is kept organic, and the owners are looking to continue to promote organic practices and methods. The garden has occasionally been open to the public in the past to help raise money for charities.
The owners are friendly and have a positive working environment at the estate. A testament to this is that the staff have all stayed for long periods of time. The team currently consists of two other gardeners, a handyperson and a driver who occasionally helps with the gardening. The Lady of the house has a very keen interest in the garden and is passionate about plants. She used to be hands-on in the garden but has taken a step back and works closely with the gardeners. They are looking for an enthusiastic gardener to join on a long-term basis to manage and maintain the gardens.
The successful candidate must be a team player, hardworking, able to operate machinery, along with plant knowledge and a friendly manner with a flexible approach to their work. The estate is positioned in a secluded location therefore the candidates must be able to drive and be prepared to have a DBS check with references.
Accommodation can be provided rent free for the successful applicant if required. Further details to be discussed. Partners, children, and pets are welcome.
SALARY: Circa £26,000 plus accommodation
LOCATION: Essex / Suffolk border
JOB No: EC36252
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Sole Gardener
Sole Gardener required
This opportunity would suit an enthusiastic horticulturist with drive and energy looking to drive this magnificent garden forward. The estate is based just outside of Ipswich, Suffolk and the role is a full time and permanent position.
The 20-acre private estate consists of formal and informal gardens, mature paddocks and woodlands. When approaching the house, there is a large paddock on the right side and 2 small woodland areas with a mixture of species. The gardens to the back of the house are in need of further development and currently contain a formal area, fishpond, lake and flower beds.
The owners have lived at the property a couple of years now and are looking to invest in their garden. They would like to create a couple of courtyards as well as materially improve various aspects of the garden. This position would suit a gardener with drive, inspiration and energy looking to take on a long-term project and take ownership as well as drive their career forward.
Applicants should ideally possess a minimum level 2 Horticultural qualification or equivalent and the ability to work independently in private estate garden.
The appointed person should be self-motivated and proactive with an eye for detail, able to maintain the gardens and grounds to a consistently high standard and have a passion for plants. You will need to competent in using a wide range of horticultural machinery and able to undertake basic machinery maintenance. An interest in organic gardening and composting would also be an advantage. Also, desirable would be PA1/PA6 and CS30/31 spray certificates, but the owners are happy to support the training if required.
SALARY: £28,000 – £30,000 DOE
LOCATION: Ipswich, Suffolk
JOB No: EC31474
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Production Manager
Production Manager required
Job Ref X755
A family owned, independent plant nursery based in Suffolk is looking to appoint an experienced grower as its Production Manager on a full time and permanent basis.
This nursery is a rarity, that grows its own plants to sell to the public. These include over a thousand varieties of perennials, a wide range of stunning sculptural succulents and some really unusual annuals and tender plants. Steeped in history, dating back to the early 1800’s, the nursery covers 4 acres of land which has been divided into a growing area, a retail space as well as a beautiful walled garden. Free to the public, inside you will find perennial borders showcasing the nursery plants, a pond, summerhouse, a fantastic Wisteria walk and borders all around the wall with shrubs, perennials, and climbers.
The Production Manager will be working independently to manage the production of the stock being sold in the nursery, guiding a team of staff to help achieve maximum results. This is not a passive role responding to instructions; the Production Manager is expected to take an active part to continue the success of this beautiful nursery. This includes generating new ideas, having an input, and executing new plans.
The right candidate will have experience in:
-planning and implementation of all tasks related to the high-quality production.
-ensuring that crops are grown according to production plans and schedules and within the correct environmental conditions.
-growing potted plants and nursery stock.
-maintaining records
-planning, ordering and assessing the quality of materials used in production and ensuring that production equipment is effectively maintained.
-management / supervision of nursery staff
The successful candidate will have a scientific understanding of plant health and culture and experience of nursery growing. Constantly seeking to improve efficiencies, lower costs and improve quality new product recommendations.
Required: driving license, PA1 and PA6 Certified, professional horticultural experience as a nursery manager, horticultural certificates/education.
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Senior Gardener
An exciting opportunity has become available for a self-motivated and driven Senior Gardener on an incredible estate near Haverhill in Suffolk. The senior gardener will work closely with a well known garden designer on restoring the gardens and enhancing its incredible features as well as managing and maintaining thereafter. The position is full time and on a permanent basis.
The 13-acre historic gardens surrounding the grade II listed property is part of a large country sports-based estate and has two 200-meter canals running through it. The banks have beech hedges to one side and are planted with daffodils and Narcisi on the other. There are extensive lawns at the front and back and closer to the house are colour themes herbaceous borders – one substantially long border and 7 other borders including shrub borders and a lovely rose garden maintained in a natural border style underplanted with complimentary perennials and low shrubs to extend the flowering season. The large walled kitchen garden was redeveloped, and vegetables are grown on rotation to supply the house. There is an orchard in need of restoration and a wildflower meadow that is currently being created. Also included is a wild parkland, ha-ha borders, greenhouse, cold frames filled with cuttings and large fruit cages for growing raspberries, currents, strawberries, plums, cherries and apricots, swimming pool and tennis court.
The Senior Gardener must have excellent plant knowledge as well as a genuine hunger and excitement for creating stunning and unique gardens. The successful applicant will work to a high horticultural standard to continue to improve the borders, keep the kitchen garden productive and maintain the greenhouse and the different areas of the garden. There is a part time gardener who will assist the successful candidate with maintaining the gardens.
Applicants should ideally have a minimum level 2 horticultural qualification combined with excellent plant and tree knowledge and previous experience working on private estates. Experience growing fruit and vegetables as well as specialist pruning is required for the role. Ability to operate a range of garden machinery and good craft skills are also desirable for the role. A full UK driving licence is essential.
The position is open to candidates looking for a live in or live out position. Accommodation can be provided on site and partners, children and pets are welcome.
SALARY: £26,000 – 33,000 DOE
LOCATION: Near Haverhill, Suffolk
JOB No: EC28711
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Grounds Maintenance Operative
Grounds Maintenance Operative required
Job Ref N009
Our client is a family run company and are currently recruiting for an experienced Grounds Maintenance Operative who has a determined, flexible and ‘can-do’ attitude. You will be working with a small professional team for both private and commercial clients, throughout the Colchester and Ipswich area.
Specialising in landscaping, ground maintenance and lawn care services, our client undertake all aspects of work to providing our clients with a one-to-one comprehensive tailor made service.
They have gained a reputation for high levels of Customer Satisfaction and Quality management whilst respecting the environment and protecting its workforce and the public by adhering to an extremely high Health and Safety standards.
The general day to day works will be varied and applicants therefore need to be experienced in all aspects of grounds maintenance to include;
-Ground preparation
-Tree & Shrub planting
-Mulching
-Turfing
-Seeding
-Grass and Hedge Cutting
-Garden Clearance
-Garden Maintenance
A full driving licence is essential for this role. Hours are Monday to Friday 07:15am to 17:00pm although some flexibility will be required.
There will be prospects for career advancement within the company.
The successful candidate needs to be able to work to high level of accuracy and represent the business at all times in a professional and polite manner.
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Assistant Plant Nursery Manager
The Company:
Our client is a plant production nursery and arboretum in the northeast of Ipswich, Suffolk. They are seeking a skilled and experienced Assistant Plant Nursery Manager to join their team. They grow one of the largest ranges of hardy nursery stock plants in the country and are the curators of an extensive botanic collection. They also hold the Plant Heritage National Santolina Collection. Being passionate about plants, our client caters for the exclusive and discerning customer and extend sales over the whole of the UK. Together with the landscape team, they are developing an innovative range of associated products and services to support the expanding interest in environmental issues.
Our client is not a wholesale producer and they prefer to concentrate on growing small numbers of a large range of rare and unusual plants. The range starts from propagation through to specimen plants in up to 1000 litre containers.
Job Description:
- To support the nursery manager in fulfilling the nursery growing and production plans.
- Supervising the growing team duties to include weeding, irrigation, feeding, pruning, disease and pest control also ensure all records and database are maintained and updated.
- Ensuring the nursery team deliver to expectation in terms of picking of correct plants to the required standards for customer collection, despatch or hire.
- Preparation of planting stock for specialist plant shows.
- Share the client’s interest in environmental issues and understand how the business supports the expanding interest in green.
- Whilst keeping quality in mind, this is a commercial business where you need to work efficiently.
Key Skills:
- Skilled and experienced in plant care and maintenance tasks.
- You will have at least 2 years’ experience working in a commercial growing nursery.
- Due to the size of plants grown, you will need to be physically fit.
- You must be prepared to work outside in a range of weather conditions.
- PA1 & PA6 certificates desirable.
- Horticultural qualifications desirable.
- Enthusiasm to increase knowledge base of Botanic plant names (Latin).
- Hands on approach and the ability to work in all weather conditions is essential.
- The ability to motivate people, good communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Strong organisational skills and planning on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- You should possess the ability to work on your own initiative. In addition, contribute good ideas and be solution driven.
- Good team player.
- Courtesy and professionalism are expected at all times both with colleagues and the discerning customer/client base.
Benefits:
- The salary is attractive and negotiable dependent upon skills and experience.
- Opportunities for promotion and progression and the potential to increase remuneration and earn bonuses dependent upon performance.
- This is an exciting opportunity to extend your existing plant knowledge whilst delivering the best service.
- Working within a friendly team environment.
- Job satisfaction from working with seasonal variety and able to see production through from propagation, growing and finally product sale.
- Staff discount and free plant & design advice.
- Free parking.
- The nursery is set in beautiful Suffolk countryside.
If this Assistant Plant Nursery Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or sara@horticruitment.com.
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Sole Gardener
A very attractive opportunity has arisen for a skilled Sole Gardener to take responsibility for a beautiful private garden in Suffolk on a live-in or live-out basis, with a salary adjustment made to reflect the successful candidate’s preferred option. The property owner is in the process of looking for a plot of land on which to build a new house and will move into the new property open completion of the build. Once our client has built and moved into the new property, the current property will be sold to new owners whom may or may not intend to keep the gardener on. This role is however expected to exist for a duration of between one and two years at the least, depending on the actual date of the new house build project completion.
The position would suit a physically fit and knowledgeable gardener with demonstrable experience at Sole/Head/Senior level.
The 25-acre private home comprises a well-established formal garden of approximately 5-acres, surrounded by 20-acres of fields and paddocks that are managed by local farmers on short-term lets. The 5-acre formal garden includes spring and summer herbaceous beds/borders, an espalier tree-lined frontage, a rose garden, kitchen garden, expansive lawns, hedges, a 1.5-acre orchard and a polytunnel. The large perimeter hedges are cut by a local farmer, though the internal hedges are extensive and managed by the Sole Gardener and property owner over the course of a full week, twice annually. In addition to the above, the successful candidate must be happy to look after the owner’s dog at times. The well-trained Sprocker (half Springer half Cocker) will require feeding and letting out into the garden in the mornings and let her back into the main house in the evening, when the owners are away. The collection of people from the local train station may also be necessary on occasion.
Applicants should hold a recognised academic horticultural qualification at Level 3 or above and/or extensive experience at Senior/Head/Sole Gardener level on horticulturally diverse private estates. Possession of spray certificates (PA1/PA6) would be beneficial, with a full UK driving licence being essential. The Sole Gardener should be competent with the operation and basic maintenance of garden machinery and will instinctively adhere to excellent health and safety standards at all times.
Suitable candidates must be able to confidently manage all aspects of the above whilst maintaining excellent standards of cleanliness, attention to detail and efficiency. The property owner is a keen gardener and enjoys pruning the roses as well as working on other aspects of the garden when time allows. For this reason, it is particularly important that applicants are friendly in character, positive in outlook, presentable and sociable, genuinely passionate about their trade and sensitive to the considerations associated with working (and living, if applicable) on a private property/home.
While the owner is realistic about the workload, applicants must be proactive and able to work unsupervised and to identify areas where efficiency can be improved and to make positive suggestions as to work schedules and maintenance.
The Sole Gardener should be flexible insofar as estate gardening is concerned, i.e. be able to manage/assist with common minor estate duties such as taking care of the owner’s two Spaniels when they are away, and other such duties as they arise.
This position is offered with a two-bedroom cottage, suitable for a couple or small family. Pets are welcome within reason. The cottage benefits from its own private garden at the front and rear, including access to the 1.5-acre orchard. The cottage is provided free of charge in addition to the generous salary. The Sole Gardener will also have use of their own area of kitchen garden, if desired.
SALARY: Circa £27,500 + Accommodation
LOCATION: Suffolk
JOB No: EC24614
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Retail Manager
Retail Manager required
Job Ref S546
Our client has a retail Nursery situated in a naturally attractive setting that has continued to expand, with plants accounting for 80% of sales. They are currently seeking an Assistant Manager/Garden Centre who will take responsibility for all daily operations to ensure the nursery continues to flourish, with the assistance of the production manager and in consultation with the owners.
Job Description:
- Effectively using retail space to maximize sales of plants and non-plant stock
- Repeat ordering of stock, receiving, selling and recording
- Staff training and development, rotas and recruitment
- Promoting the business through website and other media
- Ensuring the customer service is of the highest standard
- Ensuring the EPOS data system delivers results, sales records, margins and pricing
- Liaising with the production manager to ensure nursery production is in line with sales forecasts and expectations
Key Skills:
The appointed person will possess good horticultural knowledge along with good leadership skills to ensure the staff operate to the highest standards, an eye for detail and a flare for creative presentation, excellent organisational and planning skills and be a good all round communicator with staff and customers alike.
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Part-time Gardener
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a part-time Gardener to manage a private garden near the market town of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. This position is open only to self-employed applicants able to commit to 3-days per week. The role will suit a skilled gardener with strong plant knowledge and a willingness to help out on the varied estate where necessary.
The estate includes a 4-acre mature walled garden with lawns, mature herbaceous and mixed borders, four greenhouses for propagation growing fruit, an orchard, a swimming pool and tennis courts. Development works will be ongoing over the next two years, so a competent gardener with initiative and excellent time management skills is required to ensure the upkeep of the garden and associated aspects.
Applicants must be self-employed gardeners with demonstrable experience in managing and maintaining the grounds of a large private estate garden. Certificates in spraying (PA1/PA6) and competence in the operation and routine maintenance of general garden machinery would be beneficial, as would experience in the operation of chainsaws, though the latter is not essential as training can be provided. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and must be physically fit.
Daily duties will involve management of the above garden features as well as some non-horticultural aspects on occasion, i.e. helping with animals where necessary, bringing in logs etc. As such, applicants must be flexible with a positive attitude and should enjoy a varied role. The ideal candidate will have a positive outlook and friendly character. He/she will be organised, able to plan and prioritise their workload and have good estate DIY skills.
SALARY: £20/hr DOE
LOCATION: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
JOB No: EC22172
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