Horticultural Manager
Established in 1999, our client runs 4 family owned and operated garden centres across Kent, focusing on excellent customer service, quality plants and value for money. They are passionate about horticulture and pride themselves upon the quality of their plants which is why they are part of the Garden Centre Association which guarantees expertise, impeccable service, and the highest quality. They employ like-minded experienced horticulturalists at their Centres to ensure they maintain their exceptional levels of customer care; they are now looking for a knowledgeable Horticultural Manager to join their friendly team.
Job Description
The Horticultural Manager will have complete knowledge of the product range, together with an ability to operate the department effectively, employing the Company’s operational, sales and services policies, making sure staff are well motivated and ensuring customers’ needs are met.
Duties and responsibilities would include the following:
- Planning daily tasks and controlling staff levels, with the Assistant Manager and Centre Manager where needed and appropriate.
- Ensure that stock, quality, and presentation is maintained in a highly saleable condition and stock is priced correctly and displayed with the relevant POS.
- Advise and implement product ranges and establish effective re-ordering systems with the guidance and assistance of the Head of Horticulture.
- Assist the Stock Controller to accurately manage the booking in of stock via the EPOS system.
- Talk with, advise, and assist customers in a friendly, informative and positive manner. Understanding the importance of sales and make the team recognise and implement the importance of excellent customer service and support.
- Ensure that high standards of housekeeping and cleanliness are maintained throughout the department on a day-to-day basis.
- Review sales using EPOS figures and inform the wider management of slow-moving lines as well as those that are exceeding sales targets.
- Assist ad train staff in developing their product knowledge with regards to specialist product areas.
- Aid with the day-to-day running of the whole centre when asked by the Assistant Manager or Centre Manager including key holding, security and cash handling duties reporting any discrepancies.
Key Skills
The successful candidate will,
- Have a creative attitude towards plant retailing to deliver consistently high standards of merchandising and displays.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- An eye for detail, excellent housekeeping & stock control management.
- A passion for customer service and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills.
- Ability to lead, train and motivate a team.
- Knowledge and a passion for horticulture.
Please note this is a physically demanding, manual role.
What the client can offer:
- 20% staff discount on most purchases
- 28 days holiday including Bank Holidays
- Auto-enrolment Pension Scheme
- Training and Development
A qualification in a horticultural subject would also be desirable but not essential. If you have experience in any of the following areas, we would like to hear from you.
- Nursery Manager
- Nursery Supervisor
- Nursery Team Leader
- Plantarea Assistant/Supervisor
- Plantarea Assistant Manager.
If this Horticultural Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 or sophie@horticruitment.com.
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Senior Horticulturist
Senior Horticulturist required
Our client is a fast growing and well-respected garden design, landscaping and maintenance company operating across London. They are looking for a Senior Horticulturist to join their team.
Job Brief
The ideal candidate should have a real drive and desire to deliver exceptional quality garden (maintenance focused) services to high-end residential houses. The role will involve client management and supervision of a horticulturalist that works alongside you. A hand’s on and joyful attitude is required to fit into the company culture and a thirst for knowledge to continue progressing within the role.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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 pests and diseases with preventative and treatment methods being ecofriendly (we are environmentally conscious in everything we do, this is at the core of our ethos)
- A strong knowledge of tools - we use a wide range of electric power tools everyday
- (mowers, blowers, strimmers, hedge cutters) - as well as hand tools and other equipment - and how to use them effectively
- Strong delegation skills and the ability to follow-up with the horticulturalist you are working with.
You will need:
- Be a people person - personable, well-mannered and presentable. This is particularly important as they deal with high end clients
- Full and clean UK driving licence and confident in driving electric vehicles around London roads
- Have a strong horticultural knowledge and plant base and ideally at least 2-5 years experience working in high end residential gardens
- Horticultural qualification(s)
- Be physically fit and able to carry out a demanding and fast paced role 5 days a week
- Be able to work on your own initiative both in a team and alone
- Be flexible with work hours and pitching in with other tasks, when required - to get the job done
- Be focused, hardworking and swift when on the job
- Have excellent time management and organisational skills - as a guide they can maintain up-to 5 gardens per day
- Tidy and considerate (side access is not always available so we often go through people’s homes)
- Excellent communication skills - client management and constant communication with the management team is key to the success of the role.
- Good garden management skills and the ability to plan ahead across the gardening year.
- The ability to support the management team to ensure that your gardens look the best and that your clients receive the best possible levels of care.
If this Senior Horticulturist vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Jay Rimell on 01233 732767 or recruitment@horticruitment.com.
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Experienced Gardener
A very attractive opportunity has arisen for an Experienced Gardener on a beautiful private estate near Ludlow in Shropshire for 4 days per week on a permanent basis.
The 8-acre garden is part of a large farming and shooting estate and contains specimen trees, a woodland walk, fernery, mixed beds and borders, and an ornamental and productive kitchen garden. The estate utilises the kitchen garden and glasshouses on site to propagate plants for the garden and for sale as well as grow heritage vegetables and cut flowers for the main house, local restaurant and florists.
The owner is a horticulturalist and is very passionate about their garden. They have a vision for the garden and are keen to bring onboard an experienced gardener to drive the garden forward. The gardens are open to the public a couple of times per year to raise money for charity and occasionally to private groups. The owner would like to increase this with time. The successful applicant will work closely with the owner when it comes to the development of the gardens and will manage two other gardeners who carry out the general maintenance on the estate allowing the Experienced Gardener to focus on the finer horticultural aspects of the garden.
Applicants for this vacancy must have extensive hands-on experience working in a private or public garden with comprehensive knowledge of a range of garden plants and their maintenance. They will preferably hold an academic horticultural qualification and spraying certificates as well as being someone with a love of gardening who takes pride in their work. A self-motivated, organised individual with a self-start attitude and proven track record of managing a large and diverse garden, with a strong work ethic, ability to work to their own initiative and manage a team with willingness to work to consistently high standards are qualities which are essential for this role. As such, this is a physically demanding position which requires a fit and strong individual who is comfortable working in all weathers.
The Experienced Gardener must be willing and able to carry out all aspects of estate gardening including pruning, plant propagation, planting, weeding, and general garden maintenance duties. Applicants should be competent with the operation and basic maintenance of garden machinery. Possession of a chainsaw certificate would be beneficial, but not essential as contractors are engaged for the tree work. Due to the rural locality of the property, a driving licence and own transport is essential.
SALARY: £28,000 DOE for 4 days per week on a PAYE basis
LOCATION: Near Ludlow, Shropshire
JOB No: EC62378
If this Experienced Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Head Groundsperson
Head Groundsperson required
Job Ref W451
Our client is the largest privately owned mid-sized provider of bereavement services in the UK. They offer a sustainable alternative to traditional cemeteries through beautiful woodland and traditional memorial parks. They operate multiple sites across the UK.
The client provides a unique end-of-life experience for bereaved families, with a focus on preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of these serene locations, providing families with a distinctive and often eco-friendly way to memorialise their loved ones.
Position Overview:
As the Head Groundsperson, you will lead, motivate and develop the Grounds team, to ensure the grounds and Park is maintained to a high standard all year round, with a genuine enthusiasm to help the families.
Strong leadership skills are required to achieve and deliver park objectives. The Head Groundsperson will ideally be from a landscape or horticultural background who will champion and promote exceptional customer service, within the teams they are managing.
Diary management and effective planning around required work are essential. Plus, providing support and guidance to your teams to achieve high volume output and productivity.
Key Responsibilities:
- CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Ensure the park’s teams consistently promote the highest standard of professional customer service.
- Customers are greeted and acknowledged in a warm and friendly manner and all questions are answered.
- Plan and manage all funeral duties including the supervising/digging (and backfilling) of graves, transportation to local crematoria, ash interments and ash scatterings.
- WOODLAND /GROUNDS/ FACILITIES MAINTENANCE
- Ensure all woodland maintenance tasks are implemented to the company WOW Standards for Maintenance.
- Basic Tree felling /maintenance; coppicing, pruning, & chipping. A tree surgeon will be brought in to manage the larger tree work. Organise external contractors for stump removal & windblown trees.
- Maintenance of buildings, facilities, site furniture and boiler (where applicable).
- Plan and manage all grounds maintenance tasks and implement the Company Standard for the Maintenance of Burial Circles and Graves and the Landscape Maintenance Framework, including the surveying of plots and burial trees.
- Ensure all “landscaping” is completed, including the planting, tree management, hedges, shrubs etc.
- PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
- Develop the team through coaching and training, recommending where external training is required.
- Develop and coach the Grounds Team through the 121 process.
- Conduct 1-2-1’s and the setting of SMART objectives and targets for the business.
- Recruitment and retention of quality employees.
- Work with colleague numbers to provide excellent woodland/ grounds services within the salary budget.
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Delivery and input of the key projects for Mother’s Day (Spring), Father’s Day (Summer) and Remembrance event (Autumn) – ensuring; Vision, Mapping, Costing, Project planning and delivery are all undertaken to agreed timescales and deadlines.
- Input into annual forecast and business plans.
- Delivery of Woodland/ Grounds projects, such as seasonal planting, coppicing, creation of prestige areas etc.
- FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
- Manage all department costs to budget. PO management of all stocks and supplies for day-to-day use.
- Manage stocks of materials and products required for the projects being completed to forecast.
- Ensure all admin, financial and control processes associated with the grounds of the parks are followed.
- HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY
- Ensure colleagues are aware of evacuation & security procedures and alert senior managers to risks/problems.
- Responsible for the maintenance of OHS requirements instilling good techniques & standards across the Parks.
- If required take responsibility for first aid and follow the correct H&S procedures to ensure your own safety.
Qualifications / Experience:
- Experience working either in landscaping or horticultural (ideally with a horticultural qualification) or has obtained / willing to work towards obtaining tickets for chainsaw, felling, grave digging etc.
- Excavator experience is highly desirable.
- Computer literate/data entry – (training will be provided on internal systems).
- A full (Manual) Driving Licence is required.
Working hours per week: 37.5 hours per week, with occasional weekend work.
If this Head Groundsperson vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or sara@horticruitment.com.
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Skilled Gardener
Described as ‘one of the most beautiful gardens in England’, this internationally acclaimed garden near Burford, Oxfordshire seeks a full time Skilled Gardener to work directly under a knowledgeable and experienced Head Gardener.
Appearing in country life and American magazines, this wonderful 7-acre garden surrounding the main property is ever evolving and consists of herbaceous beds, shrub borders with roses, kitchen garden, glasshouse, potager, lawns, mature and young trees, yew hedges, orchard, topiary, water features, and various themed garden rooms. The garden is kept to a high horticultural standard and opens to the public occasionally.
Working alongside the Head Gardener, the skilled gardener will be able to thrive in a small team of two, working under instruction as well as independently.
Applicants will ideally have broad horticultural knowledge and experience working in an estate garden environment. Knowledge and use of all hand tools, hedge cutters, trimmers, push mowers and ride on machinery is important as well as the ability to care for herbaceous and shrub borders, seasonal bedding schemes, containers, grass care, greenhouse work and maintenance of kitchen gardens and other general gardening experience. Spray certificates PA1/PA6 and chainsaw certificates would be beneficial but not essential. A good level of fitness is required.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an impressive garden, and to work for an employer who has a have a strong connection and interest in the garden. The role is available to either be live in or live out. A one-bedroom bungalow rent free with Council Tax paid is available on site if required. Due to location of the property, a driving licence would be beneficial.
SALARY: £28,000 plus accommodation
LOCATION: Burford, Oxfordshire
JOB No: EC63380
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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Skilled Gardener
Skilled Gardener required
An exciting opportunity is available for a hands-on gardener with good amount of knowledge and skill, to work closely alongside the Head Gardener and estate team to maintain the stunning gardens set within an historic estate in Cambridgeshire. The Gardener will form part of the estate team, being reliable and enthusiastic while implementing their knowledge across the ever developing and progressing gardens.
Set within 25-acres of parkland with extensive views of the surrounding countryside, the grounds feature a combination of mature and established gardens as well as more recent additions. Elements include a large moat, ornamental walled garden with large herbaceous borders, Cloisters rose garden, cutting garden, peony beds and fruit and vegetable garden. There’s also a secret garden with striking Himalayan Birch trees, summer garden, pleached hornbeams, clipped ornamental hawthorns that line the paths, vast terracotta pots filled with topiary and scented shrubs as well as extensive yew hedge. There are ornamental ponds, vast parkland and a 6-acre memorial meadow planted with fruit trees and naturalised drifts of bulbs. In addition, the estate is developing a pinetum to accompany a young arboretum, and a variety of mature formal hedging surrounding the main house.
The owners are seeking an enthusiastic, reliable individual, who has experience within a similar setting maintaining gardens to the highest of standards. Applicants will require a rounded skillset including general maintenance techniques alongside pruning, mulching, hedge cutting, cultivation of beds and borders as well as experience using a variety of garden machinery. Horticultural qualifications would be advantageous, alongside the completion of industry related tickets, such as PA1/PA6 spraying. Applicants should take pride in their work and demonstrate a passion for horticulture.
The gardens open each year for various events, raising impressive funds for charity through admissions, food, plant and craft sales. The horticultural team assist with these events acting as an ambassador for the gardens and showcasing their hard work. Therefore, it is asked that the successful candidate will assist with these openings, working an additional two Sundays per year. Regular working hours for the position are Monday to Friday, 8am – 4:30pm.
Please note, the successful candidate will be subject to extensive reference checks.
SALARY: Up to £28,000 DOE
LOCATION: Newmarket
JOB No: EC63372
If this Skilled Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Gardener / Groundsperson
Gardener / Groundsperson required
A large traditional and diversified private estate near Alresford in Hampshire seeks a motivated gardener/ groundskeeper with a passion for lawn care and garden maintenance to work within a very pleasant environment. The position is full time and permanent.
The successful candidate will work alongside the small, but growing, team of 3 gardeners, under the guidance of the Head Gardener. The main features of this diverse position are Flower Garden, lawn areas, woodland, formal hedges, wildflower meadows, orchard, bees, hens, outdoor swimming pool, shrubberies and trees. The role will consist of keeping all the above mentioned to a high standard. The gardens are not open to the public.
The requirements and responsibilities include; the ability to safely use and maintain various garden machinery is essential; spraying certificate is desirable and chainsaw certificate is advantageous, as is a tractor license. Applicants should have extensive hands-on experience working on a private estate and should be flexible and adaptable in their approach to the requirements in the garden. Proven gardening expertise with good communication skills, eye for, and attention to, detail, and a flexible and positive can-do attitude is important.
The Gardener / Groundsperson will ideally be a self-starter with a developing and widening skill base. It would be advantageous for the successful candidate to hold a horticultural qualification but not essential. He / She will be able to work independently, as well as part of a team and alongside other estate departments and contractors. The Gardener / Groundsperson will be conversant with health & safety protocols and safe working practices.
Working hours: 8am-4.30pm with occasional few hours at weekends.
SALARY: £28,000 - £32,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: Near Alresford, Hampshire
JOB No: EC63171
If this Gardener / Groundsperson vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Part Time Experienced Gardener
Part Time Experienced Gardener required
The owners of a beautiful Grade II listed country Manor House near Kettering are looking for a Sole Gardener to manage and maintain their gardens. This is a fantastic opportunity for a horticulturalist with drive and creative input to work closely with the owners to enhance a beautiful garden. The position is 4 days per week.
The property is set within 12 acres. The gardens surrounding the house are formal and encompass expansive lawns with a variety of mature specimen trees, yew and box hedges, pleached hornbeams, a carp pond with water features and a small lake, a kitchen garden with a small orchard of 12 fruit trees, glasshouses, mixed beds and borders and trailing / climbing roses. On the outer perimeters of the property are fields and paddocks.
Applicants will have hands-on experience in horticulturally diverse gardens, good physical fitness, and a real passion gardening. A recognised horticultural qualification would be desirable, though not essential if evidence of adequate experience can be provided. Candidates should be confident with their plant knowledge and be self-motivated, enjoy working to a high standard and have a keen eye for detail.
The appointed candidate will be required to work unsupervised but will maintain a quality collaborative approach with the owners. Additional duties will include overseeing the grounds such as basic maintenance e.g. fixing fences and informing the owners when contractors are required e.g. tree surgeon. Due to the location of the property, it is essential that applicants hold a UK driving licence.
SALARY: up to £28,000 for 4 days per week
LOCATION: Northamptonshire
JOB No: EC63169
If this Experienced 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 ADV518
About us:
Swarkestone Nursery is a proudly independent, family-run Plant Nursery and Garden Centre, with over five generations of growing history, based in South Derbyshire. We are regarded as one of the largest retail nurseries in Derbyshire.
We specialise in bedding plants, produced on site by our skilled plants-people.
Our plant area is home to a wide variety of plants, trees and shrubs, and we are looking to expand in size over the next few years.
The ideal Plant Area Manager will:
- Have a minimum two years' experience of working in garden centres, although we are open to talking to candidates from any horticultural background.
- Have an enthusiastic personality with an ability to easily engage with and connect with our customers.
- Have a creative and entrepreneurial attitude towards plant retailing.
- Have excellent knowledge of plants, plant care and maintenance.
- Be able to recognise and act on sales opportunities.
- Be meticulous to the detail in terms of product placement, standards, presentation, visual elevation and overall look and feel.
- Have an ability to manage and develop a team.
Duties Involved:
- Ordering plant stock from various suppliers, so knowing what plants look their best in particular months is key.
- Inputting this data onto our CSY Vector EPOS till system. Training can be provided.
- Making labels using in-house software, and other POS items. Training can be provided.
- Giving great customer service through expert plant knowledge.
- Maintaining good quality plant stock by watering, feeding, weeding, pruning, dead-heading etc.
- Keeping the shrub area tidy and well merchandised.
- Maintaining a strong and up-to-date horticultural knowledge.
- Supervising a small team
Benefits:
- Rate of pay is negotiable, depending on experience
- NEST Pension Scheme
- 28 days paid holiday allowance
- Generous employee discount throughout the garden centre and restaurant
- Free on-site parking
Hours:
- 5-days a week (Including either Saturday or Sunday) 8.30am – 5.30pm
Salary:
- Competitive salary dependent on previous experience, starting from £30,000 per annum.
Next steps
If you believe you are the right candidate to join our lovely team please visit our store with a copy of your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are the right candidate for the role, and ask to speak to Pete (General Manager) or John (Managing Director). It might be worth calling in advance to check their availability. If this is not suitable, we will also accept CVs by email to GM@swarkestonenursery.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!
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Landscape Maintenance Manager
Landscape Maintenance Manager Vacancy
Job Ref T775
Our client is an international garden design, landscape build and maintenance company with over 25 years’ experience from residential garden design to sizeable commercial landscape projects. Once a garden’s design has been implemented and / or landscaped, the maintenance team are responsible for the high-level maintenance of the gardens generally focused on one to two days per week on average per garden. The majority of gardens requiring a maintenance service are domestic or high end residential. The business is looking for a Maintenance Manager to lead a small maintenance team of 4 on a full-time and permanent basis and to continue to grow and drive the maintenance division forward.
Job Summary:
- Maintenance management: To ensure that your sites are managed in a timely and professional manner, As per the Maintenance Schedule, Identify any items that may accelerate or delay the schedule.
- Resource Scheduling: Provide scheduled material, machinery and Human resource requirements.
- Quantify material requirements: Prepare Bills of quantities for material requirements to minimize waste and delays.
- Health & Safety: Ensure a safe working environment for your team. Provide site inductions, Toolbox talks and safety briefings. Assist in the production and management of RAMS.
- Contract Paperwork & Procedures: Maintain the implementation of the company’s site record Procedures.
- Design interpretation – Identify any potential design / Site issues.
- Team Management: Maintained strong communication with your team to ensure a positive and safe working environment, in order to maintain a positive work environment leading to high productivity.
- New Business Development: Develop the Maintenance division in accordance with the business and marketing plans to keep in line with budget projections.
- Customer Care – To maintain strong relationships with existing customers, deal with any issues or complaints in a professional and timely manner. Uphold the company’s high standards.
- Site Supervision: Represent the company on site and at site meetings, taking notes and keeping records of meetings. Detailing and recording any work requests.
- Financial – Responsibility for the maintenance of our minimum gross margin on sales – This is achieved by delivering on schedule without waste.
- Other duties – Our client operates a small business with a close team, and you will be expected to assist other team members as required to ensure the smooth running of the company.
Key Skills:
- Academic/Technical Qualifications desirable but not essential
- Industry Experience and Excellent Knowledge of Plants, Soil, Planting & establishment techniques.
- Computer Skills - Excellent computer knowledge Will be a big advantage, Minimum requirement is email proficiency
- Leadership/Management experience/capabilities - The ability to work alone without supervision is essential, to be a team player, set and meet targets as part of the team.
- Communication Skills - Honest and straight forward communication is essential with our customers and team. A pleasant and positive manner with team members & Customers
- Attitudes and Behavior - Positive attitude - Ability to work well in teams, self-starter, pleasant/helpful/adaptable. Willing to work on and off tool dependent on contract size.
- Willingness to travel
- Ability to go the extra mile when required to finish a job well and on time.
- Driving licence is essential – a van will be provided for work purpose
If this Landscape Team Leader vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or sara@horticruitment.com.
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