Full Time Gardener, Halesworth, Suffolk – SP1772

Position Filled
Posted on
September 4, 2024
Location
Halesworth, Suffolk
Job Type
Permanent / Full-time / Employed / Live out
Role
Private Household & Estate / Gardener / Groundsperson

Full time Gardener required for the private garden of a large country Estate located close to the Suffolk town of Halesworth and within easy reach of the beautiful coastal town of Southwold.

The hours would be 7.30am – 4.15pm, 5 days per week.

The ideal person will have basic horticultural knowledge and formal qualifications are not required. Use of all garden machinery is essential including hedge cutters and ride on mowers.

There are 2 other part time gardeners employed as well as an Estate Manager who oversees, so this is not an isolated position.

The position:

  • All gardening duties such as pruning, planting, weeding, cutting back and generally tidying
  • Use of garden machinery such as large ride on mowers, hedge cutters and strimmer’s
  • Working within the walled garden and orangery

Requirements:

  • Basic horticultural knowledge
  • Will be a good team player and easy to get along with
  • Able to take instruction from the head gardener and carry out the required tasks
  • Passionate, enthusiastic with a genuine love of gardening
  • Reliable and trustworthy
  • Car driver with own transport
  • Physical fitness as some of the work will involve heavy lifting.

A good salary will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.

For more information please email info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk