Plantarea Supervisor - A704 - This position has now been filled
Plantarea Supervisor Required
Our client has developed a popular Garden Centre that has been established since 1984 and is still owned by the original family. It has always sought to provide an extensive range of plants and complete range of gardening products everything you would expect to find from bedding plants, trees and shrubs, herbaceous plants, planted containers and hanging baskets, all provided by an enthusiastic team of staff.
Do you have a good working knowledge of plants?
Do you enjoy offering excellent customer sales & service?
Do you have an eye for detail and enjoy creating interesting displays?
Key points
- Presentation and displays of all plant stock
- Maintenance, good housekeeping and quality control
- Merchandising effectively to create eye catching displays
- Giving advice on suitability and selection
- Working closely with the department manager
Must haves
- A good working knowledge of plant retailing
- An enthusiastic and positive approach to all tasks
- Dedicated to providing excellent customer sales and service
- Keen to progress and take on a good level of responsibility
If this Plantarea Supervisor vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Pauline Thomas on 01233 732767 or pauline@horticruitment.com.
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Garden Maintenance Team Leader - J161
Garden Maintenance Team Leader required
Our client is a high-end landscape company providing domestic landscaping and gardening maintenance services to high-end clients. Their work is predominantly in west London and surrounding areas.
They seek an Experienced Team Leader with knowledge of maintaining beautiful gardens to join an established gardening team.
Key points
The successful candidate will be highly motivated, well organised and work well within a team environment. Good communication skills are required. You will take a proactive and flexible approach to your work and be confident in your ability to take responsibility for your team. You will be required to achieve very high standards of maintenance to ensure that the gardens are beautifully presented.
Key duties
- Liaise with clients and suppliers
- Lawn cutting and Edging
- Changing window displays
- Weeding and Planting
- Pruning and hedge cutting
- Watering and management of watering systems
- Management of water features
- Pest control
- Maintenance of gardening equipment
Must haves
Candidates will need to have similar previous experience and relevant horticultural qualifications as well as comprehensive plant knowledge. Spraying certificates would be desirable and experience in using and maintaining garden machinery will be essential.
A full, clean driving licence will be essential.
General Information
- Paid Overtime.
- Birthday day – all employees have their Birthday as paid
- Training and career development is
- 28 days holiday (includes Bank Holidays).
- Uniform and personal protective equipment (PPE) is supplied at no
- Working Hours: Monday to Friday 7am –4pm
If this Garden Maintenance Team Leader vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Assistant Plant Manager - B175
A fantastic opportunity exists for an Assistant Plant Manager to join an award-winning independent Garden Centre and supporting the department manager in a wide range of daily duties. This centre is owned by a charity and runs a training scheme to help long term unemployed people back in to work.
Do you have an extensive knowledge of plants and gardening products?
Are you a real people’s person able to inspire others to perform to the best of their ability?
Do you enjoy offering excellent customer sales and service?
Key points
- Maintaining a high standard of presentation and displays
- Providing excellent customer sales and service
- Ordering of plant stock particularly hardy nursery, shrubs, herbaceous, trees and roses
- Supervision of trainees and work experience students
- Key holder duties as and when required
Must haves
- Great team leadership skills
- Excellent plant knowledge
- Be meticulous in terms of presentation and displays
- A good working knowledge of garden centre retailing
If this Assistant Plant Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Pauline Thomas on 01233 732767 or pauline@horticruitment.com.
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Sole Gardener - Live In - EC6253 - This position has been filled
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced sole gardener to maintain a beautifully established garden in a rural area between Marlborough and Newbury.
Situated on a large farming, high bird and pheasant shooting estate, the 10 acres of well-manicured formal garden consists of mature trees, native woodlands, ornamental parterres, azaleas and rhododendron borders, manicured lawns with shrub beds and borders, a walled garden with herbaceous borders, a large greenhouse, an ornamental lake, fountain and hard landscaped areas.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall maintenance of the gardens to a high standard as well as working closely with the owners on minor development projects. He / She should be organised, able to plan and prioritise work load, trustworthy and excellent at time keeping. Applicants must be physically fit, non-smoker and dog friendly as walking the owners two Labrador dogs is part of the role. He / She should be willing to work on their own initiative and as part of the Estate team to collaborate on ensuring the security of the property at all times. A key responsibility of the role also includes handyman duties of which applicants should have previous experience with general basic maintenance jobs such as painting and repair work.
The successful candidate will have good horticultural knowledge and plant identification skills, a good understanding of pest and disease control and will be confident with planting methods, pruning, and general garden maintenance. A level 2 horticultural qualification is required as a minimum as well as at least 5 years of recent experience working on a private estate. A chainsaw certificate and spraying certificate (PA1/PA6) is required for the role, however, training can be arranged by the employer as long as the candidate is willing to acquire. A full clean driving licence is essential as some driving duties will be expected.
A three-bedroom cottage is available for the successful candidate. Partners, children and well-behaved pets are welcome. The occupant will be charged a £5.00 per week rent and would be responsible for their own bills including council tax. Holiday entitlement is 28 days holiday including bank holidays.
SALARY: Circa £25k (Live in)
LOCATION: Between Marlborough and Newbury, Wiltshire
JOB No: EC6253
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Maintenance Person/Gardener - Live Out - EC6260
Maintenance Person/Gardener required
A genuine career opportunity has arisen within a family-run business based near High Wycombe and Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. This well-respected company has been established for over 55 years and holds garden/property maintenance contracts throughout the outskirts of London. The company specialises in garden maintenance, soft landscaping, communal cleaning and general estate maintenance, of which all employees will be involved to some extent. As the role involves complete estate maintenance, approximately 10-hours of the working week may involve interior cleaning in addition to garden care.
Suitable candidates will have knowledge and a genuine interest in herbaceous plants, shrubs, basic pruning techniques and the ability to identify weeds. Spray certificates PA1 and PA6 would be beneficial but are not expected at this time. Applicants with experience with common garden machinery are desired, i.e. strimmers, mowers, hedge cutters and blowers. Candidates at the beginning of their career in horticulture/gardening will be considered, as will those with more experience and/or academic horticultural qualifications, as a salary offering will be made in line with the respective experience held.
Candidates should have a positive attitude towards their work and colleagues, be reliable, punctual, physically fit, and well presented. Applicants will ideally hold a full UK driving licence.
It is of the upmost importance to represent the company in a good light when on clients’ properties as this company has generated an excellent reputation over the past 55+ years. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to be part of a professional team and a very well-established company, with genuine career progression potential and a chance to develop existing skills and knowledge.
Typical working hours are 06:30 (in order to reach London by 08:00) with most days finishing in order for employees to be home by around 16:00). Late starts and early finishes in winter apply due to limited sunlight. Benefits include a pension scheme, continuous on-site training, uniform, 28-days holiday (including Bank Holidays) and a bonus scheme.
SALARY: Up to £25,000 DOE
LOCATION: Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire
JOB No: EC6260
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Experienced Gardener - Live In - EC6256
A very attractive opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced gardener in a beautiful private garden in central Norfolk on a live in or out, permanent basis. The successful applicant will work alongside the owners and existing full-time Groundsman. Applicants for this vacancy must have extensive hands on experience working in a large private garden with comprehensive knowledge of a wide range of garden plants and their maintenance.
The five acre formal gardens contain herbaceous borders, shrub borders, and a kitchen garden with fruit trees (including pleached limes). The estate propagates most of their own plants for the borders and pots in greenhouses on site, as well as some fruit and select vegetables, cut flowers, and interesting plants for the main building.
The garden is surrounded by a 10-acre arboretum and farm. The Experienced Gardener should be competent with the operation and basic maintenance of garden machinery, and willing to assist the Groundsman as required. Applicants must be willing and able to carry out all aspects of estate gardening including pruning (some from ladders), plant propagation and glasshouse work, planting, weeding and general garden maintenance duties. Possession of spray certificates (PA1/PA6) would be beneficial, and a full UK driving licence essential. Applicants must be physically fit, non-smokers, have excellent horticultural knowledge, and preferably, academic horticultural qualifications at RHS level 3 or above, as well as being someone with a love of gardening who takes pride in their work.
Applicants must be flexible insofar as estate gardening is concerned, i.e. be able to manage/assist with common minor estate duties, as well as being able to work autonomously.
The opportunity exists for a housekeeper to take on some part-time work and as such, suitable couples are encouraged to apply.
A three-bedroom house is available (strictly no smoking) for the successful applicant (and family if applicable) at a nominal rent of £250 per annum. The candidate would be expected to pay their own council tax and utilities. A small and well-behaved dog is welcome, but cats are not permitted due to the abundant bird population. This vacancy is in Norfolk, therefore applicants will need to be certain that they would be happy to live in East Anglia.
SALARY: Circa £20,000 - £25,000 DOE + Accommodation
LOCATION: Central Norfolk
JOB No: EC6256
If this Experienced vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Read on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Skilled Gardener - Live Out - EC6160 - This position has now been filled
A Skilled Gardener is required for a private country house hotel estate, situated in a beautiful area of Cotswolds. Of approximately 45,000 hotels in the UK, this site is rated in the top 200, and includes an impressive garden designed by an eight-time Gold Medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show, who continues to play a leading role on a consultative level.
The grounds extend to approximately 8-acres and are maintained to a high standard. The garden features formal lawns, herbaceous and mixed shrub borders, a walled garden with glasshouse, raised beds, box and yew hedges with simple topiary, top fruit (apple, plum and walled-trained pears and fig), wild flower meadow areas, a stream frontage, small lake, croquet lawn (used for marquee events) and a recently planted bog garden.
The gardens have been developed as a sequence, each highlighting the quintessential Cotswolds countryside in which the hotel is positioned. Surrounding the historic Cotswold Stone building itself, the garden consists in part of manicured lawns and a wildflower meadow, leading down to the River Eye on one side. The lake and rare bog garden, featuring a 19th century ice house, play host to some fascinating plant species that provide a unique atmosphere and character to the area.
The main responsibilities of the successful candidate will include lawn mowing, edging and turf care, hedge trimming and ongoing treatment to box hedges, maintenance of existing beds and borders and establishment of new plantings; incorporating use of drip-line irrigation. Other duties will include glasshouse management, leaf clearance; keeping paths and car park areas tidy, maintaining the compost heap and recycling green waste, day-to-day upkeep and maintenance of horticultural machinery and equipment (pedestrian and ride-on lawn mower with trailer, brush cutter, hedge trimmer and backpack leaf blower).
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, energetic and creative with excellent practical skills in all aspects of garden maintenance. This should be supported by good plant knowledge, a relevant academic horticultural qualification and proven horticultural experience; preferably within a small estate or similar garden open to the public. Applicants should have a good eye for detail, an organised, methodical and flexible approach to your work, the ability to work alone to a high standard and be able to apply initiative. The ideal candidate will fulfil the above, and will hold spray certification (PA1/PA6) and chainsaw certification (CS30/CS31), though the latter is not essential as training may be provided for suitable candidates.
The successful candidate will be required to liaise with various stakeholders and take direction from the property owners, the aforementioned garden designer and the General Manager when necessary. The post holder will be responsible for supervising and motivating an assistant part-time gardener to achieve the above while working within a monthly budget, and be responsible for safe working practices via appropriate application and adherence to risk assessments. Some weekend work may be required in relation to seasonal conditions and events.
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a stunning garden alongside a highly-respected garden designer and horticulturalist, and for owners who are genuinely passionate about their garden.
SALARY: £25,000 - £30,000 DOE
LOCATION: Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
JOB No: EC6160
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Plantarea Manager - N228
Our client is widely known as one of the leading garden centre groups, providing an innovative range of plants, home and leisure goods and much more. They are currently seeking a Plantarea Manager to join the team where you will hold a good level of responsibility for all daily operations.
Do you have a passion for gardening and plants?
Can you provide excellent standards of merchandising and displays?
Are you a good team leader able to inspire others?
Key points
- Merchandising and displays of a wide range of plants
- Providing expert advice to customers and answering queries
- Maintaining a good level of housekeeping standards throughout each season
- Ensuring the department is well stocked and looking fresh
- Working as part of a successful team of staff
Must haves
- A good working knowledge of plant retailing or nursery background
- The ability to merchandise effectively creating innovative displays
- Be well organised with good attention to detail
- Enjoy working as part of a successful team of staff delivering great results
If this Plantarea Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Pauline Thomas on 01233 732767 or pauline@horticruitment.com.
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Trainee Kitchen Gardener - Live Out - EC6212
Trainee Kitchen Gardener required
A unique opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and driven gardener with a strong interest in kitchen gardening to be part of a friendly team on a private family estate, located on the East Sussex coast.
The majestic property sits among 90 acres of pleasure gardens, pastures and woodland in the sunniest part of the country. The stunning gardens and property itself play host to numerous events throughout the year.
Under the Head Gardener, the existing team manage the gardens, which are around 15 acres in size, however a vacancy has arisen for a Trainee Kitchen Gardener to manage a 1.5 acre Soil Association certified Victorian walled garden that has been modernised. The walled garden contains a variety of staple fruit and vegetables there is also the opportunity to grow more unusual varieties. The Trainee Kitchen Gardener will be responsible for the kitchen garden, orchard and second greenhouse and the supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables to the house. He / She will be required to carry out sowing and communicate with the house on the fruit and vegetable required throughout various times of year and for upcoming events. The orchard contains apple trees, quinces, pears, soft fruit and a fruit cage to be developed to look more decorative.
The ideal candidate should be passionate about food in relation to fruit and vegetable growing and know how they can be prepared. You must hold a level 2 horticultural qualification at least, with a keen interest in growing produce. You will also need to be an organised and proactive person with good record keeping abilities. In addition, the estate gardening team participate in a local in bloom a community horticultural group devoted to enhancing the local village environment and support for this programme will be required (during the working day), from time to time as well as mentoring trainees as necessary.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Kitchen Gardener with a real passion and drive for horticulture to work within a close-knit team on this prestigious and historic estate. The Head Gardener encourages career growth and development and would be happy to support trainings, development programmes, should the budget allow for that year. The owners also keep bees on the estate therefore if there was an interest or you have experience in beekeeping, there is an opportunity there to get involved.
SALARY: £20,000 - £25,000 dependent on experience
LOCATION: East Sussex
JOB No: EC6212
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Head Gardener - Live Out - EC6207 - This position has now been filled
A driven and hands on Head Gardener is sought after to maintain and further develop the newly established gardens on a beautiful family run private estate located in East Lothian.
The stunning estate is set in 500 acres of woodland, farm land, private gardens and Walled Garden. The Formal gardens consists 6 ½ acre walled garden, 10 acres of lawn and a croquet lawn, kitchen garden, glasshouse, nursery beds, herbaceous and shrub borders, cut flower beds and fruit trees.
The estate owners are looking for someone to really take ownership of the gardens and work closely with them and the estate team to achieve their vision. The successful candidate will take on the role of further developing the existing walled gardens to event standard and to create and maintain the private garden for the family to enjoy. The Head Gardener will work on their own developments in the garden such as the herbaceous and shrub borders, and an experienced landscape designer has also been retained to provide garden designs and plans which the Head Gardener will project manage and implement.
A key responsibility of the Head Gardener will be growing fresh produce in the kitchen garden, propagation work and manage the greenhouse and nursery beds to provide the household with fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. Therefore, experience in the mentioned areas is essential. There is currently a full-time undergardener for which the Head Gardener will be responsible for and will have support from a full-time estate worker during the busy gardening seasons. The Head Gardener will need to be organised, able to plan and prioritise work load and maintain the garden to a high standard.
Applicants should ideally have a level 2 or 3 horticultural qualification plus at least 5 years gardening experience on a private estate. He / She will have excellent horticultural and plant knowledge as well as plant husbandry skills and experience with pest & disease control. PA1/PA6 spray certificates and chainsaw certificate would be an advantage however training could be provided if required. Other requirements for the role are good communications skills and ability to work alongside other staff and oversee contractors. He / She will have a flexible approach to work, be physically fit and willing to help out on the wider estate where necessary. They should be prepared to work outside in all weathers, have the determination and drive to get a job done and a have a vision for maintaining and enhancing the garden as required. Ability to operate a range of garden machinery and good craft skills are also required for the role.
The position is Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 17.00. Occasional weekend work will be required in the lead up to events for which time in lieu will be given. Due to the location of the Estate and limited access to public transport, the successful candidate should have a driving licence and own their own vehicle.
SALARY: Circa £25,000
LOCATION: East Lothian, Scotland
JOB No: EC6207
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