Location: Malverleys, East End, Newbury, RG20
Working Hours: Full Time (8:00am – 4:30pm).
Salary: £25,000 - £27,000DOE
About the Role
We are looking for a passionate and skilled Gardener to join our small team, working on a private estate with beautiful gardens. Reporting to the Head Gardener, this role offers a unique opportunity to work in beautifully curated gardens while developing your horticultural expertise and gaining valuable experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Work alongside the Head Gardener and team to maintain and continue to develop a stunning private garden.
- General maintenance and horticultural duties around the gardens (regular grass cutting and gravel raking, hedge cutting, planting, pruning, weeding, etc).
- Maintain the cleanliness and organisation of working areas.
- Willing to assist with livestock that are kept on the estate, including feeding, transporting, administering healthcare, lambing & calving. Experience with livestock (primarily sheep and cattle) is desirable but not essential, and on-the-job training will be given.
What we’re looking for:
- Essential to be an enthusiastic plantsperson with a strong knowledge of garden plants.
- Experience in practical horticulture (preferably 2 years’ previous experience).
- Knowledge of good growing practices as well as pests and diseases.
- Be able to demonstrate the safe use of petrol-driven small machinery.
- This role also entails a significant amount of physical work and requires you to work in all weather conditions as well as on your own and within a team.
- Some weekend work will be required on a rota.
- Self-motivated, team player and good all-round communicator.
- The ability to work in a tidy manner.
Benefits:
- Company Pension
- Yearly Bonus (discretionary)
- 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
- A full UK driving license (preferred)
- Occasional weekend work required
- Work location: In person
