Garden Maintenance Team Leader

Reflective Gardens; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Reflective Gardens, a Sydney-based landscape construction and garden care company, seeks an experienced horticulturalist or garden maintenance professional to lead a small team maintaining some of Sydney’s finest residential gardens.

You will oversee pruning, planting and landscape enhancements, mentor junior staff, and deliver projects with attention to detail for premium clients. A Certificate III in Horticulture is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in garden maintenance or horticulture.
• Ability to lead, supervise or mentor team members.
• Strong attention to detail and pride in delivering quality work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small garden care team.
• Maintain high-end residential gardens to an exceptional standard.
• Detailed pruning, hedging, mowing, edging, planting, weeding, fertilising and mulching.
• Monitor plant health and identify pest, disease, irrigation and soil-related issues.
• Planning daily work and ensuring allocated tasks are completed efficiently.
• Communicating professionally with clients and reporting recommendations to management.
• Leading smaller enhancement works, including planting, garden rejuvenations, turfing, soil improvement and soft-landscape installations.
• Maintaining safe, organised and presentable worksites.

Skills

Garden maintenance

Team leadership

Plant health knowledge

Pruning/hedging

Communication

Time-management

Outdoor physical work

Education

Certificate III in Horticulture

Job description

Reflective Gardens is seeking an experienced horticulturalist or garden maintenance professional to lead a small team maintaining and enhancing some of Sydney’s finest residential gardens.

Operating for more than 25 years, Reflective Gardens is an award-winning landscape construction and garden care company known for quality workmanship, attention to detail and long-term client relationships.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys detailed horticultural work, leading and developing others, and delivering smaller planting and landscape enhancement projects.

Reflective Gardens is seeking an experienced horticulturalist or garden maintenance professional to lead a small team maintaining and enhancing some of Sydney’s finest residential gardens.

Operating for more than 25 years, Reflective Gardens is an award-winning landscape construction and garden care company known for quality workmanship, attention to detail and long-term client relationships.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys detailed horticultural work, leading and developing others, and delivering smaller planting and landscape enhancement projects.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

• Leading and mentoring a small garden care team
• Maintaining high-end residential gardens to an exceptional standard
• Detailed pruning, hedging, mowing, edging, planting, weeding, fertilising and mulching
• Monitoring plant health and identifying pest, disease, irrigation and soil-related issues
• Planning daily work and ensuring allocated tasks are completed efficiently
• Communicating professionally with clients and reporting recommendations to management
• Operating and caring for garden maintenance tools and equipment
• Leading smaller enhancement works, including planting, garden rejuvenations, turfing, soil improvement and soft-landscape installations
• Maintaining safe, organised and presentable worksites

About You

We are looking for someone who has:

• Strong experience in garden maintenance, horticulture or a related field
• Sound plant identification and horticultural knowledge
• Experience leading, supervising or mentoring team members
• Confidence with pruning, hedging, plant health and detailed garden presentation
• Soft-landscaping or garden enhancement experienceExcellent communication, organisation and time-management skills
• A reliable, positive and team-focused attitude
• Strong attention to detail and pride in delivering quality work
• The ability to safely carry out physical outdoor work
• A current Australian driver’s licence

A Certificate III in Horticulture or a related qualification will be highly regarded.

What We Offer

• Permanent full-time employment
• Competitive remuneration based on experience and qualifications
• Consistent work across premium residential gardens
• A supportive and established team environment
• Quality clients who value professional garden care
• Opportunities to develop your leadership and horticultural skills
• Variety between ongoing garden maintenance and enhancement projects
• Long-term career opportunities within a respected, award-winning company

If you are passionate about horticulture, enjoy leading people and want to work on gardens you can genuinely be proud of, we would like to hear from you.