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As a Gardener for the National Trust, you’ll be a hands-on member of the garden team, involved in every aspect of gardening at Sissinghurst. Responsible for day-to-day maintenance, and the highest standards of horticulture, you’ll also play a vital role in improving the experience of visitors to the garden and wider estate.
You may be asked to work occasional weekends, bank holidays and evenings.
What it's like to work here
Reporting to the Head Gardener, you'll join a team of 7 creative gardeners. Fiercely practical and hard-working, we thrive on collaborative team work and working to an agreed aesthetic, always striving to improve the garden and our management techniques.Sissinghurst is a highly personal garden planned by two people whose artistry was matched by their plant knowledge and who had an individual point of view. To perpetuate a garden made by two such individuals requires gardeners not only with supreme horticultural knowledge and skill but also gardeners with vision, sensitivity and most importantly an instinctive feeling for the spirit of the place. Sissinghurst is like no other garden, steeped in history, it is perhaps England’s most romantic Garden. A garden that continues to endure and inspire amateur gardeners. In a recent worldwide poll of the very best gardens, Sissinghurst was placed first, was one of only 4 UK garden on the list and the only garden of the National Trust on the list.
Summary
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As a Gardener for the National Trust, you’ll be a hands-on member of the garden team, involved in every aspect of gardening at Sissinghurst. Responsible for day-to-day maintenance, and the highest standards of horticulture, you’ll also play a vital role in improving the experience of visitors to the garden and wider estate.
You may be asked to work occasional weekends, bank holidays and evenings.
What it's like to work here
Reporting to the Head Gardener, you'll join a team of 7 creative gardeners. Fiercely practical and hard-working, we thrive on collaborative team work and working to an agreed aesthetic, always striving to improve the garden and our management techniques.Sissinghurst is a highly personal garden planned by two people whose artistry was matched by their plant knowledge and who had an individual point of view. To perpetuate a garden made by two such individuals requires gardeners not only with supreme horticultural knowledge and skill but also gardeners with vision, sensitivity and most importantly an instinctive feeling for the spirit of the place. Sissinghurst is like no other garden, steeped in history, it is perhaps England’s most romantic Garden. A garden that continues to endure and inspire amateur gardeners. In a recent worldwide poll of the very best gardens, Sissinghurst was placed first, was one of only 4 UK garden on the list and the only garden of the National Trust on the list.
What you'll be doing
You'll be helping to keep the gardenin tiptop condition every day. This might involve daily checks to make sure all areas are safe for people visiting, routine tasks such as weeding, pruning and mulching, and using machinery such as hedge cutters, leaf blowers, lawnmowers and tractors.
Other duties might include propagation, cutting flowers for the house, preparing plants for sale, tree safety work and garden design and restoration. You may be involved in recycling and managing waste, also included would be inputting to the Plant database, rose pruning once flowering roses, hedge cutting formal box and yew hedging along with the rest of the garden team
Who we're looking for
We'd love to hear from you if you’re:
1. an enthusiastic horticulturist and hands-on gardener, who’s worked with hard landscaping before
2. knowledgeable about plants, with a great eye for detail.
3. experienced with machinery, including tractors, chainsaws, rotary and cylinder mowers, and with some knowledge of maintenance
4. a driver with a full licence
5. able to manage a demanding outdoor role
6. good at talking to, and getting on with, all kinds of people
7. equally confident working within a team, with volunteers or on your own
8. able to keep to time, plan and meet deadlines
The package
The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
•Rental deposit loan scheme
•Season ticket loan
•EV car lease scheme
•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
•Flexible working whenever possible
•Employee assistance programme
•Free parking at most Trust places
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