Garden Production Supervisor: Propagation & Sustainability

Horticulture Jobs; 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

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.