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M I S E R D E N
Estate Office
Miserden
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL6 7JA
Tel: 01285 821303
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Employment Opportunity - Gardener
Stroud
Miserden Estate has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced gardener to work at the Miserden
Garden on a full or part-time basis.
Title: Gardener
Contract type: Full Time or Part Time
Hours: 07.45 to 17.00 Monday to Friday
The Role
Miserden Estate is looking for an experienced gardener to join the Miserden Garden team helping
care for and maintain the Garden on either a full time or part time basis. The role will also include
grounds maintenance when required around the Estate.
Miserden Garden was designed in the 17th Century and extends to 12.5 acres incorporating formal
mixed borders and lawns, an arboretum, a café visitor area and ancillary parkland areas. It is open to
the public for the spring and summer months, hosting a popular sculpture exhibition from May to
August. The Garden won the Historic Houses Garden of the Year Award in 2018 and continues to
upkeep similar levels of quality across the Garden.
Miserden is a diverse estate incorporating residential and commercial property, forestry, agriculture
and visitor enterprises, all of which interact with the Garden team on a regular basis. The Estate
operates with a ‘one-team’ ethos.
Job requirements and responsibilities
- Experience in general plant care and garden maintenance to ensure the garden always looks at its best. This includes all elements of garden maintenance – mowing, edging, weeding, planting, pruning, strimming, hedge cutting, leaf sweeping, cutting back, propagating, potting-on
- Knowledge and experience of operating garden machinery is essential
- Good horticultural knowledge including plant husbandry and planting plans
- An interest in traditional garden design is desirable
- Whilst not essential, it would be preferable if the candidate had a certificate of competence in the safe use of pesticides, plus working at heights training to assist with pruning in the garden
- Leading garden group tours as required
- Detail orientated with an energetic outlook
- Good communication skills and a friendly approachable manner
- A full driving licence
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rated if part-time)
- Generous company contributed pension
- Death in service cover paying out five times base salary
- Income protection cover
All candidates would need to demonstrate that they can work flexibly as part of a small team but also
have the initiative to work alone when required.
The Estate are looking for a candidate to start as soon as possible.
Please click on Apply Now and email your CV and covering letter.
Salary: Competitive salary alongside wider estate benefits
Hours Per Week: Full or Part Time
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