Gardener
Gardener required
Job Ref ADV423
Salary: Competitive
Full time • Permanent • All year round • 40 hours per week
Start date: As soon as possible
Reed’s School is one of the leading Independent Secondary Day and Boarding Schools in the country, providing an education for over 790 pupils. The School is all-boys from 11-16 and has a co-educational Sixth Form. Ripley Court School is a popular independent co-educational preparatory school for 3-11 year olds set in 19 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside including extensive playing fields and a Forest School.
We are looking to appoint a Gardener to join our team responsible for the maintenance and general condition of our grounds (covering both School sites and including extensive sports facilities). The role-holder will assist the Head Gardener with general maintenance of gardens, planters and planting beds.
The role-holder will predominantly work from the Reed’s School site in Cobham but will be required to work from the Ripley Court site as required.
The role-holder will work for 40 hours per week with the ability to work flexible shift patterns (e.g. weekends on a rota). You will have demonstrable experience of working within a similar role with good general knowledge of horticulture. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and creative with a keen eye for detail.
For Safer Recruitment purposes all applicants must complete an application form. Full details including a job description and application form can be found on the Reed’s School website (www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk/621/vacancies) or alternatively by emailing hr@reeds.surrey.sch.uk
Closing date: midday, Friday 30 September 2022
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Reed’s School and Ripley Court School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Part Time Experienced Gardener
Part Time Experienced Gardener required
Job Ref : ADV414
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced gardener to join a dedicated team at a private estate in Surrey.
The 12 acre gardens consisting of formal lawns, mixed borders, alpine rockery, sub tropical garden, orchards, ponds, woodland and kitchen garden are currently undergoing extensive renovations. The successful applicant would be required to carry out all aspects of gardening and use a wide range of machinery and tools. Qualifications are not essentials but proven experience in a similar role (plus spraying certificates) would be advantageous.
Applicants should be physically fit, confident with working at height and have a positive attitude. A full clean uk driving licence is essential.
The hours of work for this part time position are currently 8am - 4.15pm three days a week, with the potential to become full time in the future.
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Maintenance Gardener
Maintenance Gardener required
Job Ref ADV405
Immediate Start Available
We are an established family garden maintenance and landscaping business looking for an experienced, motivated, and reliable Maintenance Gardener candidate to join our Mobile Garden Maintenance team to service our domestic customers.
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As a skilled mobile gardener, you will be expected to be practical and adaptable in all gardening tasks with the ability to demonstrate working under your own initiative, as well as being an effective team member
Our customers' gardens require expert care therefore a broad knowledge of gardening and plant identification is key.
The successful candidate will be involved in a range of soft landscaping activities which include:
- Planting
- Lawn mowing & Lawn Care
- Hedging
- Pruning
- Weeding
Applicants should have comprehensive hands-on experience in garden care and maintenance and also experience working within the soft landscaping environment.
Applicants should have the following:
- A full clean manual driving licence
- A certificate in Horticulture (RHS Level 2 or equivalent)
- Experience using a full range of gardening equipment and machinery
- PA1/PA6 are desirable but not essential.
The successful candidate will have prior experience working in a similar role with the domestic garden maintenance environment.
The job will be from Monday to Friday (7.30-4.30) including traveling time between jobs)
- Full uniform and PPE are provided
- Company van provided (working hours only)
- 20 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
- Company Pension
- Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 DOE
- Well being and staff recognition initiatives
- Full access to training and online learning
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Assistant Gardener
A rare and exciting opportunity has become available for an Assistant Gardener to join an incredible private estate that is going through a monumental restoration of the buildings, gardens and grounds. The position is a full time and permanent role and is based in Surrey.
The 500-acre grounds are entirely new, based loosely on the historic gardens that were lost in the 1960’s. The grounds have been designed to consist of garden areas, a few of those areas are as follows; Forecourt with formal parterre planting beds with hedges and a topiary yew centrepiece surrounded by close cut formal lawns. These beds are intended to have a changing display of bulbs and annual flowering plants to provide year-round interest and will require careful maintenance and regular replanting with the gardeners either ordering in or propagating and growing on the required plants. The grotto entrance will be surrounded by coniferous trees planted to create woodland clump when viewed from the park. Shrub and herbaceous planting above the grotto to frame the sculpture/urn here. The garden walk will be an elegant repeat of shrub and herbaceous ground including planting around the outsides of the garden terrace. The Southern walk becomes part of the Garden terrace with a seat looking back towards the south wing.
The Kitchen Terrace and Pool Terrace planting will be in entirely in large timber planters. Small clipped standard trees surrounded with seasonal annuals. Both terraces will have the same layout, but the Pool terrace is in the shade of the house for much of the day whereas the Kitchen Terrace is mostly in full sunlight. The walled garden will be divided into a quartered layout with a gravel paths on the cross axis and around the perimeter walls. The central area will be a simple meadow and fruit trees with feature arbours in each quadrant. A new glasshouse will be built to accommodate house plants, seedlings and tender plants. The glasshouse backs onto the potting sheds. A working area with compost/ bulk materials storage ‘bins’ will be created and fruit cages and large areas of growing beds for cut flowers and vegetables. Other areas include the summer garden, spring and autumn woodland garden, lake walk with several planting areas on the terraces sloping down to lake, cascade steps, Japanese garden and arboretum woodland which will be a low maintenance area.
Applicants for this position will possess previous professional experience in hands-on gardening. Suitable candidates will preferably hold a suitable horticultural qualification and have extensive knowledge of plants combined with good all-round practical skills in craft gardening. Applicants must be physically fit and must be competent in the operation and basic maintenance of a full range of garden machinery. The successful applicant will work under the guidance and supervision of the Head Gardener and within a team of four but must also be able to work efficiently on their own as required.
The position is a 5-day working week but may vary when family are in residence or through busy periods, a watering rota for weekends is in place. The salary provided is up to £22,000 potentially with accommodation. The accommodation provided is a one-bedroom flat onsite with council tax, internet, water and electricity bills paid by the employer.
SALARY: £22,000
LOCATION: Surrey
JOB No: EC43744
If this Assistant Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Bevan Andrews on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Gardener
An excellent full time and permanent opportunity has arisen for an experienced gardener / groundskeeper with a passion for lawn care and garden maintenance to work within the beautiful gardens of a private estate in North Surrey.
The private estate encompasses 13 acres of land, which includes a 9-acre modern garden designed by a renowned contemporary landscape and garden designer. The garden contains formal lawns with wild meadow grass sections and grass herbaceous borders. Set out geometrically, the garden also contains extensive hedging made up of Yew, Beech and Box, with a stream to one side of the garden and woodland / parkland on the other.
The successful candidate will be fully responsible for the estate’s lawn care, which equates to approximately 40% of the extensive grounds. Separated into wild meadow and high standard lawn, in addition the estate includes formal lawns up to a bowling green standard. You will be reporting into the head gardener and join him along with one other team member as custodians of the grounds, working as part of the small gardening and maintenance team ensuring the lawns are kept to the highest standards throughout the seasons, aligning with the estate owner’s requirements.
It will be the responsibility of the gardener / groundskeeper to ensure all turf care is maintained and well kept, including mowing lawns, treating, feeding, fertilising and when necessary, assisting the rest of the team with their duties. Both formal lawns are fully irrigated thus an understanding and knowledge of the maintenance and operation of irrigation systems would be beneficial. Duties will vary naturally throughout the seasons and will include leaf collection and clearing snow. Other responsibilities may include planting, watering, transplanting, controlling diseases, insects, and weeds.
The ideal candidate will have had experience in all aspects of lawncare; could be from or working within a greenkeeping environment; a non-smoker with a keen eye for details, meticulous in the maintenance of high standards, taking pride in their work, reliable and able to work with complete discretion.
The working hours would be Monday – Friday 07.00 to 16.00 changing to 07.30 to 16.30 throughout the winter period. Included are two 30-minute breaks, at 09.30 and 13.00. Work benefits include a workplace pension and a private healthcare package.
SALARY: Up to £35k DOE
LOCATION: North Surrey
JOB No: EC43353
If this Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Niall Anderson on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Department Assistant Manager
Department Assistant Manager required
Job Ref B008
Our client has a family run business which originally started as a nursery and is now a complete home and garden shopping centre with over 60 years’ experience. They are renowned for their personal and professional service and expert advice, with a focus to build and maintain strong customer relationships. An outstanding opportunity now exists for a Department Assistant Manager to support the indoor shop team and join this well-established, independent Garden Centre based in Surrey.
Job Brief
As the Department Assistant Manager, you will play a vital role in delivering a high standard of visual merchandising and you will also deliver an exceptional service to customers and maximise sales. The successful candidate will:
-Lead a team of staff by example and to always ensure excellent customer service
-Assist in purchasing of wide range of stock throughout the year
-Hold excellent visual merchandising and displays, ensuring the product is shown to best advantage
-Maintaining high levels of high housekeeping on a continuing basis
-Have strong sales skills
-Creating a professionally run department that will encourage sales
-To help plan and manage the day-to-day operations of the department
-Ensure all stock is clearly priced using point of sale material
-Maximise profitability and be proactive in respect of customer service
-Assembling of high-end garden furniture and BBQ’S
-Duty Manager responsibilities
Key Skills
The appointed person would possess excellent merchandising skills and able to maintain professional standards across all aspects of the role. Focusing on key objectives you will be both flexible and adaptable in a variety of tasks with excellent communication skills to achieve maximum sales for the centre. An excellent salary is available to the right individual who can deliver results and who has a genuine interest in the product range. The appointed person will be a great team leader with the ability to create an exciting and inspiring environment, using visual merchandising skills and commercial awareness. You will have the ability to achieve results, effectively leading and motivating your team, perform well under pressure and operate in a fast-paced environment with a positive enthusiastic and dynamic approach to all tasks.
As the Department Assistant Manager, you’ll need to have the following experience:
-At least 3 years’ managerial/supervisory experience within a Garden Centre or high-end retail environment
-Excellent customer service skills
-Strong sales ability
If you have experience in any of the following areas, we would like to hear from you.
-Garden Centre team leader/supervisor
-Garden Centre Assistant/deputy Manager
-High End retail supervisor/assistant manager
If this Department Assistant Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 or sophie@horticruitment.com.
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Senior Gardener
A self-motivated and driven Senior Gardener is sought after on a full time and permanent basis to maintain the gardens to a high standard throughout the year, as well as helping to shape the future of the gardens as part of long-term planning. The formal gardens are about 2 acres in size which includes a wild pond plus wildflower meadows that extend beyond the garden.
The successful candidate will be hands-on, passionate about maintaining very high standards, happy to work autonomously and plan your own work, whilst meeting the client's expectations. You will oversee a no-dig approach to the management of the garden with a keen focus on sustainability, conservation and organic gardening. Responsibilities will include ensuring that all formal borders, shrub beds and lawn areas are kept to a high standard, oversee the management and seasonal maintenance of the vegetable garden as well as general grounds maintenance including planting, pruning, weeding, strimming, clearing leaves, and watering. As well as ensuring pots and window boxes are watered, fed, clean and well presented.
The Senior gardener will occasionally be required to assist at the principal’s other property in London from time to time. Overall additional duties may also include caring for the house plants, ensuring they are watered, deadheaded, clean and well presented. Compost bay management and mulching maintenance as well as create budgets and place orders for tools, plant, and other necessary equipment. A good understanding of Health and Safety is important to comply with health and safety legislation and safe working practices.
Applicants will have Horticulture Level 2, or 5 years working in a horticultural environment coupled with sound knowledge of standard horticultural practices (planting, pruning, fertilising, etc.), growth characteristics and identification of a wide variety of plants as well as good practical skills in soft landscaping and grounds maintenance. A practical knowledge of indoor plants and their presentation as well as pond maintenance would be an advantage. The gardener will be physically fit, have excellent organisational and prioritisation skills as well as good written and verbal communication skills. Experience with a range of machinery skills including use of strimmers, leaf blowers, mowers and tractors etc. is required. A driving licence is essential.
This opportunity would suit an enthusiastic, self-motivated and knowledgeable gardener with experience working on a private garden and understands sensitivity of working within a private estate and household.
SALARY: £30,000 – 35,000 DOE
LOCATION: Surrey
JOB No: EC35795
If this Senior Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Sole Gardener
An enthusiastic and hands-on Sole Gardener is required on a full time and permanent basis to maintain and develop the gardens of a beautiful private Estate situated near Dorking, Surrey.
This traditional English Country Garden covers about 1.5 acres surrounding the main house and is privately owned. The garden contains expansive lawns, lavish herbaceous borders are complimented by a wildflower garden, roses and a series of mixed beds and borders, kitchen garden with a fruit cage, a small orchard, and a swimming pool which is managed separately.
The garden is part of a wider estate of 600 acres. The Sole Gardener will join a team of 3 working on the estate. The owner is passionate about her garden and enjoys working with the gardener on ideas and plans for the garden. The Sole Gardener will have a hands-on role in the daily care and continuous development of the garden. They will be someone who takes pride in their work and will maintain the garden to an excellent horticultural standard. Occasional weekend work in the summer may be required for watering. Additional duties include feeding the 4 – 6 chickens and occasionally walking their three Labradors when the owners are away. This responsibility is split between the team.
The ideal candidate will have an academic horticultural qualification and experience working on a private estate. He / She will be able to identify a wide range of plants, pests and diseases, together with knowledge of their requirements to thrive. Experience maintaining herbaceous borders, shrubs and kitchen gardening is required. The successful candidate must be enthusiastic, physically fit and confident working autonomously. PA1 and PA6 chemical application for pest & disease as well as CS30 and CS31 chainsaw certificates are desirable however training can be provided. A full driving licence is essential.
This is an excellent opportunity and would suit someone with a vision for maintaining and enhancing the garden as required. There is a wide range of garden machinery available for use and the gardener will have the ability to operate and carry out basic maintenance of the garden machinery.
A cottage is provided rent free with the position should the successful candidate require. The property is 3 bedrooms and council tax will be covered by the employer whilst all other bills will be the responsibility of the tenant. Partners, children and pets are welcome.
SALARY: Circa £30,000 depending on experience plus accommodation
LOCATION: Dorking, Surrey
JOB No: EC38297
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Estate Worker
An opportunity has arisen for an Estate Worker to work on a large privately-owned Estate close to Woking and Guildford on a full time and permanent basis. This stunning estate has extensive lawns, woodland areas, water features, mixed shrub and herbaceous borders and walled formal gardens containing a productive kitchen garden and large rose garden with extensive arbours.
The role is to assist the General Estate Foreman to ensure the estate grounds are maintained to the highest standards. Working as part of a small skilled team, the right person will work well with other people but also be able to work alone and on own initiative.
Duties include but are not limited to lawn maintenance with exacting precision, supervision of contractors where necessary and maintain garden buildings, paths, driveway and hedging. The successful applicant will be confident and willing to use of heavy and light machinery (following appropriate training & competency test) and will uphold all health & safety regulations, ensuring that you are appropriately qualified or experienced to carry out the duties you undertake.
Additional duties will include assisting with R&M of estate plant equipment (eg pumps, mowers, irrigation, septic tanks), assist the house team with requests for help with heavy lifting, outdoor events, and pool maintenance and assist at the Principal’s other properties if requested.
The successful applicant will ideally have a wide-ranging understanding of hard landscaping, machinery operation with previous experience, The ability to work outdoors in all weathers and engage in physically demanding work is a requirement. You will have effective verbal communication skills and have a team-playing mentality with ability to work efficiently on an independent basis. It is important that the Estate worker has good prioritisation skills and be flexible enough to adapt plans and is Health and Safety compliant. A driving licence is essential for the role, and you will ideally have own transport due to semi-rural location. Relevant qualifications in tree surgery and chainsaw certificates would be an advantage but not essential.
It is a fantastic and unique opportunity for candidates looking to be hands on in an estate working as part of a friendly and knowledgeable team. A competitive salary of £27,000 is offered with the position. Working hours are Monday- Friday, 8.00am- 17.00pm (occasional work outside these hours, including at weekends, will be required). Full uniform and PPE will be provided.
SALARY: £27,000
LOCATION: Surrey
JOB No: EC38066
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Head Gardener
Head Gardener required
An exciting opportunity has become available for a knowledgeable gardener to join a lovely private garden based in Surrey on a full time and permanent basis. This position will suit a Gardener or couple (gardener / all rounded groundsperson) with the passion and enthusiasm to manage and maintain the gardens and grounds.
The beautiful all-seasons garden comprises of a large pond, herbaceous and mixed borders with a vast array of ornamental species including a blue garden and a red garden, rose garden, kitchen garden, lawn, small arboretum with specimen oaks, and a woodland area.
The successful applicant will work closely with the property owner and manage a small and flexible team to maintain this beautiful garden to the highest standards. Applicants should be equally passionate, energetic and experienced hands-on professionals. He / She will have experience in horticulturally diverse gardens, good physical fitness, and excellent plant knowledge. Practical experience with a full range of garden machinery is desired, as well as a full driving licence.
Accommodation is provided rent free for the successful applicant and will be discussed with the property owners at interview stage depending on requirements.
SALARY: Circa £30,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: Surrey
JOB No: EC34717
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