Current Full-Time Opportunities in Horticulture

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Assistant Head Gardener

Pensthorpe

  • At Pensthorpe, we’re here to nurture nature today and bring it to life for tomorrow. Explore our history, meet our owners, understand our purpose, and learn about the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust and our vision for the future.

    • Contribute to the development and maintenance of the gardens, as directed by the Head Gardener

    • Undertake a wide range of gardening activities and technical tasks including the use of all kinds of horticultural machinery, applying herbicides with spraying equipment, manual handling, planting, propagation, hedge cutting, border work, pruning, working from height and watering

    • Undertake certain responsibilities as delegated by the Head Gardener including volunteer supervision, inductions on machinery, risk assessments, care of workshops sheds, nursery and tunnel.

    • Apply knowledge of the plant collections and be responsible for its care and maintenance

    • Ensure all planting records are always kept up to date

    • Carry out winter pruning, mulching, blub planting, cutting down the Millennium Garden, clearing all the gardens after winter, dividing perennials

    • Prepare stock for shop sales through propagation of plants from the gardens and oversee plant sales, tend to the productive Nursery throughout the year, provide plants for internal and external events

    • Undertake regular weeding and watering through the summer, division in autumn, building and maintenance of wildlife habitats throughout the year, maintaining ponds and water ways, mowing and strimming throughout the main season

    • Assist the Wardens when necessary e.g. clearing the Wildflower Meadow

    • ▪ Physically fit and able to work in an active outdoors role

    • PA1, PA2 and PA6 or willing to obtain

    • Certificate / Diploma in Horticulture

    • Grounds maintenance experience: brush cutting, strimmer, mower, hedge cutter tractor and implements

    • Driving Licence

  • Location: Norfolk

    Salary: DOE

    How to Apply: Please email Lesley and mention YPHA Website

Nursery Manager / Team Leader

Barton Grange

  • Brookhouse Nursery supplies Barton Grange Garden Centre with a bespoke range of products and planters including a just-in-time delivery service. This is not your normal factory-style growing and requires a special candidate

    • Team Leadership: Manage and lead a small team comprising 3 experienced full-time staff and 3-6 seasonal workers. Foster a collaborative team environment and ensure seamless operations.

    • Production Management: Organise the annual production of over 290,000 plants. This involves meticulous planning, addressing challenges proactively, and implementing best practices.

    • Process Efficiency: Understand and contribute to the ongoing efficiency of company processes, ensuring high standards and smooth operations for our sole customer, the Garden Centre.

    • Flexible Time Management: Adapt to seasonal demands with flexible working hours. Work additional hours in the spring and take time off in lieu during quieter periods, following an annualised hours scheme.

    • Hands-On Management: Maintain a hands-on approach to managing production areas and ensuring individual output meets the company’s high standards.

    • Weekend Rota: Participate in the weekend rota, currently every 4 weeks.

    • Team Player: Embrace a team-oriented mindset, focusing on evolution rather than drastic changes.

    • Management Skills: Demonstrated ability in team management and production planning, with strong problem-solving skills.

    • Flexibility: Willingness to work flexible hours and adapt to seasonal changes in workload.

    • Learning Attitude: Keen to learn about company processes and contribute to their improvement.

  • Location: Lancashire

    Salary: Up to £35k DOE

    How to Apply: Please email Andrea on andrea.swindlehurst@bartongrange.co.uk and mention YPHA Website.

Senior Gardener

Lee Valley

  • Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) is an environmental regeneration authority which embraces just about every conceivable aspect of leisure, sport and recreation, including nature conservation, heritage and developing regional sports & leisure facilities.


    • To assist in implementing and working to the garden management plan, including Conservation Management Plan requirements related to plant, artefact and landscape conservation.

    • To assist visitors to Myddelton House Gardens.

    • To cover the Head Gardener call out and site security duties when the Head Gardener is on annual leave.

    • To assist in creating H&S audit documentation and record keeping where required and specific to the elements of the role.

    • To work with the EA Bowles Society where required and at times support and develop the society’s work in the gardens.

    • To liaise and work with the Visitor Centre café and staff associated with the main house and visitor centre to ensure a joined up approach to a quality visitor experience for the whole of the site.

    • Literate at a level that enables following procedures for a range of tasks, some of which can be complex in order to understand manuals, instructions and reports.

    • Numerate at a level that enables following procedures for a range of tasks, some of which can be complex, in order to determine chemical dosages, order supplies and read plans.

    • Computer literate with experience of Microsoft Office and Excel

    • Working knowledge of effective and efficient supervision practices.

    • Working knowledge of Health & Safety and child protection regulations and legislation.

    • Working practical knowledge of horticultural skills and practices

    • Practical knowledge of the use of machinery and equipment related to horticulture.

    • RHS Level 3, Botanic Garden Diploma or equivalent in experience and/or qualification.

    • NPTC spraying qualifications PA1, PA6

  • Location: Enfield

    Salary: £27,811 – £32,287 per annum

    How to Apply: Please apply here and mention YPHA Website

Landscape Labourer

The Garden Design Company

  • The Garden Design Company Ltd was established in 1996, winning at its first attempt 3 BALI awards last year, with another this year.

    We  design and build company working for private clients such that we create long term rela tionships alongside fabulous gardens.

    Professionalism is key so that the clients get the very best personal service that they can rely upon and which they are so pleased with that they have no hesitation in recommending

     

    • Assist the team with various labouring tasks including in mixing cement, digging, lifting and carrying, cutting (stone and timber), ground preparation, bed preparation, painting, planting  and mulching

    • Under direction and over a period of time to become proficient at laying paving and setts, blockwork, construction of fencing, turfing and seeding.

    • wishes to develop their career with an award winning design and build Company that’s been established 30 years

    • This is an opportunity for you to develop their career with an award winning design and build company that’s been established 30 years. For the right person, we can also put you through formal qualifications.

    • Relevant experience in working on building/landscaping sites

    • Basic principles of horticulture

    • Willingness to learn

    • Compliant with H&S guidelines and wear correct PPE

    • Experience of using Plant Machinery safely

    • Be professional, reliable, enthusiastic and have good communication skills

    • Have a positive ‘can do’ attitude with a solutions-based approach to problem solving

    • Always be honest with yourself, your colleagues and our clients

    • Strive to build a positive team spirt, supporting colleagues and being active team player

    • Show respect at all times to colleagues, clients and suppliers

  • Location: Berkshire

    Salary: Competitive, plus overtime and flexible working opportunities

    How to Apply: Please study our web site (www.gardendesignco.co.uk) and then if the projects we undertake excite and the above appeals, e mail your CV, to rob@gardendesignco.co.uk with photographs of 3 different projects that you have actively worked on and which you are most proud of, and 2 references with your phone number.

Trainee Crop Grower

Binsted

  • Binsted Nursery was founded in 1978, as a partnership including Rosemary and David Tristram, to grow garden plants for wholesale to retailers, starting with herbs, alpines and bulbs, as part of the Farplants co-operative.

    In 2001, construction of a new purpose built garden plant site commenced at Lake Lane, Barnham. In the 20 years to 2015, production had grown from 300,000 to 3,000,000 plants a year, and had diversified to include perennials, garden succulents and autumn container plants.

    In 2015, the model facilities at Lake Lane were enhanced with a reservoir and flood-pond, and in 2016 a cooling shed for bulbs. In that year also, Marc Jones became joint Managing Director of both Binsted and Walberton Nurseries, and the businesses entered a new phase of development as part of a larger venture.

    From 2019 to 2021 a number of improvements were implemented across Binsted’s main growing sites, for example cloche and thermal screen upgrades in the Propagation unit at the original Binsted Lane site; revitalised outdoor areas to increase growing capacity and improve water efficiency, a new loading bay and a new germination room at the Lake Lane site.

    2021 saw 9cm herb sales break through the 1.4 million pots mark for the first time, with targets set to increase for 2022.

    • The specific focus of a Trainee Crop Grower is to learn how to carry out the role of Crop Grower, by carrying out planned and reactive cultural growing tasks and supporting the Crop Growers to lead and supervise other staff in carrying out cultural activities. This should be seen as a developmental role to Crop Grower.

    • Maintaining the required quality and output in doing the tasks as outlined below, to ensure the Nursery’s Business Goals are met  Following nursery policies and procedures, ensuring safe working at all times

    • Ensuring that all work is carried out effectively and as instructed

    • This is a developmental role. Candidates are not expected to undertake all the tasks below immediately, rather, the intention is for the successful candidate to gradually learn the Crop Grower role, by directly undertaking or learning the tasks below, and progressively take on a greater range of responsibilities.

    • Practical horticultural knowledge and experience beneficial 

    • Organised with good attention to detail  Motivated completer finisher

    • Good at listening and open to new ideas

  • Location: Chichester

    Salary: DOE

    How to Apply: Please apply here and mention YPHA Website

Rose Advisor

David Austin

  • At David Austin Roses, we’re more than just a horticultural company; we’re a passionate family-owned business dedicated to breeding and cultivating the most exquisite English Roses.

    With over fifty years of rich heritage, we take great pride in creating roses that are not only beautiful but also fragrant and charming. Our love for roses and commitment to excellence has made us a beloved name in gardens around the world.

    We are incredibly fortunate to work alongside a talented group of individuals who share our passion. Together, we strive to bring David Austin Senior’s vision to life from our beautiful home nestled along a charming country lane in Shropshire.

    • Achieving the key deliverables through a regular & customer aligned schedule of engagement through telephone, face to face, visits, email campaigns, shows and social channels.

    • First line support for customers, through telephone, email, face to face, visits, email campaigns, shows and social channels.

    • Processing payments

    • Ensuring timely delivery of orders

    • Collaboration on account relationship management; maintaining our current business and helping to develop new business.

    • Creation of Planting designs for clients

    • Creation of Sales Orders, monitoring of selected orders to completion

    • Trade Shows: Set up and attend as required

    • A love of roses and/or plants and a thirst for knowledge

    • A desire to share knowledge and communicate effectively

    • Personable and able to build strong relationships with clients and colleagues

    • Highly organised, self-driven, able to manage self

    • Ability to coordinate with others to get the job done

    • Ability to influence stakeholders

    • Commercially focussed

    • Achievement orientated

  • Location: Remote working – This role is based at Albrighton, but you will need to be out 3-4 days per week visiting customers. Nights away will be required. (Accommodation and expenses will be covered).

    Salary: £24 - 26k depending on experience

    How to Apply: Please apply here and mention YPHA Website

Expedition Botanist

Cambridge University

    • Cambridge University Botanic Garden is searching for an enthusiastic and dynamic Expedition Botanist to lead our plant-collecting expeditions around the world.

    • This is a unique role that combines international travel, conservation, research, and teaching in a vibrant, supportive team.

    • As our Expedition Botanist, you will organise and lead up to four expeditions each year, joining our partners on additional expeditions, contribute to in-situ and ex-situ conservation, support species discovery and expand our botanical collections. You will also play an integral role in post-expedition processing including herbarium specimen preparation, seed banking and digitization.

    • You will apply your taxonomic expertise to enhance and curate our living collections, ensure their scientific accuracy and assist with both university-level teaching and public engagement.

    • We are seeking someone truly exceptional, energetic, knowledgeable, and ready to contribute to our mission to expand our botanical collections and reach.

    • If you have a love of botany and horticulture, thrive in adventurous environments and enjoy teamwork, we want to hear from you.

  • The funds for this post are available for 5 years in the first instance.

    Location: Cambridgeshire

    Salary: £33,966-£44,263

    How to Apply: Please apply here and mention YPHA Website

Trainee Horticulture Manager

Notcutts

  • Since 1897, Notcutts has helped bring gardens and homes to life with fresh ideas, generations of expertise and friendly advice. We are 100% family owned, with 19 garden centres across the UK and a head office in Woodbridge, Suffolk. We have an exciting, clear strategy for growth and innovation: delivering brilliant customer experiences, investing in people culture, leading on environmental, sustainability and biodiversity agendas and developing and expanding garden centres and restaurants creating a destination customer experience that also includes a thriving website.

    • Supports garden centres to achieve all financial targets for area of responsibility as agreed with the Cluster Manager.

    • Assists with analysing budgets for variations and applying appropriate measures should variations be identified.

    • Supports the Manager in challenging overhead expenditure to deliver a reduction in costs.

    • Acts as a role model to colleagues to ensure a high standard of customer service is consistently delivered by the team

    • Organises self and gains support of others to deliver company objectives as agreed with the Manager.

    • Deputises for Horticultural Manager when required.

    • Undertakes development activities at garden centres across the cluster, at with suppliers to develop expertise.

    • Communicates effectively and regularly with own team and support office teams through informal and formal meetings.

    • Implement seasonal changes and range review within time lines and to policy.

    • Maintains expected visual merchandising standards at all times, to inspire customers through quality of display, product knowledge and great retail standards whilst continuing to deliver sales and profit targets.

    • A willingness to learn and develop own experience through qualifications and development experiences.

    • Able to travel to garden centres and suppliers to undertake development activities and gain experience and expertise.

    • Through training, you will gain a commercial understanding of the retail environment, with visual merchandising expertise to create great displays that inspire and reflect the Notcutts brand, bringing the best of horticultural retail to our customers.

  • Location: Oxford

    Salary: Up to £25,500

    How to Apply: And here’s something important to know. There’s no such thing as a perfect job candidate, so don’t hold back on applying, we’d love to hear from you. Notcutts is a place where everyone (and everything!) can grow. We’re committed to equality of opportunity, and we welcome applications from every part of our community and beyond. To apply, please forward your CV to recruitment@notcutts.co.uk for consideration

Brand Merchandiser

David Austin

  • At David Austin Roses, we’re more than just a horticultural company; we’re a passionate family-owned business dedicated to breeding and cultivating the most exquisite English Roses.

    With over fifty years of rich heritage, we take great pride in creating roses that are not only beautiful but also fragrant and charming. Our love for roses and commitment to excellence has made us a beloved name in gardens around the world.

    We are incredibly fortunate to work alongside a talented group of individuals who share our passion. Together, we strive to bring David Austin Senior’s vision to life from our beautiful home nestled along a charming country lane in Shropshire.

    • Undertaking customer visits to UK Garden Centres and placing point of sale material to enhance displays & maximise Garden Centre sales of David Austin Roses products.

    • Maintain and improve brand representation in garden centres.

    • Route & travel planning to manage your diary and balance visits with getting the office job done.

    • Account relationship management with our customer base.

    • Roll outs of Garden Centre Group(s) point of sale merchandising.

    • Generate leads for orders and display benching and communicate needs internally to the right teams.

    • Interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with clients and customers.

    • The ability to develop product knowledge to understand and explain the features and benefits of our point of sales material and our roses.

    • Positivity, confidence and consistency to overcome challenges and achieve competing priorities.

    • Time management skills to ensure you meet deadlines.

    • Data literacy skills, to track and report on key KPIs and work with our customer databases/ systems

    • The ability to drive, plan your own diary and workload.

    • Willingness to travel all over the UK and have overnight stays in the week (2/3 nights a week).

  • Location: ·This role is based at Albrighton, but you will need to be out 3-4 days per week visiting customers. Nights away will be required. (Accommodation and expenses will be covered).

    Salary: £26-28k depending on experience

    How to Apply: Please apply here and mention YPHA Website

Plant Area Manager

Webbs

  • Webbs is an award-winning garden centre retailer with four stores and a growing ecommerce business. Our stores are premium garden centres with exceptional indoor and outdoor horticulture departments, a range of quality gifts, homeware, furniture and clothing. Our high quality restaurants offer freshly prepared, seasonally changing menus.

     

    We're an independent family business with a great team of people. We have an excellent workplace culture with a focus on fun and wellbeing whilst we work hard to get the job done together. We’re proud to have won national awards including Best UK Workplace 2023, Best UK Workplace for Women 2023 and Excellence in Wellbeing awards 2023.

    • Plant care and maintenance which includes monitoring plant health, overseeing the watering, feeding, pruning and implementing seasonal care practices to ensure plant health throughout the year.

    • Managing plant stock levels, ordering new plants, and ensuring deliveries are properly received and displayed. Ensuring the area is stocked with a good variety of plants to meet customer demands and displays enhance visual appeal and promote seasonal products.

    • Assisting customers with advice on plant selection, care, and placement, offering expert horticultural knowledge. Handling customer inquiries and complaints, providing a friendly and professional service. Promoting special offers, seasonal plants, and related garden products.

    • Working with the management team to set sales targets for the plant area. Managing expenses related to the care and maintenance of plants and ensuring profitability. Analysing sales trends and making recommendations for improving plant selection or promotional efforts.

    • Leading and managing a small team responsible for plant care, customer service, and general area maintenance. Delegating tasks effectively, providing training on plant care, and ensuring that high standards of customer service and plant maintenance are upheld. Motivating the team and managing their schedules, ensuring adequate coverage of the plant area.

    • Ensuring the plant area is safe for both staff and customers by regularly checking for hazards such as spills, broken equipment, or overgrown plants. Keeping walkways clear and ensuring that displays are stable and accessible.

    • Garden centre experience, including retail selling skills and a have passion for horticulture.

    • Be credible and confident in their plant knowledge, ideally supported by a relevant qualification such as RHS 2/3 or equivalent.

    • Experience of visual merchandising and have a flare for creating dramatic and interesting plant displays.

    • Experience (or the ability to learn) buying from a range, selected by the Group Plant Buyer.

    • Experience of leading, managing and motivating the team, ensuring that they exercise their responsibilities in full.

  • Location: Join our team at our Cheltenham Garden Centre, Evesham Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4SJ.

    Salary: Up to £29,500 depending on experience. Our reward package includes colleague discounts, life insurance, pension scheme and free parking.

    How to Apply: Our reward package includes colleague discounts, life insurance, pension scheme and free parking.

     How to Apply: If you'd like to join our fun, friendly Webbs team then please click apply now or send your CV to jobs@webbs.co.uk and mention YPHA website.

Nursery Worker

Four Crosses Nursery

  • Four crosses nursery is a family run business on the English/Welsh border in Powys. Gary Swaine started the company over 20 years ago and it has grown into a thriving business.

    We grow container plants for the amenity wholesale market, dealing with the production and dispatch on site.

    • Packing up orders each day, helping to pot during our production season, weeding, keeping the nursery tidy etc.

    • The nursery is continuously growing (pardon the pun) meaning there are opportunities for everyone on site so if something takes you interest then we can put you on track to be more involved in that area to gain knowledge and experience.

    • Experience is not required, any qualifications such as Hedge cutter, PA1 and PA6 are a bonus but not essential.

  • Location: Llandysilio, Llanymynech SY22 6SL

    Salary: The starting rate is £12.50 but we regularly review wages, we also offer time and a half for any overtime worked. Other benefits include 31 days holiday, including bank holidays – with an extra day given every 5 years, enrolment into the pension scheme after 3 months, enrolment onto the company health scheme after 2 years.

    How to Apply: For anyone interested please contact Tonicha Lloyd via email, Tonicha@fourcrossesnursery.co.uk and mention YPHA website.

Plant Buyer and Manager

MorePeople

  • Feeling like you've reached your potential in your current role? Ready to take on a new challenge?

    Are you a dedicated and seasoned Plant Buyer and Manager eager for an exciting opportunity? If this sounds like you, keep reading!

    • As the Plant Buyer you will play a crucial role in driving the success of the businesses plant offerings.

    • You'll be responsible for sourcing garden plants, shrubs, and trees, ensuring high-quality products at competitive prices are offered. You'll collaborate closely with the Company Directors to set stock levels, budgets, and negotiate supplier terms to maximise profitability.

    • You'll take a hands-on approach in the Shrub Department, helping customers, handling inquiries, and ensuring excellent customer service. You'll also manage and train staff, maintain staff discipline, and contribute to a positive work environment. Security, health and safety, and ensuring displays are attractive and up to date are also key responsibilities.

    • You'll need to have a background in Plant Buying and management within teams in the horticultural industry.

    • Strong negotiation skills and the ability to work with suppliers to achieve the best terms.

    • As well as this, excellent customer service and communication skills and an eye for detail to ensure stock accuracy, product quality, and engaging sales displays.

    • A deep understanding of current trends and consumer behaviour in the gardening industry is also needed.

  • Location: St Albans

    Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 DOE

    How to Apply: please get in touch with Felicity on felicity@morepeople.co.uk and mention YPHA website.

Technical Manager

Westland

  • We’re Westland Horticulture, and we’re dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools for gardening success. Our brands include Peckish, Kent & Stowe, Big Tom, and Unwins, to name just a few, and with a legacy that spans over 30 years, you know you can trust us season after season.

    We believe anyone can transform their space into a vibrant and sustainable ecosystem. From large landscape gardens to a windowsill or two, we understand the many benefits that gardening has on physical and mental health, so we want to help you give it your best and achieve a garden that not only supports wildlife, but makes you beam with pride too.

    • New product development within growing media.

    • Commercially justify new opportunities around fertiliser, plant protection products, biologicals, adjuvants, plant health, wetting agents and soil amendments!

    • Formulation and regulatory requirements of the new product development process for both regulated and non-regulated products.

    • Long-term product development pipeline and liaise with external partners to ensure successful NPD and deliver leading innovation in chemical, non- chemical and horticulture controls.

    • Driving innovative technologies across the portfolio for new and existing products

    • Will have a proven track record as a Senior/Technical Manager in Consumer Goods, in one of the following: Horticulture / Agri development / Agri Chemical, Chemicals or household controls

    • Experience in Growing Media – highly desirable

    • Will be delivering against pre-agreed targets and introducing new innovative ideas.

    • Are looking for a passionate Manager committed to delivering high standards with the enthusiasm and drive to succeed in a challenging fast moving environment.

    • Will have a strong work ethic, able to work alone and as part of the wider team

    • Will be highly analytical and an excellent communicator

  • Location: Liverpool and Alocnbury

    Salary: £DOE

    How to Apply: please email recruit@westland.com and mention YPHA Website

Programme Manager - Self Employment

Perennial

  • Perennial is passionate about building better futures for people working in horticulture and their families.  Established in 1839, Perennial is the UK’s only charity dedicated to helping everyone who works with plants, trees, grass or flowers.

    • The Programme Manager post is a brand new role and provides an exciting  opportunity for you to create a working strategy that informs, influences and embodies our vision of building better futures for self-employed people in the sector. You will strategically develop our partnerships, products and programmes to provide quality resources, information and advice for people working in a self-employed capacity across all horticultural industries.

    • You will be responsible for fostering innovative, empowering solutions focused programmes that deliver sustainable outcomes. Developing creative and engaging advice, education and information activities that keep the self employed people at the heart of all we do.

    • For the self employment programmes to be sustainable you will engage key partnerships to allow us to monopolise  on existing opportunities for delivery at scale and link to existing external services and support. You will upskill and support our current teams with information, tools and resources along with signposting to specialist support for our service users. Additionally, you will develop and provide a series of workshops, seminars, conferences, webinars and podcasts that people will be able to access so that the support and resources can be delivered at scale to this hard to reach audience.

    • ·         Experience of providing advice and information to the self employed or micros businesses or experience in running a successful business in horticulture

    • In-depth knowledge of the self-employed / micro business landscape

    • Experience of teaching people the skills and knowledge to be self employed.

    • Experience of training, running workshops or delivering presentations

    • Ability to undertake research and diagnostic needs assessments of self-employed horticulturists to put in place a strategic preventative plans and programmes

    • To develop your own professional network of associates who can provide a broad range support services that meet identified needs

    • To be able to build positive relationships with service users, partners, associates and networks

  • Location: Home based (England) with travel

    Salary: up to £33,000

    How to Apply: please apply here and mention YPHA Website

Grower Supervisor

MorePeople

  • Ready to pass on your knowledge to junior, enthusiastic growers?

    This impressive business will see you looking after up to 1,000 different varieties of crops, all with different needs. No two days will be the same!

    Their main site (and where you'll be based) is 16.5 acres which includes indoor and outdoor growing and a busy packhouse.

    They're continually investing in new projects, new sites and new technology. So, if you're looking for your next job and maybe the one after that, then this could be for you.

    • As a grower, there shouldn't be any surprises in the day-to-day responsibilities.

    • Pest management, irrigation, weeding and communicating with the team to ensure the right things are being done at the right time.

    • On the supervisory side, you'll be there to support, train and develop your team to understand all there is to know about growing quality plants.

    • There is training for the right person, but we're looking for someone with a qualification in horticulture and an understanding of how a commercial, large-scale nursery works.

    • It'd be great if you have your PA1 and PA6, too.

  • Location: Spalding, Lincolnshire

    Salary: Negotiable

    How to Apply: Please email Sarah on sarah@morepeople.co.uk and mention YPHA Website!

Trainee Technical Sales Manager

Westland

  • We’re Westland Horticulture, and we’re dedicated to empowering everyone with the skills, knowledge, and tools for gardening success. Our brands include Peckish, Kent & Stowe, Big Tom, and Unwins, to name just a few, and with a legacy that spans over 30 years, you know you can trust us season after season.

    We believe anyone can transform their space into a vibrant and sustainable ecosystem. From large landscape gardens to a windowsill or two, we understand the many benefits that gardening has on physical and mental health, so we want to help you give it your best and achieve a garden that not only supports wildlife, but makes you beam with pride too.

    • To maximise opportunities for Sinclair sales, to negotiate profitable and improved margins

    • To support and work in partnership with commercial nurseries and distributors, to drive growth and margin opportunities

    • To help develop technical solutions to growers’ problems and resolve through the Sinclair technical teams

    • To understand the business objectives of your customers, to ensure the development of relevant categories • To develop new customers in your region

    • To support and implement the growth business strategy, that incorporates increasing large grower and distributor networks.

    • Graduate/Diploma in Horticulture or Soil/Plant Science / Turf / Agri

    • Experience in Horticulture - this could be garden centres, growing, breeding etc

    • Current driving licence and the availability and willingness to travel

    • Ideally Basis and Facts qualified or willingness to work towards this

  • Location: North-West Could be based Lancashire / Cumbria / Cheshire but willingness to travel is essential

    Salary: £DOE

    How to Apply: please email recruit@westland.com and mention YPHA Website

Nursery Worker

Westland

  • Due to phenomenal growth in recent months, we’re excited to expand our team! We’re looking for a passionate and dedicated Horticultural Nursery Worker to join our friendly team at our thriving nursery in Spalding.

    This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a love for plants and gardening who wants to develop a career in the horticulture industry.

     

    • Perform daily plant care tasks including watering, potting, and general maintenance.

    • Assist with weeding, planting, grading, and setting flower beds.

    • Support loading trailers and working with potting machines.

    • Contribute to various aspects of plant production and maintenance.

    • Handle manual lifting, as some plants weigh over 10kg

    • Full UK Driving Licence required.

    • Flexibility to work additional hours during peak periods.

    • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

    • Genuine interest in horticulture.

    • Forklift licence is desirable but not essential.

    • Basic computer skills.

    • PA1/PA6 qualifications are useful; training will be provided.

  • Location: Spalding, Lincolnshire

    Salary: DOE

    Working Hours: Availability: Monday to Friday, 07:30-16:30, with occasional weekend work (2-4 hours on a rota basis, either Saturday or Sunday).

    How to Apply: Please email recruit@westland.com and mention YPHA Website

Gardener

Perennial

  • Perennial is passionate about building better futures for people working in horticulture and their families.  Established in 1839, Perennial is the UK’s only charity dedicated to helping everyone who works with plants, trees, grass or flowers.

    • Planting and pruning

    • Grass cutting, digging, hoeing, pond maintenance and general maintenance

    • Propagation

    • Hedge, shrub, small tree and topiary maintenance

    • Garden pest and disease control

    • Input and support for re-design and planting schemes

    • Assisting in the planning and implementation of improvements and replanting in consultation with the Garden Manager

    • Undertaking routine maintenance of equipment in accordance with procedures

    • Having a strong working knowledge of ornamental plants including identification of both Latin and common names (note: the garden is not labelled)

    • 3 years of experience working in a garden open to the public

    • Exceptional topiary skills

    • Team player with the ability to work autonomously as and when required

    • Excellent interpersonal skills and motivational skills

    • Passion for sharing plant knowledge with others

    • Trained in multiple power tolls, especially hedge cutters, strimmers, leaf blowers, chainsaw, ride-on mower

    • Trained to Level 3 RHS qualification or equivalent experience

  • Location: York Gate Garden, Leeds

    Salary: ~£24,000 plus package

    How to Apply: If you would like to speak further about the role before making your application, please contact Amy Routley on aroutley@perennial.org.uk and mention YPHA Website