Senior Craft Gardener & Garden Supervisor – Historic Grounds

Ashridge House; Dacorum; Vor Ort; GBP 26.000 - 34.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

25 days holiday

Staff meals

Onsite gym and pool

Pension and healthcare schemes

Free onsite parking

Zusammenfassung

Ashridge House seeks a Craft Gardener to lead seasonal maintenance across our historic, Repton-designed gardens. You will supervise and mentor staff, manage formal beds, lawns, and productive glasshouses, and ensure sustainable irrigation and safe pesticide use.

We require 3–5 years in a supervisory historic garden, strong horticultural knowledge, CS30/31/32 chainsaw qualification, and a valid driving licence. Join a passionate team dedicated to heritage and excellence.

Qualifikationen

• 3–5 years' experience in a supervisory role within a historic garden open to the public
• Excellent horticultural knowledge with glasshouse propagation experience
• Chainsaw licence CS30/31/32 held
• Full driving licence and ability to operate/maintain garden machinery
• Understanding of health & safety and COSHH and experience writing risk assessments

Aufgaben

• Prioritise and implement seasonal maintenance of Formal Gardens (bedding, borders, lawns, trees, hedges, shrubs, roses)
• Assist in organising and carrying out landscaping and planting schemes
• Use and maintain garden tools, machinery and vehicles, including hired equipment
• Ensure irrigation systems are managed sustainably
• Coordinate propagation in glasshouses/coldframes and manage nursery stock
• Liaise with suppliers and maintain propagation records
• Safely manage pesticides and herbicides and keep records

Kenntnisse

Supervisory experience

Full driving licence

Horticultural knowledge

Glasshouse propagation

Chainsaw licence CS30/31/32

Garden machinery operation

People management

H&S COSHH knowledge

Jobbeschreibung

Ashridge House seeks a Craft Gardener to lead seasonal maintenance across our historic, Repton-designed gardens. You will supervise and mentor staff, manage formal beds, lawns, and productive glasshouses, and ensure sustainable irrigation and safe pesticide use.

We require 3–5 years in a supervisory historic garden, strong horticultural knowledge, CS30/31/32 chainsaw qualification, and a valid driving licence. Join a passionate team dedicated to heritage and excellence.