Are you passionate about creating beautiful outdoor spaces and maintaining them to the highest standards? Do you love working outdoors, nurturing plants, and seeing your hard work come to life for guests to enjoy? If so, we’d love you to join our team as a Gardener at Goodwood.
About the Role
As one of our Gardeners, you’ll play a key part in maintaining both public-facing and behind-the-scenes garden areas across Goodwood’s hospitality spaces. You'll help ensure our grounds look exceptional all year round, while contributing to the magic of our world-class events.
What You’ll Do
You’ll take pride in keeping our gardens and grounds looking their best through tasks including:
1. Maintaining gardens in line with Goodwood’s standards and guidelines
2. Mowing, strimming, weeding, planting, pruning, watering, turfing, hedge cutting and general grounds care
3. Assisting with event preparations across the Estate – no two days are the same!
4. Working flexibly around changing schedules to support our guests and customers
5. Carrying out any additional duties reasonably requested by your manager or supervisor
What You’ll Bring
We're looking for someone who is:
6. Passionate about gardening and delivering great results
7. Positive, friendly and full of “can-do” energy
8. Detail-focused and organised
9. Able to prioritise, multi-task and work efficiently
10. A quick learner who takes responsibility
11. Confident making decisions
12. An excellent communicator with strong customer service skills
13. Discreet and professional
14. Someone who enjoys teamwork and brings a sense of fun
What You Need to Be Successful
Essential experience & skills:
15. Proven experience in garden maintenance, such as mowing, strimming, caring for flower borders and general groundskeeping
16. Basic gardening and groundskeeping knowledge
17. Competency in plant identification, with a willingness to develop further
Desirable (but not essential):
18. PA1 and PA6 spray certificates
19. Experience with hedge cutting, nursery work, ride-on mowers or tractor driving
Why Join Goodwood?
You’ll become part of a vibrant, passionate team working in one of the most beautiful and iconic estates in the UK. Every day is different, and your work helps create memorable experiences for our guests.