Gardener (Permanent)

UK Mission Enterprise Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Mission Enterprise Limited seeks a Gardener (Permanent) to maintain private and communal grounds across the United Kingdom. You will be responsible for lawn mowing, shrub borders, turf, bedding, gravel paths and water features.

The role requires garden maintenance experience and knowledge of plants, with training in spraying and chainsaw appreciated. The successful candidate will work with a can-do attitude to deliver high-quality outdoor maintenance.

Qualifications

• Garden maintenance experience is essential.
• Spraying course PA1/PA6 desirable.
• Chainsaw maintenance / cross-cutting course desirable.
• Gardening qualification desirable.
• Extensive plant knowledge desirable.

Responsibilities

• Mow lawns to required standards.
• Maintain shrubs and herbaceous borders to standards.
• Manage turf maintenance including dew removal, debris clearance, reseeding and summer watering.
• Prepare and maintain seasonal bedding, pots and weed control.
• Level, rake and repair gravel paths as needed.
• Ensure site is free of rubbish and waste.
• Trim hedge lines, maintain edging around trees.
• Thin fruit, water and harvest as required.
• Control pond weed and preserve water features.
• Maintain woodlands to required standards.
• Maintain gravel drives and clear inflatables when present.
• Any tasks requested by management within scope of position.

Skills

Garden maintenance experience

Spraying PA1/PA6

Chainsaw training

Gardening qualification

Plant knowledge

Education

Gardening qualification

Job description

Gardener (Permanent)

Key Responsibilities

• Mowing: Ensure lawns are mowed and maintained to required standards.
• Shrub and Border Maintenance: Maintain shrubs and herbaceous borders to specified standards.
• Turf and Leaf Maintenance: Manage turf maintenance including dew removal, debris clearance, reseeding, and watering, especially in summer.
• Seasonal Bedding: Prepare and maintain seasonal bedding, pot plants, and weed control.
• Gravel Path Maintenance: Level, rake, and repair gravel paths as needed.
• Litter Management: Ensure the site is free of rubbish and waste.
• Hedge and Trimming Maintenance: Trim hedge lines, tree bases, and maintain precise edging.
• Fruit, Tree, Wall, and Vine Maintenance: Thin fruit, water, and harvest as required.
• Water Courses/Ponds/Waterfalls: Control Pond weed and preserve water features.
• Woodland Maintenance: Maintain woodlands to required standards.
• Non-Specific Areas: Maintain gravel drives, clear and clean inflatables like bouncy castles.
• Any tasks or responsibilities as requested by management within the scope of the position.

Knowledge and Skills

• Garden Maintenance Experience is essential.
• Spraying Course PA1/PA6 is desirable.
• Chainsaw Maintenance/Crosscutting Course is desirable.
• Gardening Qualification is desirable.
• Extensive Plant Knowledge is desirable.

UKME is an organisation dedicated to providing a 6 star quality private concierge service to exclusive VIP Clients, across the areas of property maintenance, in-house recruitment, procurement, finance, IT and human resources services. Based in London but providing services the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, UKME is continuously available for its clients, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Not only does UKME provide its clients with first class chauffeuring, housekeeping and operational services, but it also gives them high quality technical support, essential in today’s high tech world. UKME only recruits and employs the highest calibre of staff and has a strong network of strategic partners and suppliers that it uses to deliver high quality services and solutions to its clients. At UKME, we have a "can do" attitude to every request from our clients, no matter how unique or challenging.