Assistant Grower Required Cheshire

Organic Growers Alliance; Cheshire (CT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Organic Growers Alliance in Cheshire is seeking an Assistant Grower to join a small, productive 6-acre market garden. This hands-on role works closely with the head grower and a small team across vegetables, microgreens, and cut flowers sold via farm shop, sister restaurant, and on-site café.

We offer a diverse role in a genuine field-to-fork operation, with emphasis on sustainable production and practical outdoor work in all weather conditions. Competitive salary dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in a commercial market garden.
• Strong practical horticultural skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work efficiently outdoors in all weather.
• Good physical fitness and ability to undertake manual work.
• Strong teamwork skills and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with sowing, planting, crop care, and harvesting.
• Supporting production and harvesting of microgreens grown indoors for wholesale.
• Helping establish, maintain, and harvest British seasonal cut flowers.
• Preparing produce for sale through farm shop, restaurant, and café.
• Bed preparation, irrigation, and crop maintenance.
• Supporting seasonal planning and crop organisation; maintaining crop quality.

Skills

Market garden experience

Horticultural skills

Teamwork

Job description

Assistant Grower Required Cheshire Part or full time. considered.

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

We are looking for a passionate and hardworking Assistant Grower to join our small but productive 6-acre market garden. Our garden supplies fresh produce directly to our on-site farm shop, our sister restaurant in Chester, and our on-site café, helping create a true field-to-fork operation.

Alongside seasonal vegetables and herbs, we also produce indoor microgreens for wholesale and grow a range of British cut flowers, which are sold through our farm shop and supplied to local florists.

This is a hands-on role working closely with the head grower and small team across all areas of the market garden. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about sustainable food production and capable of working efficiently in a commercial growing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with all aspects of vegetable production including sowing, planting, crop care, and harvesting
• Supporting the production and harvesting of microgreens grown indoors for wholesale customers
• Helping establish, maintain, and harvest British seasonal cut flowers
• Preparing produce for sale through the farm shop, restaurant, and café
• Bed preparation, irrigation, and crop maintenance
• Supporting seasonal planning and crop organisationMaintaining high standards of crop quality and garden presentation

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience working in a commercial market garden
• Strong practical horticultural skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work efficiently outdoors in all weather
• Good physical fitness and ability to undertake manual work
• Strong teamwork skills and a positive attitude

Desirable Skills

• Experience with intensive small-scale vegetable production
• Knowledge of microgreen production systems
• Experience growing cut flowers for commercial sale
• Interest in sustainable and regenerative growing methods

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work on a diverse, productive market garden
• A close-knit and supportive small team
• Involvement in a genuine farm-to-fork business supplying our shop, café, and restaurant
• A varied role working with vegetables, microgreens, and cut flowers