Experienced Gardener
An exciting opportunity for an experienced gardener, to join a small and prospering award-winning garden management company throughout Surrey, taking part in all general and specialist duties, and assisting in the steady expansion of the business, leading to a complete team and garden management role.
Our client is responsible for maintaining and developing several large award-winning private gardens in and around the Surrey area and strive for the highest maintenance standards where attention to detail is key, providing a personal service, which is unique to each individual client.
Job Description:
As a member of the team, you must have comprehensive experience and knowledge of working in gardens to a high standard, an understanding of managing gardens annually, and dealing with plants with the correct horticultural practice. In the role you will have the opportunity to develop client and garden designer relationships, so a positive attitude, excellent communication skills, and a drive to go the extra mile are essential. It is important you have good teamwork skills and if necessary are keen to take instruction. Most of all, we would like you to bring a proactive and flexible approach to the role and to integrate into our client’s small but growing team.
Your duties will include: -
- Competent at the annual management of various gardens, solely or in a team, to ensure that quality and visual appearance are maximised through correct horticultural practice. To include:
- Topiary, trees & hedges, annual lawn care, organic vegetable & fruit, plant care & pruning, pest & disease control, plant fertilisation, flower bed on going management, seasonal pot displays, machinery, and tool management.
- Be customer and standards focused and always demand the best – whether that be from your own work or that of your colleagues.
- Aware of all practices garden related.
- Plan, implement and achieve garden maintenance schedules using provided digital software.
- Provide proactive excellent customer service and provide good advice to customers, understanding their garden requirements.
- Be able to suggest improvements to the garden, pruning, planting, border layout, P&D management.
- Managing, motivating, and instructing a team of staff and ensuring suitable standards are met.
- Ensuring health & safety standards are achieved.
Key Skills:
- A minimum of 7 years’ experience within the industry managing a range of gardening skills annually.
- A RHS Level 2 certificate in horticulture or equivalent experience.
- Able to reliably commute to a location in Puttenham, Surrey before work commences.
- A genuine interest in gardens, working outdoors, and horticulture.
- A drive to progress in your future career.
- An understanding of plants and trees, including botanical names, pests, diseases, and management requirements.
- Knowledge and use of general garden duties, organisation and management of gardens, pedestrian mowers, hedge trimmers, general garden machinery.
- Driving license.
If this Experienced Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Tom Little on 01233 732767 or tom@horticruitment.com.
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Garden Team Leader
Garden Team Leader required
Job Ref W011
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced gardener to join the garden care department of an established and popular garden centre. The role will involve garden care and maintenance of domestic properties in West London, on a full-time permanent basis.
The award-winning independent garden centre in West London has a successful gardening department, comprising a small and friendly team. A vacancy has arisen for an experienced gardener with the ability to supervise one other gardener and to lead by example, i.e., to carry out hands-on garden care with high attention to detail and to provide excellent customer service.
Key Skills:
Our client is looking for a candidate with experience in garden maintenance, with good plant knowledge and strong pruning skills. The successful candidate will be reliable, hard-working, a team player with a positive attitude and the possess following skills:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working withing private gardens or for a recognized gardening company
- Strong plant knowledge
- Full drivers’ license
- Accurate time management
- Good people skills
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Assistant Head Gardener
A friendly, motivated and all rounded Assistant Head Gardener is required to work closely with the Head Gardener to further develop the gardens of a beautiful Grade II* listed 16th century Farmhouse based in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. The position is full time and permanent.
The peaceful and private 29-acre estate is a stable yard with the majority of acreage is pasture for the horses. Separated by a Ha-ha ensuring uninterrupted views, the well-maintained gardens surrounding the property include formal gardens, Parterre, Herbaceous borders, rose garden, walled garden, vegetable garden, 3 greenhouses including a beautiful Hartley botanic greenhouse, Koi Pond, Old woodland, ancient oaks and wisteria.
The Assistant Head Gardener will be an arts and crafts gardener with a focus on specialist pruning, kitchen gardening, training and greenhouse management. He / She will be hands on carrying out the planting, sowing, pruning, growing, creative input and design ideas would be welcome, pest & disease treatments, planting and harvesting the produce which is shared on the estate. It is a diverse role so flexibility is key, the successful candidate will also assist with the general maintenance of the garden such as the mowing, strimming and weeding and the clients outsources the hedge cutting. Additional duties may be required such as occasional feeding and care of dogs (Great Dane and 2 dachshunds).
Applicants will ideally hold a horticultural qualification RHS or a recognised horticultural qualification and / or experience working on a private estate. Experience with Spray certificates PA1/PA6 and chainsaw would be advantageous but not essential as training can be provided. Applicants will have shown longevity and are looking for a long-term opportunity on a diverse and friendly estate. He / She must work well with others and be confident with their plant knowledge. Horse and animal lover is a plus!
The working hours are 5-day week Monday to Friday 8am -5pm with an hour for lunch. Flexibility is important as occasionally a half day on the weekend maybe required for watering in the greenhouse or when the owners are away for which time off in lieu will be given.
SALARY: £35,000 - £40,000 DOE
LOCATION: Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
JOB No: EC61418
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Sole Gardener
An all rounded hands-on Sole Gardener is sought for a stunning Georgian private property surrounded by 22 acres situated near the market town of Chipping Ongar in the Epping Forest District of Essex. The buildings consist of the Main House, a converted guest Barn and a delightful 2-bedroom Lodge Gate house for the Gardener.
The 22 acres grounds consist of 7 acres of mature gardens surrounding the main house and the further away from the property, the more naturalist the surroundings become. There are 15 acres of meadows, a pond, and a variety of mature specimen trees. There is a long gravel driveway to the front of the house, significant and expansive lawns, topiary, water feature with potted plants, herbaceous beds and borders, variety of roses, a large greenhouse this is currently not used and a kitchen garden - an opportunity for the gardener to use for propagation and growing vegetables.
The principals are looking for a friendly live in gardener with a happy, calm, and positive attitude and the ability to following instructions. The successful applicant will have a love of gardens to maintain the existing garden and grounds, be hardworking, a self-starter and require low management whilst being conscious and mindful of the owner’s privacy when in residence.
The Gardener duties include most aspects of maintaining the grounds and outbuildings, although external specialist contractors are used e.g. tree surgeons for annual high hedging and other major repairs. More specifically, duties include lawn mowing and turf management, general maintenance – pruning, weeding and edging, maintaining the herbaceous Beds, kitchen gardening, glasshouse growing and pest and disease control. Candidates will have experience using and the basic maintenance of garden machinery and equipment.
Other duties must be attended to include keeping gutters and drains clear, raking the gravel drive, maintaining security of the grounds e.g. dealing with the alarm company when required, liaison for visiting contractors, tradesmen and deliveries and putting out the bins weekly. A keen eye for detail is necessary with a positive approach to attend to repairs and jobs immediately.
Working hours are March to October 8 am to 6 pm, Mon – Fri and November to February 8 am to 4 pm, Mon – Fri. The owners may occasionally require assistance with feeding the cats some weekends when we are away.
A generous salary is provided with the vacancy along with a separate 2 bed furnished Cottage with own garden and garage plus all normal house bills e.g. energy, wifi and council tax bills are covered by the employer as well as the use of a car. An outdoor cat or small well-behaved dog would be considered but unfortunately the property is not suitable for dependents.
The owners are also open to the partner working in a part time role as housekeeper carrying out duties such as cleaning, some laundry and feeding the cats etc. Excellent terms for 3 or 4 days a week/ 6 hours per day could be discussed.
LOCATION: Chipping Ongar, Essex
SALARY: £35,000 plus accommodation
JOB No: EC61640
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Sole Gardener
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sole Gardener to join the mature garden of a private property located near Grantham, Lincolnshire. After 24 wonderful years within the garden, the current gardener is now looking to retire. Therefore, the owner now requires an experienced gardener with a proven track record of managing a large, high end garden to assist in the ongoing maintenance and development of the garden and grounds to a continued high-standard. This is a full-time permanent position.
The estate covers roughly 40-acres in total with formal features surrounding the main house and two large fields which are rented out to local farmers. The gardens boast a tennis court, football pitch, formal lawns as well as a lake. Other elements include 2 large herbaceous borders, formal hedging and seasonal bedding plants and large pots and urns around the property. There is also a productive kitchen that grows a variety of fruits and vegetables for the main house as well as a cutting garden which is used for creating beautiful planting schemes. The garden is mature and has been professionally maintained therefore the owners are looking for a highly skilled candidate to keep the gardens at a high standard.
Our client seeks an experienced gardener to help maintain the gardens on a year-round basis following the annual calendar. Applicants will possess an academic horticultural qualification, such as RHS level 2 or equivalent, combined with extensive experience working in a similar role. As such, excellent plant knowledge and technical skills are essential for this position with experience in compost management, propagation, spraying, weeding and rejuvenating beds. A self-motivated, organised individual with a self-start attitude and proven track record of managing a large garden, with a strong work ethic, ability to work to their own initiative and willingness to work to consistently high standards are qualities which are essential for this role. Candidates will be flexible and willing to extend their duties where needed. As such, this is a physically demanding position which requires a fit and strong individual who is comfortable working in all weathers.
General gardening duties will include but are not limited to fine lawn care, pruning, propagating, weeding, topiary management, edging and hedge cutting. The owner is passionate about their garden and want to keep them to an immaculate standard Imagination, flare and an appreciation of textures, colours and sequential bloom will be required for driving the gardens forward. Experience in the use and maintenance of a wide range of gardening machinery as well as PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates, and a chainsaw certification are desirable for this position. The house is equipped with machinery, which the gardener should be capable of maintaining between services.
As Sole Gardener, there will be a requirement for additional duties to be carried out within the estate which will include but are not limited to gutter clearance and painting, pressure washing, fence repairs, path & driveway clearance and car cleaning. Other duties will include the occasional collection/delivery of vehicles to locations prior to the owners arrival. Such vehicles may also require delivery for servicing.
The owners divide their time between properties and there may be times duties cannot be carried out due to the owners requiring family privacy; however, the Sole Gardener will be given a schedule of visits and consulted on this matter. Please note, the successful candidate with be offered subject to a and DBS check. Candidates will also need to hold a full driver’s licence due to the remote location of the property.
SALARY: Up to £35,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: Lincolnshire
JOB No: EC61570
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Sole Gardener
A vacancy has arisen for a suitable experienced gardener to take up the position of Sole Gardener managing a 3acre private garden in Wiltshire. The formal areas consist of a walled vegetable garden with box and yew hedging, large fruit cage, greenhouses, climbing and shrub roses, herbaceous borders, wildlife pond and rill and large are of lawn.
Applicants wishing to apply for the vacancy should ideally have a recognised horticultural qualification and experience running a large private garden. You will be required to manage all aspects of the garden therefore need competency in growing and maintaining fruit and vegetables for the household, able to maintain roses, propagate plants from seed and cuttings and manage a greenhouse and generally have good all-round plant knowledge and excellent craft skills.
The owners are looking for someone who is a keen plants person, passionate about their work and has the ability to assist with bringing the garden on. A full clean driving licence and ability to drive a quad bike and trailer when necessary whilst not essential would be desirable along with CS30/31 chainsaw certificates.
Working hours are anticipated as typically 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday with 4 weeks holiday per year.
A 2 ½ bedroom cottage with a large private garden at the back is available for the successful applicant. Partners, children and pets are welcome. Council tax is paid by the employers, water is supplied from a borehole onsite, and electricity is paid by the tenant.
SALARY: Circa £35,00 depending on experience
LOCATION: Marlborough, Wiltshire
JOB No: EC61600
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Senior Gardener
Senior Gardener required
Our client set up their business 5 years ago and it has rapidly grown with the help of a fantastic team who all bring individual specialties to the company. This job role offers the opportunity to be a part of an exciting company which continues to grow and lead the way in estate and garden management.
The business strives for excellence in everything that they do. They work with high-net-worth individuals who own beautiful large properties, estates and gardens, and as a team, they maintain these proprieties to the highest of standards. Loyalty, reliability and having a professional and proactive approach are absolutely essential skills required to join the team.
The Senior Gardener will have good communication and customer service skills, a positive attitude, self-motivated and with high attention to detail. It is important that they are reliable, punctual and well-presented.
Skills Essential to the Role:
- A current full UK clean driving license for a manual vehicle.
- Significant practical experience (2 years or more) in horticulture, supported by appropriate horticultural qualifications
- Good knowledge of plant husbandry and horticultural
- Some knowledge of the conservation of historic landscapes
- Experience of leading and participating in garden activities and events.
- Supervisory skills, able to manage other members of the team
- Ability to understand the approach needed to reward, recognise and motivate colleagues.
- Some knowledge of budgets and finance.
- Competence with machinery/equipment use and maintenance including tractors, trailers, chippers, chainsaws and pedestrian mowers with accreditation as required for Health and Safety compliance
- Knowledge of Health and Safety & Compliance requirements.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- To ensure that the mechanical condition and security of vehicles and machinery used in operations is maintained in a safe and secure manner and that any defects, damage or breakdowns are reported promptly
- Ability to respond to emergency situations in a calm and decisive manner
- Ability to communicate in a clear and polite manner with colleagues, clients and members of the public.
- To work outdoors at all times of the year in all weather conditions
- To understand work requirements and work to deadlines.
Other preferable skills are UK drivers’ license with BE entitlement (trailer) and first aid certification.
Where the employee is qualified to drive company vehicles and tow company trailers, he/she may be required to carry out the following additional duties:
- To drive any Company vehicle in accordance with the relevant legal requirements and Company procedures.
- To clean vehicles and plant assigned to you and keep the vehicle in a tidy condition.
- To ensure vehicles and plant are prepared ready for out of hours emergencies.
- To perform minor maintenance tasks on the vehicles, as necessary.
- Ability to undertake basic vehicle checks and to identify maintenance needs.
This exciting opportunity comes with an attractive salary, discretionary end of year bonus, 25 days paid holiday a year, Government pension scheme, All PPE, equipment and workwear provided, continuous professional development (CPD) and overtime prospects.
The successful candidate will be required to sign a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) to protect the client’s privacy.
SALARY: Up to £35,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: East Sussex
JOB No: EC61574
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Skilled Gardener
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Skilled Gardener to join the gardens of a residential property located near Hindon, Wiltshire. The owner now requires an experienced gardener with a proven track record of working within a large and horticulturally diverse garden to assist in the ongoing maintenance and development of the garden and grounds. This is a permanent role, based on a 5-day week.
The beautiful gardens have been created over 60 years by previous and current owner who is a keen horticulturalist. The 9-acre garden is evenly divided between cultivated gardens near the house and ancient woodland behind it. Southeast facing it warms up quickly in spring, bringing early bluebells each year. The gardens boast extensive herbaceous borders, plantings of rhododendrons, maples, camellias, azaleas and many other small trees and shrubs. There is a woodland garden with a stately row of magnolias, a French garden edged by yew hedges, low box hedging and finely shaped topiary. Also within the grounds is a cutting garden dominated by roses for much of the year, bred by the late David Austin, but the planting is informal and they are mixed with dahlias and peonies; this is adjoined to the immaculate potager. The old croquet lawn has been converted into a formal garden of lavender-filled parterres with a long reflecting pool, lined by Persian ironwood trees.
Our client seeks an experienced gardener to help maintain the gardens on a year-round basis following the annual calendar. Applicants will ideally possess an academic horticultural qualification, such as RHS level 2 or equivalent, combined with extensive experience working in a similar role. As such, excellent plant knowledge and technical skills are essential for this position with experience in compost management, propagation, kitchen gardening, specialist pruning, spraying, weeding and rejuvenating beds. The owner is passionate about their garden and open to the public each year through the National Garden Scheme, therefore they want like minded people to help showcase the gardens.
A self-motivated, organised individual with a self-start attitude and proven track record of managing a large mature English country garden, with a strong work ethic, ability to work within a small and friendly team and willingness to work to consistently high standards are qualities which are essential for this role. Candidates will be flexible and willing to extend their duties where needed. As such, this is a physically demanding position which requires a fit and strong individual who is comfortable working in all weathers. Experience in the use and maintenance of a wide range of gardening machinery is essential as well as PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates, and a chainsaw certification being desirable for this position.
A 2-bedroom cottage on site is available to the successful candidate with partners, dependants and pets welcome (within reason); with all bills covered for by the owners besides electricity and oil.
This role is based on a 5-day week with working hours 8am – 4pm, however there is some flexibility with the hours.
SALARY: Up to £35,000 DOE + Accommodation
LOCATION: Hindon, Wiltshire
JOB No: EC61537
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Skilled Gardener
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Skilled Gardener to join the mature garden of an 18th-century private estate located near Pewsey, Wiltshire. The owner now requires an experienced gardener with a proven track record of successfully enhancing a large mature English country garden, to assist in the ongoing maintenance of the garden and grounds. This is a permanent role, based on a 4-day week.
The idyllic 3-acre garden borders the River Avon and features many wonderful elements including formal lawns, a mini moat which runs into a large lily pond, mature trees, a walled garden and lots of pots containing coloured annual plants. Other features include beds and borders with cottage garden favourites such as centranthus, lavender, Alchemilla mollis and peony, with the main building clad in climbing roses and wisteria. The gardens are also host to a productive kitchen garden with fruit cages growing a variety of fruits and vegetables for the main house. The garden is mature and has been professionally maintained therefore the owners are looking for a highly skilled candidate to keep the gardens at a high standard.
Our client seeks an experienced gardener to help maintain the gardens on a year-round basis following the annual calendar. Applicants will ideally possess an academic horticultural qualification, such as RHS level 2 or equivalent, combined with extensive experience working in a similar role. As such, excellent plant knowledge and technical skills are essential for this position with experience in compost management, propagation, specialist pruning, spraying, weeding and rejuvenating beds.
A self-motivated, organised individual with a self-start attitude and proven track record of managing a large mature English country garden, with a strong work ethic, ability to work within a small and friendly team and willingness to work to consistently high standards are qualities which are essential for this role. Candidates will be flexible and willing to extend their duties where needed. As such, this is a physically demanding position which requires a fit and strong individual who is comfortable working in all weathers.
General maintenance duties will include but are not limited to pruning, propagating, weeding, edging and compost management. The owners are passionate about their garden and want likeminded people to help the gardens continue to flourish. Experience in the use and maintenance of a wide range of gardening machinery is essential as well as PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates, and a chainsaw certification being desirable for this position.
This role is based on a 4-day week with working hours 8am – 4pm, on a PAYE basis.
SALARY: Up to £28,000 on a 4 day week
LOCATION: Wiltshire
JOB No: EC61444
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Groundsperson
An exciting opportunity has become available for a self-motivated and hands on Groundsperson to work within a small team on a stunning 250-acre private country estate based in Surrey. This opportunity would suit an enthusiastic, self-motivated, friendly and well-presented individual, with good communication skills, and who is happy to work with the team or alone.
The estate is set across two areas, the gardens surrounding the main house consists of a 3-acre lake, kitchen garden that provide the house with fruit and vegetables, fruit trees, ornamental walled garden with folly and different seating areas which are regularly enjoyed. There are two greenhouses attached; a lean-to greenhouse and a nectarine house on the opposite side used to grow citrus trees. Up to about 6 acres around the main house is fenced in to protect the garden from deer and rabbits. Wisteria was brought in from Italy a few years back and has grown incredibly well creating a beautiful effect. Other areas include a pergola walk, several water features, herbaceous borders flanking the canal shaped lily pond, shrub borders and pots with bougainvillea and various plants. The house is perched on the top of a hill with expansive views to one side and a pinetum with large conifers and a variety of mature trees.
The gardens are continuously evolving, and the new owners are keen on conservation with the outer areas of the estate becoming increasingly important with time. Where the gardens were originally laid out in the early 2000 as more formal, the owners now are creating a more nature balanced environment, encouraging biodiversity and attracting birds such as ducks and geese to the ponds and bees by growing lush lawns and creating wildflower areas.
The Groundsperson will work as part of a team across the whole estate, reporting into their knowledgeable and longstanding Head Gardener. Duties will include mowing, stimming, hedge cutting, fencing, track maintenance, woodland maintenance (chainsaw use), and general maintenance of gardens and grounds around the buildings. Additional skills such as carpentry and general handy man jobs would be welcomed but not essential.
Applicants must have proven practical experience in grounds and estate work with a high-level attention to detail, a good understanding of safe working practices, chainsaw certificates and experience with garden machinery including hedge cutters, ride on and walk behind mowers and compact tractors with the attachments like flails and toppers. Experience with full size tractor with a loader, JCB / excavator and ATV would be advantageous. Certificates are required but training can be provided. A full UK driving licence is essential due to the rural location of the property and on offer, references and a clear CRB check is required.
A competitive salary is provided with the role as well as 23 days holiday plus bank holidays and discretionary bonuses. Working hours are 07:30 to 16:30 Monday to Friday, with one hour each day for breaks and all staff are required to adhere to the no smoking policy on site.
LOCATION: Surrey
SALARY: £30,000 - £35,000 DOE
JOB No: EC61452
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