Groundsman/Gardener - Live Out - EC5369
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Groundsman / Gardener to work with a two-generation family based in the Heathfield Area.
The grounds consist of two family properties adjacent to each other with two gardens covering 20 acres of land. One of the properties is well established with 1-acre of formal gardens whilst the other property is undergoing development, providing an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to get involved with an ongoing project. The grounds consist of formal gardens, paddocks, large woodland, greenhouses and numerous out buildings. On site, there are also two greenhouses, a Victorian kitchen garden with raised beds, herbaceous borders, beds, shrubs, ornamental plants and lawns.
The key responsibilities of the Groundsman/ Gardener will be the overall maintenance of the grounds including the formal gardens, paddocks and woodland. Strong knowledge and experience in ground-based tree work is required and as such, it is essential that applicants possess chainsaw certification for this role. A key family member will assume the Head Gardener role, therefore good communications skills and a positive character are necessary.
Applicants for this position should have clear enthusiasm for maintaining and enhancing the garden and must take pride in their work. They should have the determination and drive to ‘get the job done’ to a high standard and be prepared to work outside in all weathers. Good craft skills and an ability to operate a range of garden machinery are also desirable for the role.
If this Groundsman/Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk
SALARY: £20,000 - £25,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: Near Heathfield, East Sussex
JOB No: EC5369
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Landscape Gardener - T575
Are you an experienced landscape and garden maintenance operative?
Would you like to work on prestigious sites in West Sussex?
Would you like to work in a role where you can further your horticultural knowledge whilst taking advantage of excellent career opportunities?
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
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Estate Maintenance Gardener - Live Out - EC4986 - This position has been filled
A rare opportunity has arisen on a stunning private estate located close to Littlehampton, West Sussex, for an experienced grounds person/maintenance gardener. This position would suit presentable and time-served maintenance gardener with demonstrable experience of working on private estate gardens.
The property spans 50-acres in total, of which 15-acres is managed as a formal garden. Large expanses of lawn are interspersed with mature trees, areas of ornamental shrubs, potted plants/trees, herbaceous borders and sculptures. A separate cottage is also located within the estate, with its own garden areas. The majestic main house provides a focus for the estate, which benefits from views across the garden and to the paddocks beyond.
Two part-time gardeners ensure the ornamental planting aspect of the site is maintained on an on-going basis. The new opening will therefore require the successful candidate to take responsibility for the general maintenance of the gardens and estate, i.e. mowing, strimming, leaf blowing, hedge cutting, pest control, weeding and other basic horticultural practices.
Applicants should have a demonstrable background in horticulture and possess a good level of competency in the operation and basic maintenance of garden machinery. Experience with garden maintenance equipment (including ride-on mowers) is essential, as is the ability to manage your own time efficiently. Academic horticultural qualifications are beneficial but not essential, as are spray certificates (PA1/PA6). Candidates must be presentable, positive in their approach to the job at hand, physically fit, and be able to apply excellent attention to detail at all times.
In return for your commitment to the role and the estate, an hourly rate of pay is offered; £11.67/hr over a 40 hour week, with a statutory pension scheme. Seasonal variation in work hours may apply during periods of very hot or cold weather, for example, as expected.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced maintenance gardener to work on a beautiful private estate in a sought-after part of the country, on a permanent full-time basis.
SALARY: £24,273 (£11.67 / hour, 40hr week)
LOCATION: Littlehampton, West Sussex
JOB No: EC4986
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Head Gardener (Live out) - EC4884 - This position has been filled
A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head Gardener to manage a 4-acre garden on an historic private estate. The role would suit a dedicated and enthusiastic plants person with excellent organisational and staff management skills, interest in organic gardening and an observant eye for detail.
Set in the heart of a 3,500-acre rewilding project in West Sussex, this historic property has been inhabited by the same family for over 200 years. The stunning 1.5-acre topiary garden around the house, designed by Georgia Langton, sits above a ha-ha, and beautifully echoes the shapes and tones of the wider landscape. Cloud-clipped box and yew create free-form Henry Moore-style shapes around standard hornbeam, holly and cloud-pruned box trees, with straight yew hedges providing structure. A patch of the lawn is managed for wildflowers, and the pebble paths around the house flower with forget-me-nots, creeping thyme, alpine Alchemilla, erigeron, wild strawberries, violets and alliums.
Leading from the topiary garden is a 1.36-acre Victorian walled garden, half of which is devoted to fruit, vegetables and flowers for the house. A greenhouse provides year-round salads; summer tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and chillies etc, and potted plants for the house. Raised vegetable beds provide a wide range of produce on a year-round basis, and the herbaceous beds are planted with architectural edibles such as sea kale, rhubarb and artichokes. Cutting beds contain roses, dahlias, sweet peas and peonies etc. for the house, and the fruit cage; raspberries, loganberries, red and black currants, pots of blueberries and wall-trained peaches.
A grass acacia walk, bordered by a beech hedge and punctuated with mop-head acacias, leads to the other half of the walled garden with a croquet lawn and Mediterranean-style swimming pool garden featuring cypress, olive trees, extensive lavender beds and two loggia shaded by grape vines, roses and honeysuckle. Outside the walled garden, a restored orchard has been planted with apples, pears, plums and medlars. The walls of the Victorian walled garden support clambering roses and clematis, and the walls of the main house and associated buildings feature impressive stretches of wisteria, as well as climbing roses, clematis and vines, which are clipped using a cherry-picker. The topiary theme is continued in a small patch of garden at the front of the house and by the Estate Office.
In keeping with the ethos of the rewilding project, the entire garden is managed organically and planted to attract pollinating insects. Control of pests is managed through use of nematodes and judicious planting and crop management. The garden is open to the public at least once a year and for occasional charity events and visiting groups.
Applicants for this role must share the owners’ passion for the garden and its ‘green’ ethos, such that they are able to present themselves as an ambassador for a non-chemical regime of gardening through the occasional delivery of garden talks and guided tours. There may be opportunities to increase public engagement with the garden and, perhaps, in conjunction with the rewilding project safaris, run workshops on ‘gardens for pollinating insects’, ‘organic vegetable gardening’, ‘managing orchards’, and scrumping days for locals, for example.
The successful applicant will be required to efficiently manage one part-time under gardener and a two-day/week WRAGS trainee, and contractors who may be brought in for mowing, hedge-cutting, path maintenance in the walled garden, the improvement and maintenance of the croquet lawn (which will become the focus of family croquet tournament) and pruning the climbers around the walls of the main house. It is important that the gardens are presented and maintained to the highest standard at all times.
Applicants for this opportunity should possess excellent horticultural knowledge and demonstrable experience in the management of each of the above features. Candidates should have experience of garden management, health and safety knowledge from a training and practical aspect, experience of supervising staff and maintaining tools and machinery. Excellent time and staff management skills are essential as is a good level of physical fitness and the willingness to lead by example.
The Head Gardener will be required to set up and manage nursery propagating facilities to provide plants for the garden as well as some plants and cut flowers for the house. The position is full-time and will require some weekend work during the summer. The Head Gardener will be encouraged to discuss new ideas with the owners. There are no non-horticultural duties required of the Head Gardener in this role.
SALARY: £30,000
LOCATION: West Sussex
JOB No: EC4884
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Crop Protection/Cultural Assistant - K051
Our client is a well established nursery specialising in producing shrubs, climbers, perennials and soft fruit with a total production area of 6.5 hectares employing a team of 45 staff.
Are passionate about nursery production?
Can you take responsibility for the irrigation and chemical control of the nursery?
Can you deliver high standards of maintenance and plant health?
Key points:
- Irrigation across the site, including hand watering and use of irrigation panels
- Implement spray, biological and crop report programmes as advised by the manager
- Coordination with Despatch and Production to ensure complete understanding of crops to be sprayed
- Accurate record keeping of all chemical, fertiliser and certain water applications
- General cultural duties such as weeding, trimming and potting duties where required.
Must haves:
- A relevant qualification in horticulture
- The ability to work on your own initiative
- Happy to multi task in line with the business needs
- Good standard of education, literate, numerate and accurate
If this Crop Protection/Cultural Assistant vacancy is of interest please apply or contact Pauline Thomas on 01233 732767 or pauline@horticruitment.com
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Landscape Gardener - T574
Are you an experienced landscape and garden maintenance operative?
Would you like to work on prestigious sites in West Sussex?
Would you like to work in a role where you can further your horticultural knowledge whilst taking advantage of excellent career opportunities?
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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Landscape Foreman - West Sussex - T573
Would you like to work for an award winning Landscape Contractor based in West Sussex?
Key points:
This position is for a fully committed Landscape Foreman to organise the day to day running of 4-5 landscape teams (2-3 men per team) completing works throughout the Southern Counties for predominately high end commercial contracts comprising of soft landscaping installation and grounds maintenance. Working closely alongside the Director, Project Manager and Office Personnel you will be expected to ensure the smooth running of works through employing efficient logistics and effective communication.
Must haves:
- A minimum of NVQ Level 2 in Amenity landscape and Horticulture or very comprehensive practical experience of soft landscaping and grounds maintenance
- A minimum of 2 years Supervisory experience in landscape installation and grounds maintenance
- Strong machinery and tool experience
- Excellent organisational skills: - scheduling and prioritising of workloads
- Comprehensive H & S knowledge: - RAMS, TBT, COSHH etc
- SSSTS preferable but training can be provided
- Strong plan reading: - able to understand and set out from drawings
- Strong plant identification and after care knowledge
- Excellent interpersonal skills with colleagues and clients
- Full UK driving licence essential – preferably with B and E classification but training can be provided
- CSCS card preferable but training can be provided
- PA1/PA6 preferable but not essential
Own transport is essential due to the yard location, but a company vehicle is provided for work hours.
Smart phone provided for work purposes.
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Skilled Gardener (Live out) - EC4297
A career development opportunity has arisen for an experienced and well-rounded gardener to join a stunning private estate close to the East Sussex coast and the historic town of Rye. The estate currently employs a groundsman who will be on hand to assist, and a part-time long serving gardener who will provide supervision at a high level. Applicants should be well-rounded gardeners with experience in a similar role on private estates. The position is a wide and varied role with great scope for personal and professional in-house development.
Set in 100 acres of parkland, the impressive gardens provide a complimentary frame for the historic building itself. Future development of the gardens will be considered following successful appointment of a suitable Skilled Gardener; an acre of Victorian walled-garden, new glass house, as well as the development of other innovative business plans such as educational programs, veg/flower sales, arts exhibitions, music events and promotion of the estate’s vineyard tour. The estate owners also have opened the garden/arboretum to the public in the past for national/international specialist groups and charitable fund raising events, and would like to do so again should the new Skilled Gardener demonstrate the capacity and willingness to contribute to such events in future.
The majority of your work will involve maintenance of the 5 acre gardens and grounds; lawns, mixed borders, rose gardens, hedges and ornamental planting. You should have good plant identification skills and horticultural knowledge as well as experience of growing vegetables and cut flowers. Experience with propagation and glasshouse work would be a distinct advantage. Some knowledge of Arboriculture would also be beneficial as two national tree collections are located within an arboretum on site, for which basic records must be kept up to date. You also may be required to provide guidance to garden volunteers, assistants and trainees at times, under the overall supervision of the estate owners.
You should be a practical hands-on gardener; able to operate and carry out basic maintenance of garden machinery such as mowers, strimmers and hedge cutters. Good practical experience and/or an entry level qualification in gardens and/or landscape management is desired (e.g. a Level 1 or 2 qualification in Horticulture). Applicants should have a keen interest in gardens and landscapes and be willing to work alongside and support other estate staff and volunteers. You should be well motivated with a keen eye for detail, a desire to achieve high standards and an ability to work on your own initiative. The successful applicant will be expected to assist with preparations of events in general as well as ensuring that the garden is presentable at all times. You should also have the ability to engage with visitors at public events, and must therefore be a personable person with a positive character. Applicants should have good written and verbal communication skills, organisational skills and a working knowledge of garden health and safety practices. A full driving licence is essential. Spraying certificates and a chainsaw licences are important but not initially necessary as training may be provided.
This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate and competent Skilled Gardener to take on a varied role and to take pride in the management of a beautiful private estate garden in the sunniest part of the country. The client intends to increase the stated salary upon successful demonstration of your capabilities.
SALARY: £23,000
LOCATION: Rye, East Sussex
JOB No: EC 4297
If this position is of interest please apply or contact Mark Read on 01233 733510 or mark.read@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk
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Head Gardener - Live Out - EC4270
Immediate vacancy for a full time experienced Head Gardener for a private house near Chichester, West Sussex. We are seeking a candidate who shares a passion for gardening with a wealth of horticultural knowledge and experience.
The property has extensive grounds comprising lawns, shrubs, formal and informal flower beds with young and mature trees with designated recreational areas. Additionally there is a productive area of glasshouse, cutting garden, vegetable and fruit beds to supply produce for the family. All to be maintained to a high standard.
Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee a complete lawn care regime for the formal lawns
- Hedge maintenance and trimming
- Seasonal pruning, weeding, planting, staking and mulching
- General garden upkeep
- Maintaining water features & irrigation systems
- Oversee the production of fruit and vegetables outdoors and under glass
- Produce and arrange flowers and pot plants for the house
- Manage pests and diseases
- Liaise with the owner and designers to continue to improve the garden
You will be assisted by one other in the care of lawns and growing of fruit and vegetables.
The candidate must be experienced, ideally with a horticultural qualification and PA1/PA6 spray certificates. Well organised, capable of working mostly unsupervised using their own initiative. Reliable, honest, trustworthy and discreet with excellent communication skills.
There is no accommodation but subject to impeccable references a competitive salary is offered for the right candidate.
SALARY: £26,000-£30,000 DOE
LOCATION: Chichester, West Sussex
JOB No: EC4270
If this position is of interest please apply or contact Mark Hudson on 01233 733510 or mark.hudson@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk
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Experienced Gardener (Live out) - EC4232
A very attractive opportunity has arisen for an experienced gardener to join small team on a 60 acre private estate located near Rye in East Sussex. The role will suit a presentable and knowledgeable gardener with demonstrable experience of working on private estates.
The gardens comprise of formal areas, sizeable flower beds, extensive hedging, a ¼ acre kitchen garden, a greenhouse, with large areas of lawn, woodland and ponds. The formal gardens cover approximately six acres, with seven acres of semi-formal and managed woodland including ponds and water cascades.
The team have reached the point of maintaining and improving the gardens, as major building and ground works have been continuous for the past 10 years. Future plans include improvements in plant and lawn care, development of the sustainable kitchen garden as well as implementation of new projects such as the construction of a rose arbor walkway. There will always be changes in plant design and herbaceous boarders, yearly propagation for new bedding plants for future designs and the potential for some very interesting projects to come to fruition in the next few years, each of which will demonstrate unique design and garden management.
The client is seeking a gardener with good attention to detail, good horticultural knowledge and the ability to operate garden machinery efficiently and safely. As is often required on private estates of this kind, garden team members should also be prepared to assist the Head Groundsman with other estate tasks as and when necessary.
The role will entail year-round maintenance of lawns, hedge cutting, pruning of shrubs, weeding of beds/borders and assistance with the kitchen garden. Candidates should be suitably qualified gardeners, ideally with academic horticultural qualifications and previous experience of working as part of a team on a large private estate.
Applicants must have a good understanding of the discretion and confidentiality associated with working for clients on private estates. A CRB check and references will be required of the successful candidate. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence.
Working hours are typically 7:30-5.00 Monday to Friday, with a system to store unworked winter hours for use at busier times, or on occasional weekends. Overtime is paid, as are discretionary bonuses where appropriate. Salaries are reviewed on an annual basis in April.
SALARY: £25,000 DOE
LOCATION: Rye, East Sussex
JOB No: EC 4232
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