House Florist - Daylesford Estate

About the role:

A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly creative Florist to join the renowned Daylesford Estate on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border. Working within a stunning country house setting, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining beautiful floral displays that complement the estate's interiors, events, and private entertaining. This is a hands-on role requiring exceptional floral knowledge, creativity, discretion, and a meticulous eye for detail.

What does this role involve day to day?

• Creating and maintaining seasonal floral arrangements throughout the house, ensuring the highest standards of presentation at all times.
• Designing everything from small informal displays to large-scale installations for private events, entertaining, and special occasions.
• Conditioning, selecting, and sourcing flowers and foliage, with careful consideration of colour, quality, seasonality, and suitability for each space.
• Working closely with the Estate Principals, household staff, gardens team, and events team to deliver floral displays that enhance the estate's character and ambience.
• Managing flower stock, supplies, and ongoing floral requirements while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

This will be suited to you if…

• You have proven floristry experience, with the ability to create both contemporary and traditional arrangements to an exceptional standard.
• You possess an excellent knowledge of flowers, foliage, plant care, and seasonal availability.
• You have a strong appreciation for country house interiors, English gardens, and natural floral styling.
• You are highly creative, organised, and able to work independently while building effective relationships with a wider team.
• You are professional, resourceful, discreet, and take pride in maintaining exceptional standards.

Even better if…

• You hold a formal floristry or horticultural qualification.
• You have experience working within a private household, luxury hospitality setting, estate, or high-end events environment.
• You have experience creating large-scale floral installations and displays.
• You have knowledge of growing, cutting, or sourcing flowers from estate or garden environments.
• You are passionate about sustainable floristry and working with seasonal, locally sourced materials.

What happens next?

We'll carefully review your application and, if you're shortlisted, our Resourcing team will arrange a call to discuss the opportunity in more detail. From there, you'll usually take part in a Teams interview, followed by an in-person meeting with the team. We'll keep in touch throughout the process, so you'll always know where you stand.

Need support during the recruitment process?

Our goal is simple: to give every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to an inclusive recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@jcb.com and we'll be happy to support you.

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