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Live in Gardener

Employer
Greycoat Lumleys
Location
East Lothian
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
22 Feb 2019

Job Details

Live in Sole Gardener Job

Greycoat Lumleys’ client are seeking a Live in Sole Gardener for their beautiful estate in East Lothian to start ASAP.

The Gardener should be able to demonstrate excellent knowledge of plants and trees. The property boosts a walled garden with flower beds, vegetables and a greenhouse. The rest of the garden is made up of lawns, hedges and woodland. It would be necessary that the Gardener had experience with garden machinery, including ride-on mowers, strimmers and chainsaws.  

This is a great opportunity for a Gardener who is pro-active and able to prioritise their own workload. This job is perfect for someone who has a love of the outdoors as the estate is set in the picturesque East Lothian landscape and is close to the sea.

Duties would include:

  • Looking after the Walled Garden
  • Maintaining the flower and vegetable beds
  • Having excellent plant and flower knowledge
  • Maintaining garden machinery
  • Liaising with the owners

It would be beneficial that the Gardener has Chainsaw License and a Spraying License as this is something the client has requested.

Start: ASAP 

Accommodation: 1 Bedroom Cottage, rent-free with council tax paid. Bills would be covered by the candidate.

Salary: Negotiable

Job Number: 51616

Responsible Consultant: Lesley

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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