Gardens Manager - Live Out - EC6184
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Gardens Manager to manage and develop beautiful estate gardens set within the heart of London, owned by the same family spanning 300 years. Historic garden squares and dynamic open spaces provide a relaxing and spacious retreat for residents and visitors in Chelsea.
The estate’s 93-acres span a vibrant neighbourhood renowned for its unique mix of cultural attractions, stunning homes, international flagship stores, independent boutiques and lively cafes, bars and restaurants. The variety across the gardens consists of lawns, tennis courts, richly planted beds and statuary. Unusual plants such as black bamboo, maples, magnolias and palms and also host an impressive selection of trees and exotic plants such as Brazilian pepper tree, a Chinaberry tree, an old Persian Ironwood Tree and mulberry trees, much of which stand in once was a Repton garden lost to the war.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Gardens Manager to create a lasting legacy developing and maintaining standards across 14 private garden squares as well as open and commercial high net worth spaces within the estate. The Gardens Manager will propose and implement weekly, monthly and annual programmes of work to include progressively raising standards with effective maintenance of all gardens and open spaces on the estate. The candidate will provide their horticultural expertise and will be expected to plan and budget for best value whilst achieving the objectives set out within the programmes of work. They will manage the administration of all garden task related operations, ensuring the professional maintenance of all digital tree, plant and financial records. Working closely with their direct manager and the gardens administration team, the successful candidate will make proposals where there is a need to consult outside of agreed authority. The role will also include the exciting opportunity to organise and implement a small number of successful garden events for charitable causes.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the direct management, safety, personal development and motivation of a garden team of four; one employee and three contractors. The Gardens Manager will also work closely with arboriculture specialists to oversee the delivery of the estate’s Tree Policy – both in terms of safety and sustainability. They will oversee the digital data collection (tree inspection programs and associated tree work), ensure compliance of all Health and Safety legislation and requirements in accordance with current Health and Safety at work and other relevant legislation. It is paramount that the Gardens Manager captures the health and safety inspections using a digital data collection system. Experience with digital data collection applications and programs is therefore required of all applicants for this role. The successful applicant would need to manage contractors to ensure value for money, adherence with the estate’s processes, and for health and safety.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified Horticulturalist with a minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience, supported by evidence of the innovative development and implementation of programs of work and long-term garden planning. They will have an eye for enhancing open spaces with attractive planting regimes. Good verbal communication skills and a positive attitude are essential, as is the ability to ensure customer satisfaction by acting as an ambassador for the estate.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, Gardens Manager who is confident to lead the development, maintenance and flair to maximise their beauty standing within this impressive garden community.
SALARY: Up to £50,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: Chelsea, London
JOB No: EC6184
If this Gardens Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Experienced Gardener - Live Out - A998
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced gardener to be part of the team at a very prestigious site in London. This role is an excellent opportunity for a talented and passionate gardener to significantly enhance their standing in the industry.
As part of a dedicated team, you will share responsibility for the 42 acres of gardens; including rose beds, herbaceous boarders, lakeside planting & extensive hedging. The Gardens team is comprised of the Head Gardener, Senior Gardener and five Gardeners, which form a key part of the 26-strong estate team. The grounds have over 600 mature trees, extensive ornamental gardens and lawns.
Typical horticultural duties include bed preparation, planting, weeding, feeding and pruning across all garden areas. As the successful applicant, you will work under the direction of the Head Gardener and Senior Gardener, and alongside the rest of the team to ensure the highest horticultural standards are maintained for the benefit of all members and their guests.
Candidates must be friendly, polite and diplomatic, with proven horticultural ability and genuine passion. Good plant identification ability, experience with a range of gardening machinery and a PA1/6 certificate is essential, as is the willingness to learn new skills. You must be able to work well within a team as well as on your own initiative. References will be required for all applicants for this role.
Working hours consist of a 39-hour week (7am-4pm Monday to Thursday, and 7am-3pm Friday) with scheduled, but not guaranteed overtime on one in three weekends (only 4hrs each day) inclusive of bank holiday weekends when scheduled.
SALARY: Up to £25,000 DOE
LOCATION: London
JOB No: A998
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General Maintenance Gardener - T336
General Maintenance Gardener required
Our client, based in central London, is a well-established, prize-winning, garden maintenance company established over 20 years ago. They maintain contemporary gardens, communal residential gardens, London squares, topiary hedges, herbaceous borders, containerised roof gardens and water gardens. Currently recruiting a maintenance gardener to join dynamic team in central London.
This exciting hands-on role, where you will work closely with your Manager and Supervisor within a team of 7, offers the opportunity to work on some top end gardens. You will need a love of, and enthusiasm for plants and gardens. A good basic knowledge of horticulture and experience within the industry is required; a desire to learn and develop is vital. You will need to be good at communicating and enjoy being part of a close-knit team, whilst being able to show initiative.
Candidate requirements:
- Good horticultural knowledge.
- To be highly organised and efficient time management.
- A desire to develop and learn.
- A full UK driving licence
- PA1 PA6 certificates (preferable)
Hours of work: Hours 8am-4.30pm with 1 hour off during the day.
Holiday: 20 days paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays.
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Assistant Manager - Garden Services - ADV250 - Please respond direct to advertiser
Title: Garden Services Assistant Manager
Reporting to: Directors and other Garden Services Managers
Location: London - North - based in Kentish Town NW5
·You will be required to work at sites where the Boma is carrying out work and at The Boma Garden Centre Islip Street London NW5 2DL
Description of role:
·You will be part of the Garden Services Management Team who are responsible for managing both our Regular and Once-Off garden maintenance services.
·You will be required to communicate directly with clients and to convert enquiries into confirmed business by visiting gardens to meet with clients to discuss their requirements and to sell the Boma’s services.
·To plan and quote for soft landscaping projects and garden maintenance plans
·To work with our Team Leaders and Gardeners to ensure we deliver a high quality service and product.
·To establish regular communication and successful relationships with our clients to ensure they value our service.
·You will be involved in Health and Safety at the Boma and responsibility for ensuring our staff are operating in a safe environment.
·You will be involved in the maintenance and upkeep of our tools and staff training.
Skills & experience required:
·Excellent soft-landscaping and plant knowledge, including pruning techniques
·Ability to quote and present your works to clients
·Ability to manage, train and motivate staff by achieving the respect of your colleagues
·Good organisational and operational skills
·Exceptional planning skills and communication, particularly forward thinking/planning to anticipate and prevent problems from occurring
·Creating systems to improve work processes
·Ability to patiently multi-task when required, to move between jobs to ensure quality is being achieved and problems are avoided and resolved
·Ability to find solutions and implement them
·Acceptance of responsibility by creating an environment where problems are resolved through training
·Good presentation skills and relationship management with clients
·Good IT skills
Essential requirements:
·Extensive knowledge of and passion for plants
·Leadership qualities
·Work under pressure – not time sensitive
·Genuinely hard-working!
·A positive, happy and flexible attitude
·Accept responsibility and the willingness to find solutions
·The ability to work and share in a team environment
·Desire to constantly learn more about your profession and to improve yourself
·Full clean driver’s licence valid in the UK
Hours of Duty: 5 days per week (which may include occasional weekend work)
Gardener - ADV244 - Please respond direct to advertiser
Manor Fields is a prestigious private estate in Putney, south-west London. Consisting of 228 flats in fourteen houses, it was built in the 1930’s and was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.
The 12-acre gardens reflect the Arts and Crafts-style of the buildings, with structured formal hedges and clipped topiary blended with cottage garden perennials to create a soft pastel colour palette. The grounds are located within a conservation area with many native and ornamental mature trees. The elements of the garden include: a woodland glen, main lawn, sunken garden with an ornamental pond, formal bedding, shrub borders, rose garden, herbaceous borders, orchard, greenhouse and shade garden.
The Role
We are seeking an enthusiastic full-time Gardener to join our maintenance and soft-landscaping team, working for a prestigious 12-acre private estate in south-west London. Working hours are 8am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday.
Within the role the candidate’s duties would include the development and maintenance of the gardens. This is a role for someone with experience of working within the horticulture industry, who wants to be involved with a motivated, innovative company and has the ability to work with minimum supervision.
Duties will include:
- Planting and general aftercare
- Pruning and hedge cutting
- Mowing and lawn care
- Irrigation
- Weeding and border maintenance
- Using horticultural machinery including ride-on mowers, pedestrian mowers, hedge cutters, strimmers and backpack blowers
- Leaf and litter clearance and path cleaning
- Glasshouse duties
- Pesticide application
- Work as part of a team as well as independently
The Candidate
Applicants must be experienced and skilled Gardeners with an ability to work alongside others in a private estate setting.
Ideally applicants should hold:
- NVQ Level 2 Horticultural Qualification (essential)
- PA1/6 chemical spraying certificates (essential)
- Good plant knowledge (a plant ident will be required at interview stage)
- Driving license (desirable)
Good communication skills are key, as well as being proactive and cooperative, with the ability to work to deadlines and high standards with minimum supervision. The role will involve interaction with other employees, residents and contractors, so you will ideally be outgoing and friendly.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about plants and gardening and be willing to expand their horticultural knowledge and skills. Further training and learning opportunities will be available.
Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to unsuccessful candidates.
Email your CV and covering letter to garden@manorfields.co.uk for the attention of Joanne Morris (Head Gardener).
Closing date: Friday 18th January 2019
Interviews will be held: Thursday 31st January 2019
Successful applicant to start: Monday 4th March 2019
Landscape Gardener - T576
Landscape Gardener required
Would you like to do high quality maintenance work in a prestigious private park in the London area?
Would you like to work in a role where you can further your horticultural knowledge whilst taking advantage of excellent career opportunities?
There are two Landscape Gardener positions available, one based in Hendon and one in Fulham.
Key points
Candidates will be working as part of a team and be expected to complete a wide variety of maintenance tasks. You will be required to work to a high standard and able to be proactive and flexible in your approach to work.
Duties will include:
- Grass cutting and strimming
- Weeding and mulching beds and borders
- Pruning, dead heading and shrub maintenance
- Use of mowers, hedge cutters and leaf blowers
Must haves
- Good plant knowledge and understanding of correct horticultural practice
- Good practical skills in garden maintenance
- A full UK driving licence is essential
- Formal horticultural qualification
If this Landscape Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Contracts Manager - X143
Our client is a well-established landscape company providing a number of highly specialist landscape services to their clients. They are leaders within their specialist field of operation and have built up a strong and expanding business which carries out work for commercial clients throughout the UK. They currently have a key vacancy for a Contracts Manager to become part of the company’s operations team.
Job Description:
The Contracts Manager will be experienced enough in landscape construction contract management to be left to their own devices within a week and truly hit the ground running.
They will be responsible for leading all projects, big and small within the London and South East regions. The right candidate will be leading junior contract managers and multiple install teams across several projects simultaneously and so must be flexible and capable of multi-tasking.
Key requirements:
Candidates should have at least 5 years contract management experience of working within the landscape construction industry. He/she needs an excellent knowledge of both the commercial and operational aspects of running a successful project. You must be able to plan the use of your time effectively, be a good team player, and most importantly be driven and motivated.
There will also be a need for the Contracts Manager to work away from their region and stay overnight on occasion. Overnight stays include hotel accommodation with breakfast and dinner paid for.
The successful candidate must have the following -
- A foundation degree, HND or degree in a relevant subject
- Experience of working with building contracts
- IOSH/Nebosh certified
- SMSTS certified
- Full driving licence
- IT literate, especially in Microsoft Office
If this Contracts Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Landscape Manager - G903
Are you passionate about horticulture and about introducing new trainees into the industry?
The Company’s Green Teams have provided hundreds of trainees with their first taste of work in grounds maintenance and horticulture. Under the tutelage of their Green Team Supervisors they have successfully delivered award winning landscaping and maintenance contracts throughout London.
Job Description
Line management of Green Team Supervisors, ensuring staffing, resource allocation and management and staff/trainee skills are effectively and efficiently employed.
Secure, cost, plan and deliver an annual programme of landscaping and grounds maintenance works for delivery through Green Teams.
Manage sub-contractors effectively on site, ensuring their competence and the quality of their delivery is to the highest standard.
Oversee the management, training and supervision of trainees undertaking landscape improvement and maintenance projects across the Company’s operational area.
Ensure best practice and compliance with The Company’s internal project management and H&S systems and procedures, guaranteeing all resources are properly controlled and managed and that agreed financial processes are adopted and used at all times.
Ensure all Green Team work is carried out to the highest quality, meeting the expectations and targets set by their clients.
Must haves
- A relevant horticulture and/or landscaping qualification such as a BTEC, NVQ or RHS at Level 3 (minimum requirement).
- Substantial experience supervising the completion of hard and soft landscape projects.
- Ability to drive quality standards upwards for both landscape construction and grounds maintenance schemes delivered by Company trainees, including providing constructive feedback to staff when these standards are not met.
- Ability to undertake and supervise hard and soft landscaping projects adhering to project briefs, specifications and budgets.
- Proven experience in costing & winning landscaping and grounds maintenance contracts. And in successfully delivering those contracts through directly employed teams and sub-contractors.
- The ability to work closely with an in-house team of Landscape Architects, delivering design build solutions for clients.
Further Information
- Work will be a 37.5 hour week, although willingness to be flexible is essential.
- An IOSH qualification is highly desirable.
- A full UK driving licence is essential.
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Senior Horticulturalist - U242 - This position has been filled
Senior Horticulturalist required
The company are a young but well-established gardening company specialising in servicing high profile restaurants. Their interesting variety of sites also include roof terraces and smart offices. They are looking for someone with a passion for plants and a creative touch. The ability to develop strong client relationships is also a must. They offer a competitive salary, a forward-thinking approach and opportunities for development.
Job Description
- General maintenance of container planting
- Management of other staff
- Maintenance of interior plants
- Project management and installation of new plant schemes
- Liaising with key suppliers to ensure high standards of quality are always met
- Some knowledge of irrigation systems useful
- Diagnosis of problems with plant health checks followed-up by practical recommendations to clients
- Travel to sites is a key part of the job and will necessitate occasional overnight stays.
Must haves
- Excellent horticultural knowledge and a recognised qualification
- Knowledge of interior plants is essential
- 2 years practical experience minimum
- Good communication skills
- Pro-active and good attention to detail
- Good work ethic – happy to work in all weather conditions and physically fit
- Clean driving licence of at least 3 years
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Gardener - Live Out - C994
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Gardener to join the established team at a very prestigious site in London. This role is an excellent opportunity for a talented and passionate gardener to significantly enhance their standing in the industry and improve their existing skills in horticulture.
As part of a dedicated and talented team, you will share responsibility for the 42 acres of gardens, which include rose beds, herbaceous boarders, lakeside planting, extensive hedging and ornamental areas, lawns, and over 600 mature trees. The Garden team comprise the Head Gardener, Senior Gardener and seven Skilled Gardeners, all of whom are part of a 26-strong estate team.
Typical horticultural duties include bed preparation, planting, weeding, feeding and pruning across all garden areas of the grounds. You will work under the direction of the Head and Senior Gardeners, and alongside the team as a whole in order to ensure the highest standard of horticultural practice for the benefit of all site members and guests.
The client is willing to consider applications from passionate gardeners from a commercial/maintenance background who may be looking to make a transition onto a static private site, and also from newly-qualified gardeners that can demonstrate their passion for gardening as well as a clear potential in the industry.
Candidates must be friendly, polite and diplomatic, with proven Horticultural ability and a genuine passion for their profession. Ideal applicants will have good plant identification skills, plant pest and disease management knowledge, experience with a range of gardening machinery and a PA1/6 certificate. You must be able to work well within a team, and confidently on your own when necessary.
Working hours as a Gardener consist of a 39-hour week (7am-4pm Monday to Thursday, and 7am-3pm Friday) with scheduled, but not guaranteed overtime on one in three weekends (only 4hrs each day over Saturday and Sunday) inclusive of bank holiday weekends, when scheduled. References will be required for all applicants.
If this Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Read on 01233 732767 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
SALARY: Up to £25,000 dependent on experience
LOCATION: Fulham, London
JOB No: C994
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