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Ready to join one of Oxfordshire’s most prestigious and well-established garden design, landscaping & maintenance companies?
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Ready to join one of Oxfordshire’s most prestigious and well-established garden design, landscaping & maintenance companies?
At The Oxfordshire Gardener, our philosophy is one of providing excellent and attentive garden care, with an approachable and friendly service.
We’re growing and we’re ready to welcome a new member to our team, so if you’re keen to deliver first-class garden maintenance, have great communication skills and are organised with a positive approach, we’d love to hear from you.
This role requires a talented and experienced gardener ready to develop their career working for a prestigious company. You’ll be caring for some of the most exceptionally beautiful residential and estate gardens in Oxfordshire, providing nurturing care and development to our portfolio of beautiful town and country gardens, including gardens of particular historic note.
Reporting to the Head Gardener, you’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate your passion for horticulture and plants, so you’ll need to have an RHS level qualification or similar. You’ll be ability leading a small team, helping to ensure excellent customer service and brilliant horticultural care. You should be someone who enjoys the outdoor life, nurturing the gardens and who gets a great sense of achievement from presenting the gardens to the highest standards. Specific skills required for the role are good professional gardening experience, excellent plant knowledge and an in-depth understanding of year-round garden management.
As a gardener with us, you’ll effectively manage all gardens under your responsibility, developing excellent working relationships with clients so that their requirements are met and the gardens developed to the client’s satisfaction.
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The company is continuing to develop their portfolio and now would be a very exciting time for our expanding team of intrepid gardeners and landscapers, managing some of the most exceptional gardens in the area.
Person Specification – What We Look For in People:
If you’re buzzing with energy and the drive to get things done, have an eye for detail, strive for excellence and efficiency in horticulture and garden care, love working in the serenity of nature, but have career goals, are brilliant at communicating with people on all levels and have a gift for excellent customer service, then you’re just who we’re looking for.
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year
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Work Location: In person
This role requires a talented apprentice gardener, who’s ready to develop their career working for a prestigious company. You’ll be caring for exceptionally beautiful estates, manor houses and residential gardens in Oxfordshire, providing nurturing horticulture and garden development to our portfolio of town and country gardens. So, if you’re buzzing with energy and the drive to get things done, have an eye for detail, strive for excellence and efficiency in horticulture and garden care, love working in the serenity of nature, but have career goals, then you’re just who we’re looking for.
Apprenticeship summary
Annual wage: £17,000.00
Working week: Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4.30pm
Total hours per week: 40
Expected duration: 15 Months
Apprenticeship level: Intermediate Level 2 (GCSE)
Reporting to the Head Gardener, you’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate your passion for horticulture and plants. You’ll be part of a small team, helping to provide excellent customer service and brilliant horticultural care. You should be someone who enjoys the outdoor life, nurturing the gardens and who gets a great sense of achievement from presenting the gardens to the highest standards.
As an apprentice gardener with us, you’ll play a key role in all the gardens you help care for, developing excellent working relationships with clients, in order that their requirements are met and the gardens developed to the client’s satisfaction.
● Providing excellent horticultural and garden maintenance care to a variety of garden styles across our portfolio.
● Assist with soft landscaping projects, such as planting schemes, helping to deliver them on time and with attention to detail.
● Providing daily activity reports, detailing work completed and development advice provided in each garden visited.
● Suggesting to your clients’ additional work and services available, as well as plans for the garden over forthcoming months.
● Sharing your knowledge with other team members and supporting others in the team, utilising your areas of strength and expertise.
● Contributing to team meetings with updates on your portfolio of gardens.
● Liaising with the HQ team to ensure you have any specific items required for work within your portfolio in good time and ahead of visits.
● Ensuring that any company vehicle used is kept well-feeling, clean, tidy, organised and presentable to the highest standards.
● Ensuring all tools and equipment are kept in good condition and reporting any issues to the Senior Gardener.
• Level 1 Functional Skills in English and Maths
• Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid
• Level 2 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides
• Level 2 Award In The Safe Application of Pesticides Using Pedestrian Hand-Held Equipment
• Level 2 Horticulture Operative Apprenticeship
Progression to gardener following completion of an apprenticeship
Apprentice Gardener – Find an apprenticeship (findapprenticeship.service.
Reference number: VAC1000148663
ABINGDON AND WITNEY COLLEGE
Abingdon & Witney College – Horticultural Apprenticeships
If you have a passion for horticulture and the landscape and wish to join a successful company that can and will take your career to the next level, please do not hesitate to forward your CV and covering letter to us!
Please forward your CV and covering letter to:
laura@theoxfordshiregardener.co.uk
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