Experienced Horticulturist / MaintenanceGardener
From aftercare
Working For: LDN Horticulture (Harry Holding Studio)
Holiday: 30 days holiday (includes Bank Holidays)
Pay grade: £26,000-£32,000
Reporting Relationships: Reporting to – Aftercare (Maintenance) Manager
Start Date: As soon as possible
https://www.LDNhorticulture.co.uk
The role:
– Full-time employment
– Highly competitive salary with prospects of bonuses
– Garden maintenance (all associated jobs and roles) – multiple gardens per day
– Garden landscaping (planting, clearing, turfing, minor construction such steel edge installation/sleeper pathways etc)
– Monitoring of irrigation systems & water features
– General working hours between 7:30am – 4:30pm
The successful applicant must:
– Be a people person – personable, well mannered and presentable. This is particularly important as we deal with high-end clients
– Full and clean UK driving license
– Have a strong horticultural knowledge and plant base
– Horticultural qualification(s)
– Be able to work on their own initiative both in a team and alone
– Be flexible with work hours
– Be focused, hard-working and swift when on the job
– Have excellent time management skills
– Tidy and considerate (side access is not always available so we often go through people’s homes)
– Confident with plant health and cross-contamination measures
– Confident with all areas of shaping and pruning (with plant health as the main priority)
– Understanding of common pests and diseases with preventative and treatment methods being eco-friendly (we are environmentally conscious in everything we do, this is at the core of our ethos)
– A good knowledge of tools and how to use them effectively
– Knowledge of or the desire to learn more about permaculture and organic gardening
– An appreciation of and understanding of garden design
Personal Management:
– You are expected to arrive promptly for work and will need to be able to reliably commute to NW3 for 7:30 am each day.
– We expect all staff to join in with company events and socials where possible to help build relationships with fellow team members and to build team morale.
– All staff are expected to uphold the company values.
We are a diverse team of passionate horticulturalists who love what we do. LDN Horticulture is first and foremost a garden maintenance business. We carry out occasional projects and soft landscaping work to evolve our clients’ gardens and continue to improve the outside spaces that we manage. Both LDN Horticulture and our sister company Harry Holding Studio, were founded by Harry Holding in 2016 and share the same core values and ethos. We share a close working relationship with our design partner, HHS, who works on an array of exciting projects across London and further afield.
Being a part of the team, every day is a joy – working hard to achieve our high standards and having a good laugh whilst doing so. We have a wonderful array of high-end clients who we know well and who respect and treasure the work that we do.
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