Horticulture Manager
Weleda is exceptional just like our people. A very special and rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Garden Manager. This role involves managing our 13-acre biodynamic and biodiverse gardens in a beautiful location, where we grow many different medicinal plants for the purpose of converting into medicinal and cosmetic products. These range from trees like Birch and Thuja, shrubs and hedgerow bushes like Blackthorn and Hawthorn, field crops of Calendula, Oats and Chamomile, smaller quantities of herbs and wild flowers, to vegetables and weeds! Initial cultivation for field crops is done with a tractor using a plough and spading machine; everything else is done by hand. We generate our own seed bank and we make and use specific preparations based on Biodynamic principles. Our farm is the centre for the East Midlands Biodynamic group of farmers and we host regular meetings here.
The role:
Manage and develop the Weleda gardens and work alongside a small team of gardeners, including seasonal gardeners.
Grow medicinal plants to Demeter standard and secure our annual certification, meeting the established high standard of biodynamic practice.
Ongoing surveillance of new and changing Demeter and GACP legislation and for introducing such legislation into Weleda UK.
Make tinctures and dry plants to pharmacopeia standards, to meet the needs of our annual p...