Garden and Vineyard Assistant
- Employer
- Private Estate - Surrey
- Location
- Surrey
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 12 Dec 2021
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Gardening Jobs, Garden and Landscape Design Jobs
- Sector
- Groundskeeping & Maintenance, Growing, Landscaping
This is a great opportunity to join a small, friendly team managing the gardens, estate and vineyard at an historic manor house in Surrey.
We are looking for someone who is keen to gain practical experience undertaking a broad range of general garden, estate and vineyard tasks including working with a variety of machinery. The ideal applicant would be adaptable, organised, with a positive, hard-working attitude who wants to acquire new skills and broaden their horticultural knowledge. The estate comprises extensive formal and informal gardens, large paddocks, woodland, a seven acre vineyard producing sparkling and still wines and is the venue for several well-established charity events during the summer.
In the garden and estate the main tasks you will be expected to undertake initially will be:
- Lawn mowing using pedestrian mowers
- Mowing adjacent fields using a ride-on mower
- Strimming paths and banks and outlying areas, keeping paths swept and raking over the gravel drive as necessary
- Leaf blowing and collection
- Helping to manage the ponds by removing weed and algae
- Assisting in the programme of lawn care including scarifying and aerating
- Helping to manage the small herd of Alpaca
- Repairing fencing as necessary
- Various planting tasks (inc. mature shrubs and trees)
In the vineyard you will assist with:
- Mowing rows and headlands and general strimming
- Tucking in and training new shoots
- General leaf canopy and fruit management through the season as necessary
- Harvesting and transportation of grapes to the winery
In-house training will be provided in the use of machinery as appropriate : tractor driving with flail mower, zero-turn ride-on mower, pedestrian mowers, use of strimmers, hedge cutters and leaf blower.
External training and certification will be provided for the use of the tractor-towed mist sprayer in the vineyard ( PA1 + PA3). Additionally, training can be provided for chainsaw certification ( ground based only).
Please send a covering letter with your CV.
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