Head Gardener

PGG; Cirencester; Híbrido; GBP 35 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

PGG is seeking a Head Gardener to lead an 8-acre Arts and Crafts garden near Cirencester. You’ll head a small team, oversee integration with volunteers and a part-time groundsperson, and foster an inspiring, hands-on garden environment.

You will contribute to a program of Garden Talk Days and external visits, with opportunities to raise your horticultural profile and participate in ongoing training and development.

Qualificações

• The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on garden management experience.
• Must have RHS Level 2 and preferably Level 3.
• Ability to work in harmony as part of a team.

Responsabilidades

• Lead on management and development with the owners and a full-time skilled gardener.
• Work with volunteers and a part-time groundsperson as part of the team.
• Engage with Garden Talk Days and events involving notable speakers.

Conhecimentos

Team leadership

Garden management

Horticultural knowledge

Formação académica

RHS Level 2

RHS Level 3 (preferred)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This is an incredible role for a passionate gardener to lead a small team and look after an 8 acre Arts and Crafts garden near Cirencester. The garden is open to the public on a regular basis which gives the candidate the opportunity to raise their own horticultural profile as well as that of the garden.

The garden follows the Arts and Crafts style of rooms with topiary, mixed herbaceous borders, kitchen garden, wild garden, wildflower meadow, shrub border, cherry orchard, ornamental tree arboretum and lawns. The planting is ever evolving with a number of exciting projects on the horizon.

Several Garden Talk Days are held each year where prominent people in the gardening world are invited to speak, such as Andy Sturgeon, Jinny Bloom and Tom Stuart-Smith. This is a unique opportunity for the Head Gardener to be involved with these events and to interact with all these incredible guests.

Annual outings to visit other gardens for inspiration are part of the job and training courses to further enhance the gardener’s knowledge in line with the position are also supported.

Key Responsibilities

The Head Gardener will work closely with the owners and a full time skilled gardener to take the lead on management and development. There are also several volunteers and a part time groundsperson who are part of the team.

The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on garden management experience. They must also have good knowledge of seasonal horticultural practices such a pruning, topiary maintenance, herbaceous borders, propagation etc, and the ability to work in harmony as part of a team. The candidate must have RHS Level 2 and preferably Level 3 or the working equivalent.

The applicant must have a serious love of gardening and a wish to get the best out all aspects of the garden, whilst creating a positive and happy working environment within in this very rewarding hands on role.

What’s Offered

If this role is of interest, please contact Anna by email.

Our aims are to promote professional contact, share information and skills and, through our extensive ongoing learning and traineeships, to continue to provide the horticultural industry with skilled gardeners and garden managers.

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