Gardener – Glenbervie estate
Are you a Gardener with horticultural and plant knowledge experience? If so, Glenbervie Estate is looking for you.
We are looking for a gardener to work with our Head gardener and garden owner. Working as part of a team, you will be required to maintain the garden to high standards throughout the year and to help and maintain the garden for the future.
The established gardens extend for 12 acres comprising a traditional Victorian walled garden with large, heated greenhouse, plants include orchids and bananas, woodland garden, several areas of herbaceous and shrub borders and lawns.
Glenbervie Estate is situated near Stonehaven on the Northeast Coast.
Gardener is needed to maintain the garden to high standards throughout the year and to help and design the garden for the future.
This is live in position with accommodation available at site.
Photographs to be found on Instagram @ glenberviegardens
Requirements
Key role responsibilities
· Hands on year-round garden maintenance and development of all areas of formal and informal gardens
· Large, heated greenhouse, maintenance and development of indoor plants as well as propagation of plants and seeds for outside borders
· Maintenance of traditional walled garden, vegetable rotations, annuals, roses, fruit, herbaceous and shrub borders included supporting the team to implement short- and long-term maintenance programmes and planting schedules
· Lawn Care
· Garden Machinery maintenance
· Adherence to Health and Safety policy
· Conducted and support with garden tours as required
Essential skills & experience
· Relevant previous experience including at least 3 years gardening experience.
· Horticultural and plant knowledge and plant husbandry including P&D control.
· Excellent communication with family owners and the small team of gardeners, to ensure successful delivery of planting schemes indoor and outdoor to a high standard.
· Flexible approach to working.
· Experience with garden machinery including tractor mowers strimmers and chainsaws
· Experience of propagation of plants and seeds
· Clean driving license
Desirable qualifications & experience
· Horticultural qualifications
· PA1 and PA6 certification.
· Greenhouse experience with diverse range of plants including implementing displays 4.
· Chainsaw certification
· First Aid at work training
· Experience with wide range of machinery
· Experience with a privately owned garden
Benefits
Indulge in the Sweet Perks of Joining Glenbervie Estate!
We believe in providing our team with a recipe for success in their professional lives. Here is a taste of how we'll look after you as part of our Sweet Success:
* Annual Leave: Recharge your batteries with a generous annual leave entitlement of 23 days, plus 9 public holidays, giving you a refreshing total of 32 days to explore, relax, and savour life outside of work.
* Pension Perks: Secure your financial future with our pension enrolment, where you contribute 5%, and we match it with a 3% employer contribution.
* Health and Wellness Buffet: We care about your well-being. Access our Employee Assistance Program, a 24/7 GP line, and indulge in our cycle-to-work scheme. Keep your mind and body in top shape with our Leisure Subsidy Scheme and free fruit offerings.
* Lifelong Learning: Cultivate your mind with our company further education scheme and unlock opportunities for personal and professional growth.
* Family First: We support your journey into parenthood with enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay.
* Exclusive Employee Benefits: Revel in exclusive benefits like an education bursary via our employee trust and Funeral Concierge provided by Everest Funeral Concierge Service, a brand-new benefit.
* Beyond Probation: Once you have passed probation over the initial three months, you will then be able to unlock an array of group benefits, including access to our Health cash plan & Westfield Health, permanent health insurance, and 3 x death in service life assurance.
Please also note this is a live in position, with onsite accommodation provided.
And now, let us talk about what we need from you:
Like every employer, legally, we require to check and confirm that you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks that we need to complete before you can start with us. In addition to the above, we will also collect satisfactory employment references.