Gardener jobs in Cheltenham

Job Summary

Join our hard-working team as a part-time Employed or Self-employed Gardener/Horticulturist and unleash your passion for nurturing beautiful, healthy landscapes!

In this active role, you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing outdoor spaces through hands-on gardening, landscape upkeep, and groundskeeping activities. Your skill set and enthusiasum will help create inviting environments that inspire and delight clients while ensuring optimum conditions for gardens to thrive .

This position is for 3 days per week, preferably Mondays Weds and Fridays, however, we could offer flexible working ours for the right candidate.

This role is ideal for motivated individuals who thrive outdoors and are eager to bring their gardening interests to life. We value energetic team players committed to creating beautiful landscapes that inspire everyone who sees them!

Duties

• Perform routine landscape maintenance including weeding, mowing, pruning, planting, feeding and mulching to keep outdoor areas vibrant and well-kept
• Operate hand tools such as shovels, rakes, spades, pruners, and hoes to execute detailed gardening tasks with precision
• Use power tools like hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, and lawn mowers safely and effectively to maintain large landscaped areas
• Manage irrigation systems to ensure optimal watering schedules and conserve water resources
• Assist with growing plants from seeds or cuttings, monitoring their health and providing appropriate care for healthy development
• Conduct regular monitoring to identify issues early and perform necessary repairs or adjustments
• Support landscape design projects by preparing soil beds, turfing, planting new areas, and maintaining existing plantings

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Skills

• Proficiency with hand tools essential for detailed gardening work and landscape maintenance
• Experience operating power tools safely in outdoor environments
• Growing experience including plant selection, propagation, and health monitoring
• Strong understanding of gardening techniques, horticulture principles, and sustainable practices
• Ability to perform groundskeeping tasks efficiently while adhering to safety standards
• Excellent physical stamina for outdoor work in various weather conditions

Suitable candidates will have either formal qualifications, knowledge or experience along with a genuine interest in land-based work and horticulture. At least one year of industry experience is needed to understand that the role is extremely varied and requires a broad set of skills. The ideal candidate will ensure every job is completed to a high standard whatever their situation.

Candidates should have a positive attitude towards their work and colleagues, be reliable, punctual, physically fit, and well presented. Physical fitness and endurance are a must as this role is physically challenging and requires plenty of grit. Self-drive and enthusiasm is essential.

Driver’s license is crucial.

The ideal candidate would be able to provide :

· RHS qualifications or similar

· Effective communication skills (both verbal and written)

· Ability to work under pressure and seasonal deadlines

· Good time management skills

· Good customer service skills and rapport abilities

· Good eye for detail and finishes

· Pruning specialist shrubs, trees and topiary

· Good weed identification skills

· Mowing, strimming and cutting large hedges

· Working in all weathers and tough conditions

· Knowledge of specific horticultural materials, methods, tools and equipment.

· Confident using land-based machinery and ladders

Desirable but not essential (possible opportunity to acquire these certificates)

· Chainsaw maintenance and cross cutting Cs30

· Felling small trees cs31

· Aerial rescue cs38

· Chainsaw with rope cs39

It is of the upmost importance to represent the company in a good light when working, as existing clients who have been served by the founders for over a decade, are extremely valued and reputation is key.

The typical company on-site working hours are:

· Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

15mins morning break paid and 30mins lunch break unpaid

Seasonal variation expected, with opportunity to work over-time.

Benefits for this post include:

· Uniform

· Use of tools

· Work van during work hours

· Pension scheme

· Continuous on-site training

· Stunning work locations with plenty of variety

· 17 days holiday (including Bank Holidays if they fall on your contracted day)

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This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to be part of a professional team and an ever-expanding company. With genuine career progression potential and a chance to develop your existing skills and knowledge, you will be rewarded along the way if you take on this role.

All applications considered.

Pay: £19,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

• Are you familiar with garden machinery?
• Do you have any health conditions or disabilities which may impact your physical performance while working?

• What is your preferred interest within horticulture and why?
• Please rate your plant knowledge and identification skills between 1-10 (1 being low and 10 being excellent)

• What skills and attributes do you believe you have to offer that could contribute to the success of the business on a day- to- day basis?

• What do you like about the outdoors the most?

• Out of the following, which do you prefer? 1. Mowing 2. Pruning shrubs 3. Planting 4. hedgecutting.

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Experience:

• Horticulture: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Full UK Driving license (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (preferred)

Work Location: On the road