Current Full-Time Opportunities in Horticulture
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Tree Nursery Operations Manager
Albanwise Environment
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An opportunity has arisen to join the experienced team at Albanwise Environment Ltd. as a Tree Nursery Operations Manager. The tree nursery was established in 2023 and is peat free with all stock currently cell grown. The tree nursery supports the ongoing tree planting ambitions we have across the land we manage and commercial tree sales. The role will play a key part in the growth of the tree nursery as a commercial business.
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To work with the Woodland & Technical Manager to increase cell grown production to our current target of 500,000 trees by the end of 2025
Hands-on delivery of all operations, including sowing / weeding / watering, with support from our team of Woodland Operatives
To deliver planned investment in growing capacity and identify future growth opportunities
To develop and maintain industry leading health & safety standards, biosecurity practices, and record keeping, including responsibility for compliance with certification schemes, e.g. Plant Healthy
The grading, packaging, and despatching of products to our customers
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Practical experience of working within the horticultural industry, ideally with experience of tree production
Ambitious individual with a strong work ethic who can take a leading role in business growth
Good communicator, team worker and IT Literate
Flexible approach to work required, to include some evening and weekend work as necessary for successful plant production
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Location: West Norfolk
Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 DOE
How to Apply: To apply please submit a CV & Covering Letter by email to a.wells@albanwise.co.uk. If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please call Angus Wells on 07471 902 583.
Please Note: Please note that due to the rural location of the tree nursery a clean driving licence and your own car for travelling to/from work is likely to be essential, however consideration will be given to candidates who can demonstrate other means of fulfilling the duties of this role.
Trainee Horticulture Manager
Notcutts
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Since 1897, Notcutts has helped bring gardens and homes to life with fresh ideas, generations of expertise and friendly advice. We are 100% family owned, with 19 garden centres across the UK and a head office in Woodbridge, Suffolk. We have an exciting, clear strategy for growth and innovation: delivering brilliant customer experiences, investing in people culture, leading on environmental, sustainability and biodiversity agendas and developing and expanding garden centres and restaurants creating a destination customer experience that also includes a thriving website.
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Supports garden centres to achieve all financial targets for area of responsibility as agreed with the Cluster Manager.
Assists with analysing budgets for variations and applying appropriate measures should variations be identified.
Supports the Manager in challenging overhead expenditure to deliver a reduction in costs.
Acts as a role model to colleagues to ensure a high standard of customer service is consistently delivered by the team
Organises self and gains support of others to deliver company objectives as agreed with the Manager.
Deputises for Horticultural Manager when required.
Undertakes development activities at garden centres across the cluster, at with suppliers to develop expertise.
Communicates effectively and regularly with own team and support office teams through informal and formal meetings.
Implement seasonal changes and range review within time lines and to policy.
Maintains expected visual merchandising standards at all times, to inspire customers through quality of display, product knowledge and great retail standards whilst continuing to deliver sales and profit targets.
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A willingness to learn and develop own experience through qualifications and development experiences.
Able to travel to garden centres and suppliers to undertake development activities and gain experience and expertise.
Through training, you will gain a commercial understanding of the retail environment, with visual merchandising expertise to create great displays that inspire and reflect the Notcutts brand, bringing the best of horticultural retail to our customers.
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Location: Surrey region
Salary: Up to £25,500
How to Apply: And here’s something important to know. There’s no such thing as a perfect job candidate, so don’t hold back on applying, we’d love to hear from you. Notcutts is a place where everyone (and everything!) can grow. We’re committed to equality of opportunity, and we welcome applications from every part of our community and beyond. To apply, please forward your CV to recruitment@notcutts.co.uk for consideration
Events Assistant
HTA
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The HTA has 1400 members which include garden retailers, growers, landscapers and suppliers to the garden industry. The HTA has run the National Garden Gift Voucher scheme since 1962. This UK wide scheme encourages both new and existing gardeners to visit garden centres and retail nurseries. The HTA lobby and campaign on behalf of our members within the horticulture industry and provide a whole range of member services including, business solutions, events, market information and learning & development. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the HTA campaigned to ensure garden centres were classed as essential retail which has increased the profile of the horticultural industry.
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The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is seeking a detail oriented and proactive Events Assistant to join our team.
In this role you will act as the first point of contact for all event queries and co-ordinate all event bookings ensuring a smooth and professional experience for delegates, sponsors, speakers and stakeholders.
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We are seeking an individual with previous experience in a similar role and who has strong administrative, organisational, time management and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
To be successful in this role, you will have excellent IT literacy and an eye for detail with the ability to multi-task and work well under pressure within a small team.
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Location: This role is an office-based role and the HTA operate a hybrid working office, with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office based in Chilton, Oxfordshire. This role does also require some travel for external meeting/events, which may involve overnight stays (approx. 4 times a year) and therefore a willingness to be flexible on hours if necessary.
Salary: £23,000 - £25,000 DOE
How to Apply: To apply for the role, please send your CV and a brief covering letter to recruitment@hta.org.uk. Closing date for applications is 5pm on Sunday 15th September 2024. Mention YPHA Website
Technical Manager
Westland
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We’re Westland Horticulture, and we’re dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools for gardening success. Our brands include Peckish, Kent & Stowe, Big Tom, and Unwins, to name just a few, and with a legacy that spans over 30 years, you know you can trust us season after season.
We believe anyone can transform their space into a vibrant and sustainable ecosystem. From large landscape gardens to a windowsill or two, we understand the many benefits that gardening has on physical and mental health, so we want to help you give it your best and achieve a garden that not only supports wildlife, but makes you beam with pride too.
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New product development within growing media.
Commercially justify new opportunities around fertiliser, plant protection products, biologicals, adjuvants, plant health, wetting agents and soil amendments!
Formulation and regulatory requirements of the new product development process for both regulated and non-regulated products.
Long-term product development pipeline and liaise with external partners to ensure successful NPD and deliver leading innovation in chemical, non- chemical and horticulture controls.
Driving innovative technologies across the portfolio for new and existing products
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Will have a proven track record as a Senior/Technical Manager in Consumer Goods, in one of the following: Horticulture / Agri development / Agri Chemical, Chemicals or household controls
Experience in Growing Media – highly desirable
Will be delivering against pre-agreed targets and introducing new innovative ideas.
Are looking for a passionate Manager committed to delivering high standards with the enthusiasm and drive to succeed in a challenging fast moving environment.
Will have a strong work ethic, able to work alone and as part of the wider team
Will be highly analytical and an excellent communicator
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Location: Liverpool and Alocnbury
Salary: £DOE
How to Apply: please email recruit@westland.com and mention YPHA Website
Programme Manager - Self Employment
Perennial
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Perennial is passionate about building better futures for people working in horticulture and their families. Established in 1839, Perennial is the UK’s only charity dedicated to helping everyone who works with plants, trees, grass or flowers.
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The Programme Manager post is a brand new role and provides an exciting opportunity for you to create a working strategy that informs, influences and embodies our vision of building better futures for self-employed people in the sector. You will strategically develop our partnerships, products and programmes to provide quality resources, information and advice for people working in a self-employed capacity across all horticultural industries.
You will be responsible for fostering innovative, empowering solutions focused programmes that deliver sustainable outcomes. Developing creative and engaging advice, education and information activities that keep the self employed people at the heart of all we do.
For the self employment programmes to be sustainable you will engage key partnerships to allow us to monopolise on existing opportunities for delivery at scale and link to existing external services and support. You will upskill and support our current teams with information, tools and resources along with signposting to specialist support for our service users. Additionally, you will develop and provide a series of workshops, seminars, conferences, webinars and podcasts that people will be able to access so that the support and resources can be delivered at scale to this hard to reach audience.
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· Experience of providing advice and information to the self employed or micros businesses or experience in running a successful business in horticulture
In-depth knowledge of the self-employed / micro business landscape
Experience of teaching people the skills and knowledge to be self employed.
Experience of training, running workshops or delivering presentations
Ability to undertake research and diagnostic needs assessments of self-employed horticulturists to put in place a strategic preventative plans and programmes
To develop your own professional network of associates who can provide a broad range support services that meet identified needs
To be able to build positive relationships with service users, partners, associates and networks
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Location: Home based (England) with travel
Salary: up to £33,000
How to Apply: please apply here and mention YPHA Website
Grower Supervisor
MorePeople
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Ready to pass on your knowledge to junior, enthusiastic growers?
This impressive business will see you looking after up to 1,000 different varieties of crops, all with different needs. No two days will be the same!
Their main site (and where you'll be based) is 16.5 acres which includes indoor and outdoor growing and a busy packhouse.
They're continually investing in new projects, new sites and new technology. So, if you're looking for your next job and maybe the one after that, then this could be for you.
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As a grower, there shouldn't be any surprises in the day-to-day responsibilities.
Pest management, irrigation, weeding and communicating with the team to ensure the right things are being done at the right time.
On the supervisory side, you'll be there to support, train and develop your team to understand all there is to know about growing quality plants.
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There is training for the right person, but we're looking for someone with a qualification in horticulture and an understanding of how a commercial, large-scale nursery works.
It'd be great if you have your PA1 and PA6, too.
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Location: Spalding, Lincolnshire
Salary: Negotiable
How to Apply: Please email Sarah on sarah@morepeople.co.uk and mention YPHA Website!
Grower Supervisor
Darby Nursery Stock
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Darby Nursery Stock, family run business based in Methwold, Norfolk.
For over six decades, we’ve been supplying UK garden centres with British-grown premium plants that look magnificent on shelves from day one. We offer a comprehensive range across six main product categories – Shrubs, Perennials, Clematis, Climbers, Trees and Soft Fruit – all grown slowly and ‘tough’ at our all-weather sites in Norfolk to ensure they are unforced and hardy. Focusing on varieties that we know will both sell well in garden centres and perform well in UK gardens, there is plenty to catch every customer’s eye, from old favourites and A-Z staples, to the more unusual and exciting new introductions.
The nursery is split over two sites, which offer protected and outside growing areas, producing over 1500 different varieties resulting in over 1million plants a year being grown per season.
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Manage, train, and supervise a team of colleagues, whilst helping to create a positive work culture and providing guidance to ensure efficient operations alongside maintaining a commercial quality and speed.
Daily tasks would include: moving, grading, irrigation management, pruning, selecting plants for orders, weeding.
Use of horticultural machinery, operation of tractors and forklifts.
Record Keeping - Maintain detailed records of all aspects of the crop production.
Monitoring of plant health and liaising with the technical team
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The ideal candidate will already have experience in a commercial nursery, have the technical knowledge in growing and already have exposure to managing or supervising a team
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Location: Methwold, Norfolk
Salary: Competitive
How to Apply: Please email operations@darby-nurseries.co.uk and mention YPHA Website.
Garden Maintenance Manager
MorePeople
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Know you're capable of managing more people and managing new projects, but just don't have the opportunity to do it?
This is your chance.
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You will be overseeing garden maintenance operations within the prestigious areas of Chelsea and Clapham, ensuring exceptional standards are upheld.
You'll be managing day-to-day administrative tasks while remaining hands-on when necessary, ensuring smooth workflow and efficient operations.
Leading and mentoring a skilled team of garden maintenance professionals, fostering a culture of teamwork and excellence.
You'll be engaging with clients to understand their needs, providing accurate estimates, and delivering exceptional customer service throughout the process.
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A genuine passion for horticulture would be great. As well as a deep understanding of plant care, landscaping principles, and garden maintenance techniques.
Demonstrated proficiency in administrative tasks, including scheduling, record-keeping, and client communication, ideally within a high-end service environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact professionally with clients and team members alike, ensuring positive relationships and effective collaboration.
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Location: London
Salary: 35k- 45k plus car
How to Apply: please email kieran@morepeople.co.uk and mention YPHA Website.
Trainee Technical Sales Manager
Westland
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We’re Westland Horticulture, and we’re dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools for gardening success. Our brands include Peckish, Kent & Stowe, Big Tom, and Unwins, to name just a few, and with a legacy that spans over 30 years, you know you can trust us season after season.
We believe anyone can transform their space into a vibrant and sustainable ecosystem. From large landscape gardens to a windowsill or two, we understand the many benefits that gardening has on physical and mental health, so we want to help you give it your best and achieve a garden that not only supports wildlife, but makes you beam with pride too.
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To maximise opportunities for Sinclair sales, to negotiate profitable and improved margins
To support and work in partnership with commercial nurseries and distributors, to drive growth and margin opportunities
To help develop technical solutions to growers’ problems and resolve through the Sinclair technical teams
To understand the business objectives of your customers, to ensure the development of relevant categories • To develop new customers in your region
To support and implement the growth business strategy, that incorporates increasing large grower and distributor networks.
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Graduate/Diploma in Horticulture or Soil/Plant Science / Turf / Agri
Experience in Horticulture - this could be garden centres, growing, breeding etc
Current driving licence and the availability and willingness to travel
Ideally Basis and Facts qualified or willingness to work towards this
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Location: North-West Could be based Lancashire / Cumbria / Cheshire but willingness to travel is essential
Salary: £DOE
How to Apply: please email recruit@westland.com and mention YPHA Website
Team Leader
Landscape Associates
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We are seeking an experienced gardener/ horticulturist to join our established gardening teams as a Team Leader. We have a beautiful portfolio of projects, where excellent attention to detail is key. Our gardens are located throughout Central London, Surrey and the surrounding areas and require the highest level of care.
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Lawn care (all aspects: mowing, feeding etc.)
Tending to borders and containers (feeding, staking, weeding, planting)
General and specialised pruning, trimming and cutting using hand and power tools (roses, shrubs, trees etc.)
General watering and management of irrigation systems
Executing horticultural excellence and garden maintenance service
Communicating with the Horticultural Manager and Assistant Horticultural Manager regarding additional works and providing feedback and developmental suggestions on gardens
Facilitate the creation, development and implementation of maintenance programmes and schedules
Managing your team and supporting the wider Garden Maintenance Team
Liaising with clients, designers and suppliers
Monitoring of and reporting on the quality, health and development of gardens.
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Relevant qualification in gardening or horticulture i.e. RHS or City and Guilds, level one minimum
Minimum one years’ experience at team leader level, or equivalent
Experience in monitoring and reporting
Excellent plant knowledge
Experience with pedestrian mowers, scarifiers, hedge trimmers and power washers
Experience with irrigation systems
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Location: London/Surrey
Salary: Competitive
How to Apply: Please email your application to cathryn@landscapeassociates.co.uk and mention YPHA Website
Gardener
Landscape Associates
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We are seeking a gardener/ horticulturist to join our established gardening teams. We have a beautiful portfolio of projects, where excellent attention to detail is key. Our gardens are located throughout Central London, Surrey and the surrounding areas and require the highest level of care.
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Executing horticultural excellence and garden maintenance service
Communicating with your Team Leader to support garden development and attain additional works
Working with your team and supporting the wider Garden Maintenance team
Liaising with clients, designers and suppliers
Supporting your Team Leader with the monitoring of, and reporting on the quality, health and development of gardens
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Relevant qualification in gardening or horticulture i.e. RHS or City and Guilds, level one minimum
Experience working in gardens requiring excellent attention to detail and high standards
Comprehensive plant knowledge
Experience with pedestrian mowers, scarifiers, hedge trimmers and power washers.
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Location: London/Surrey
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
How to Apply: Please email your application to cathryn@landscapeassociates.co.uk and mention YPHA Website
Nursery Production Supervisor
MorePeople
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Ready to take your passion for plants to the next level?
We've got an exciting opportunity at a thriving 26-acre nursery with over 6,000 different varieties of plants, where you could be the key player in leading a team to success.
This could be the chance to step up, and eventually progress into nursery management, that you've been looking for. If you're enthusiastic, organised, and ready to make a difference, then we'd love to hear from you.
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As the Nursery Production Supervisor, you'll be at the heart of the operation.
From propagation and plant health, to putting together orders and quality control, you'll oversee it all.
You'll be organising and leading a team of people, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently.
Reporting directly to the Nursery Manager, you'll have the opportunity to learn from the best while managing day-to-day operations.
Plus, you'll be out in the elements, getting your hands dirty with native and ornamental stock-not your typical office job!
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We're looking for someone with a solid knowledge of plant, this is non-negotiable.
While spray certificates are a bonus, they're not a dealbreaker. What's more important is your ability to organize, lead a team, and communicate effectively with everyone on site.
If you've got experience in a plant nursery, understand plant care, and are willing to learn more, we want to hear from you. IT skills are helpful, but this role is very much hands-on.
Flexibility and a can-do attitude will be key in this role.
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Location: Suffolk
Salary: DOR
How to Apply: please email emily@morepeople.co.uk and mention YPHA Website.
Sales Executive
Immediate Media / BBC Gardeners World Live
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At Immediate, we’re home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and Gardeners World. Our trusted, quality content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events.
As a Sales Executive, you will be part of the team selling across BBC Gardeners’ World Live and BBC Gardeners’ World Fairs within the Gardening Portfolio. Reporting into the Sales Manager/Deputy Sales Manager, you will be responsible for selling stand space and digital assets across the events, to both existing and new clients – from independent businesses to bigger gardening brands.
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Work with the Sales Manager and Deputy Sales Manager/Sales Development Manager to ensure our exhibitor targets are met in both quality and quantity
Sell stand space and digital assets to new and existing business, demonstrating good phone skills, confident in making sales calls and delivering high quality proposals and emails as part of the sales process
Play an essential role in identifying new interesting, quality leads across each exhibitor sector; researching new business opportunities and visiting competitor events, as agreed with your line manager
Engage new prospects, actively selling, and closing business. You will communicate pledges and forecasts with accuracy and have a good understanding of the performance of the team you work with
Build strong exhibitor relations and providing exceptional account management, using and managing the CRM system to track all customer contact, understanding client history and maintaining it to be accurate and up to date
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Demonstrable success in sales
Goal and target driven
Organised with good time management
Good written and verbal communication skills
Clear communicator with strong interpersonal skills, and excellent listening skills
Good negotiation and objection handing skills
Naturally interested and inquisitive
Passion for organising events
Committed, engaged, and motivated
Self-starter who loves to win
Ambition to grow, develop and learn within career
Desire to network with others to build a better business
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Location: Hammersmith Office with Hybrid Working
Salary: Up to £27,000 plus commission
How to Apply: Please apply here and mention YPHA Website.
Gardener
Perennial
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Perennial is passionate about building better futures for people working in horticulture and their families. Established in 1839, Perennial is the UK’s only charity dedicated to helping everyone who works with plants, trees, grass or flowers.
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Planting and pruning
Grass cutting, digging, hoeing, pond maintenance and general maintenance
Propagation
Hedge, shrub, small tree and topiary maintenance
Garden pest and disease control
Input and support for re-design and planting schemes
Assisting in the planning and implementation of improvements and replanting in consultation with the Garden Manager
Undertaking routine maintenance of equipment in accordance with procedures
Having a strong working knowledge of ornamental plants including identification of both Latin and common names (note: the garden is not labelled)
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3 years of experience working in a garden open to the public
Exceptional topiary skills
Team player with the ability to work autonomously as and when required
Excellent interpersonal skills and motivational skills
Passion for sharing plant knowledge with others
Trained in multiple power tolls, especially hedge cutters, strimmers, leaf blowers, chainsaw, ride-on mower
Trained to Level 3 RHS qualification or equivalent experience
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Location: York Gate Garden, Leeds
Salary: ~£24,000 plus package
How to Apply: If you would like to speak further about the role before making your application, please contact Amy Routley on aroutley@perennial.org.uk and mention YPHA Website
Senior Team Leader
Landscape Associates
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We are seeking an experienced gardener/ horticulturist to join our established gardening teams as a Senior Team Leader. We have a beautiful portfolio of projects, where excellent attention to detail is key. Our gardens are located throughout Central London, Surrey and the surrounding areas and require the highest level of care.
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Executing horticultural excellence and garden maintenance service
Communicating with the Horticultural Manager and Assistant Horticultural Manager regarding additional works and providing feedback and developmental suggestions on gardens
Facilitate the creation, development and implementation of maintenance programmes and schedules
Managing your team and supporting the wider Garden Maintenance Team
Liaising with clients, designers and suppliers
Monitoring of and reporting on the quality, health and development of gardens
Implementing company Health and Safety documentation and following reporting processes
Organising and managing both yours and your team’s time and resources
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Relevant qualification in gardening or horticulture i.e. RHS or City and Guilds, level two minimum
Minimum five years’ experience at team leader level, or equivalent
Experience in monitoring and reporting
Excellent plant knowledge
Experience with pedestrian mowers, scarifiers, hedge trimmers and power washers
Experience with irrigation systems
A full driving licence
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Location: London / Surrey
Salary: Competitive
How to Apply: Please email your application to cathryn@landscapeassociates.co.uk and mention YPHA Website