Gardening Couple Job
Greycoat Lumley's client are seeking for a dedicated Gardening Couple for an excellent opportunity to join a beautiful privately owned sporting estate 20 minutes south of Inverness. The Couple will report to the Head Gardener who is based at a different location, but visits the Scottish Estate regularly.
The garden and grounds include; walled kitchen garden with a stunning large greenhouse, herbaceous borders surrounding the main residence, walled herbaceous flower garden, a beautiful woodland dell area and extensive lawns. There is a newly build compost bay for making large amounts of organic matter and a newly re-designed late season herbaceous border.
We’re looking for a couple who is enthusiastic, hardworking, uses their own initiative, works well together, and apart, and demonstrates some of the below;
1. Pedestrian mowing of lawns and extensive large lawns cut with a ride on mower.
2. Strimming duties of large main drive as well as other rough grass areas.
3. Lawn edging where required.
4. Leaf blowing and collecting through the autumn and winter.
5. Snow clearing on main drive and around house.
6. It would be beneficial for one individual of the couple to have a chainsaw certificate and a PA1 / PA6 certificate, training can be provided if required.
7. Assist with clearing fallen trees.
8. The couple must make sure that the gardens look at its best from September onwards for family shoots and Let days.
9. Must be enthusiastic and have a positive attitude
10. Possess a good plant knowledge and high horticultural skills and understand the practicalities of producing plants from seed and plugs.
11. Experience in growing and producing vegetables to a high standard, for use by the main residence, particularly winter vegetables.
12. Knowledge and experience in producing cut flowers for the main residence.
13. Carry out herbaceous border division and re-planting on a regular basis.
14. Ideally have experience in using and maintaining garden machinery, including an Avant Loader, rotary ride on mower, pedestrian mowers, strimmer’s and leaf blowers (handheld and back pack).
Working hours:
Candidate 1 – full time Monday- Friday, weekend watering only
Candidate 2 – part time, Monday-Thursday, weekend watering only
Accommodation:
Live in, 2-3 bed house, with garden and driveway, council tax included.
Salary:
£65,000 GPA