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Assistant Gardener Job

Employer
Greycoat Lumleys
Location
West Sussex
Salary
Up to £25k
Closing date
22 Aug 2019

Job Details

An innovative, proactive and passionate gardener is required for a vineyard and private estate in West Sussex. The Garden Team is responsible for the maintenance and development of approx. 13 acres of the estate. This includes the formal gardens surrounding the Manor with a courtyard garden of box hedges and roses, formal lawns, lakes and woodland; a cottage garden with greenhouse, orchard and vegetable garden; and designed landscape surrounding the Vineyard’s Pressing Centre.
 
Responsibilities to include:
 

•         Responsible for the day-to-day care of plants, lawns, hedges and trees
•         To maintain all areas to a high standard of horticulture and presentation
•         Lawn care including mowing, edging, feeding, scarifying, aerating and watering, weeding
•         Use of brush cutters, hedge trimmer and other similar equipment
•         Planting and plant care as instructed by the Head Gardener, including pruning of                                   Box and Yew Hedging          
•         To ensure particular attention is paid to the preparation of the estate for days when the CEO                  is in residence or for particular events, keeping disturbance to a minimum during these times
•         To keep the gardens, thoroughfares and footpaths clear and free from litter at all times
•         Maintenance of the vegetable plot cut flower garden, greenhouse, fruit cage and orchard
•         To assist with gritting, salt spreading, snow clearing, as necessary, including                                            footpaths throughout
•         Carrying out basic maintenance on all garden equipment, ensuring it is clean and ready                         for use, liaising with the Estate Maintenance department as necessary who will carry out the                 non-day to day maintenance and taking care of breakdowns
•         To ensure all buildings you use are kept clean and tidy at all times
•         To have an awareness of pests and diseases and with appropriate training, to apply                               chemicals where appropriate, liaising with other staff not to interfere with other operations or                 events
•         Day to day maintenance of the Irrigation system and making minor repairs
•         Collecting and laying of mulches
•         Maintenance of the composting bins
•         Care of the ponds and algae control
•         To be aware of Health and Safety requirements noting that all duties must be carried out                        to comply with current Health & Safety at Work legislation  

Working Week:          Monday-Thursday 8am-4.30pm and Friday 8am-3.30pm
Start date:                   ASAP
Salary:                        Up to £25k
Job ID:                       53362

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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