Horticulturists Gardens Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB 37.5 hours per week

Any 5 days out of a 7 day period

Horticulturist Level I - Circa £20,660 per annum

Horticulturist Level II - Circa £22,538per annum

Do you want to be part of something amazing, and join the UK’s leading horticultural charity? A place where we are driven by a sheer love of plants and the belief that gardeners make the world a better place, and where you will be working alongside some of the best horticulturists in the country.

RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey is the RHS’ flagship garden, and one of the most popular in the country, attracting over one million visitors each year. A new chapter is unfolding for the garden, with a £65 million investment in science, horticulture and the visitor experience. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and passionate horticulturists to join our 90-strong garden team, in the Herbaceous Ornamental and Welcome and Riverside Teams.

As a horticulturist you will be responsible for the care, cultivation and maintenance of designated areas of the garden in addition to carrying out the new horticultural development plan. You will be helping to drive forward enhancements across the 186-acre garden to make it a treasure trove of plantsmanship and creative gardening. You will possess a good general knowledge of horticultural practice or relevant specialism and the ability to lead and work effectively as part of a team.

The Herbaceous Ornamental Team cover all aspects of gardening in the central areas of the garden, including Seven Acres, the Glasshouse Landscape designed by Tom Stuart Smith and the oldest part of Wisley, Oakwood, an area first planted by George Fergusson Wilson. All these areas require intense and detailed maintenance and are rich in ‘plantsmanship’.

The Welcome and Riverside Team covers our exciting new welcome landscape, to include a colonnade of flowering cherries, contemporary plantings and the driveway and carpark landscape. It also covers the atmospheric Pinetum, the Riverside Garden, the new Heather Landscape, home of the national collection for Erica, Calluna and Daboecia and an ornamental grass garden, currently being designed with a view to completion in May 2019.

For more information on this post and to apply, please visit our website via the link.

All applications should be received by Friday 1^st March.