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Head Gardener Job Macclesfield Cheshire

Employer
Greycoat Lumleys
Location
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Salary
negotiable
Closing date
18 Jul 2018

Job Details

Gardener / Estate Manager or Couple near Macclesfield Cheshire

(48855)  Our client is looking for an experienced, practical and hard working gardener to help run their estate near Macclesfield.  This is a role for an experienced Gardener who is both hands on as well as having good strong plant and general horticultural knowledge.

You will be working with one another person who looks after much of the household maintenance and some maintenance gardening and the family may consider also employing a third person to help with the estate maintenance / maintenance gardening.

Your role will mainly focus on the care of 3 acres of formal garden but there is also and 40 acres of grass land and paddocks.  Formal gardening including planting, pruning (inc box hedges), lawn care, weeding etc and the client would also like to establish a vegetable garden. Ideally you should also be familiar with driving a tractor.  The estate has horses and does employ a full-time groom but you will be required to help feeding the horses and helping with other animals.

This role could also be for a couple where both work in the garden 

Accommodation can be offered on the estate in the form of a 3 bed cottage although a daily local Gardener will also be considered.

£neg dep on experience

Company

At Greycoat Lumleys, we register qualified and/or experienced staff that have worked in private gardens and estates or who have strongly related gardening experience in other environments. We are always keen to register staff with specific skills such as organic gardening, arboriculture, botanic collection, historic garden restoration, arboriculture, design and landscaping.

 

Our Gardening Consultants work closely with our clients and they have established close links with Kew, RHS Wisley, Chelsea Physic Garden and The Professional Gardeners Guild.

Estate Managers | Head Gardeners | Sole Gardeners | Assistant and Under Gardeners | Estate Workers Gamekeepers | Handymen/Drivers | Maintenance | Couples (generally Gardener & Housekeeper)

All roles are registered on a live in or live out basis. Increasingly, we are getting Live out jobs registered, where clients are not offering accommodation as part of the package, so if candidates are seeking live out work in their local areas, we may be able to help.

 

Are a Gardener looking for your next position?

 

Greycoat Lumleys Private Households & Estates is here to help.

Our friendly, experienced consultants
• have long established careers in recruitment
• are approachable and well qualified to understand your needs
• will offer advice and assistance throughout the recruitment process and continued support after a placement is made.

 

We register Gardeners who are

• experienced and/or qualified
• committed to their careers
• passionate about their chosen profession
• discreet and appreciate the employer’s need for privacy
• proactive
• looking for long term commitments

 

 We have scrupulous vetting procedures and all our Gardeners are
• personally interviewed
• reference checked
• qualifications verified

 

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we can only respond to those who fully meet the requirements of the vacancy for which they apply. Visit our website for more details or email us for more information.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7233 9950
Location
Elysium Gate
Units 5
126-128 New Kings Road
London
SW6 4LZ
GB

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