Gardener for Private Estate

Our client, a large private estate near Marlow, is looking for a skilled Gardener to join their team.

The successful individual will be adept at both hands-on tasks and also managing external contractors alongside the Senior Gardener to maintain and enhance the estate.

This is a permanent full time role, Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm. The salary is £30k - £40k depending on skills and experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with previous experience to develop their career.

We would be looking for someone who preferably has some knowledge of upkeep of vegetable growing and cutting gardens.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and nurture the produce garden and orchard, ensuring healthy growth of vegetables and fruits
• Maintain and nurture the cutting garden ensuring healthy growth of all flowers and vegetation.
• Maintain lawns and gardens using mowers, trimmers, and other landscaping equipment.
• Manage and carry out tasks relating to soil health, including mulching, composting, and fertilization.
• Share responsibility for the upkeep of all Estate landscape areas including mature woodlands, lawns, fields, pond, and a developing wildflower meadow.
• Perform seasonal garden tasks such as pruning, trimming, and leaf clean-up.
• Maintain paths, driveways, and other hard landscaping to ensure safety and aesthetic appeal.

Qualifications:

• Proven groundskeeping experience, ideally in a large estate or public park.
• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks.
• Farming skills, good understanding for the landscapes/ecology
• Strong horticultural and landscape maintenance knowledge.
• Proficiency in operating landscaping machinery and hand tools.
• Horticulture or landscape management qualifications are advantageous
• Excellent communication skills and task management for effective teamwork and contractor liaison
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
• Offer dependent upon receipt of a clean Enhanced DBS Check (to be organised by employer).

Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

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