Garden Production Supervisor

Chatsworth House Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing events

Onsite gym & pool

Colleague Pass

Job summary

The Devonshire Group seeks an experienced Garden Production Supervisor to lead productive horticulture across the Glasshouses, Kitchen & Cutting Garden, nursery and propagation areas at Chatsworth. You will supervise teams, plan workloads and coordinate resources to maintain high standards of cultivation and plant health.

Work across Gardens Department to support visitor engagement, sustainability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in productive horticulture, nursery production, kitchen gardens or protected cropping.
• Commercial awareness and an interest in plant sales, visitor engagement or heritage horticulture would be an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of propagation, plant health, crop quality and seasonal growing programmes.
• Experience supervising, motivating and developing staff, trainees or volunteers.
• Excellent planning, organisation and communication skills.
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to work across teams and departments.
• A commitment to sustainability, safe working and continuous improvement.

Skills

Productive horticulture

Staff supervision

Planning & organisation

Propagation knowledge

Plant health knowledge

Sustainability awareness

Collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Garden Production Supervisor to lead productive horticulture across the Glasshouses, Kitchen & Cutting Garden, nursery and propagation areas at Chatsworth. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in the day-to-day supervision and continuous improvement of plant production, supporting the gardens, floristry, retail, and visitor engagement. Working closely with colleagues across the Gardens Department, you will help deliver high standards of cultivation, propagation, plant health, sustainability and team development. You will bring practical experience in productive horticulture, nursery production, kitchen gardens or protected cropping, alongside the confidence to supervise teams, plan workloads and coordinate resources. You will have strong horticultural knowledge, excellent communication and organisational skills, and a collaborative approach to working across departments. This role offers the chance to contribute to a significant and varied horticultural operation, combining high-quality plant production with visitor engagement, heritage horticulture, sustainability and future development. Above all, you will be forward-thinking, environmentally responsible, commercially aware and committed to continuous improvement. This is a full-time role working 40 hours per week over 5 days out of 7.

What we’re looking for

• Practical experience in productive horticulture, nursery production, kitchen gardens or protected cropping.
• Commercial awareness and an interest in plant sales, visitor engagement or heritage horticulture would be an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of propagation, plant health, crop quality and seasonal growing programmes.
• Experience supervising, motivating and developing staff, trainees or volunteers.
• Excellent planning, organisation and communication skills.
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to work across teams and departments.
• A commitment to sustainability, safe working and continuous improvement.

In return

• wellbeing calendar of events
• onsite gym and swimming pool
• Colleague Pass providing free access to Chatsworth for you and your guests, plus discounts across Devonshire Group hotels, shops and restaurants.

Further details of our benefits can be found here at Working at the Devonshire Group - The Devonshire Group.

Our core values are Always Improving, Decency, and Being Inclusive. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to thrive.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and are dedicated to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in everything we do.