Gardening Couple Job
Greycoat Lumley's client are seeking for a dedicated Gardening Couple for an excellent opportunity to join a beautiful privately owned sporting estate 20 minutes south of Inverness. The Couple will report to the Head Gardener who is based at a different location, but visits the Scottish Estate regularly.
The garden and grounds include; walled kitchen garden with a stunning large greenhouse, herbaceous borders surrounding the main residence, walled herbaceous flower garden, a beautiful woodland dell area and extensive lawns. There is a newly build compost bay for making large amounts of organic matter and a newly re-designed late season herbaceous border.
We’re looking for a couple who is enthusiastic, hardworking, uses their own initiative, works well together, and apart, and demonstrates some of the below;
- Pedestrian mowing of lawns and extensive large lawns cut with a ride on mower.
- Strimming duties of large main drive as well as other rough grass areas.
- Lawn edging where required.
- Leaf blowing and collecting through the autumn and winter.
- Snow clearing on main drive and around house.
- It would be beneficial for one individual of the couple to have a chainsaw certificate and a PA1 / PA6 certificate, training can be provided if required.
- Assist with clearing fallen trees.
- The couple must make sure that the gardens look at its best from September onwards for family shoots and Let days.
- Must be enthusiastic and have a positive attitude
- Possess a good plant knowledge and high horticultural skills and understand the practicalities of producing plants from seed and plugs.
- Experience in growing and producing vegetables to a high standard, for use by the main residence, particularly winter vegetables.
- Knowledge and experience in producing cut flowers for the main residence.
- Carry out herbaceous border division and re-planting on a regular basis.
- Ideally have experience in using and maintaining garden machinery, including an Avant Loader, rotary ride on mower, pedestrian mowers, strimmer’s and leaf blowers (handheld and back pack).
Working hours:
Candidate 1 – full time Monday- Friday, weekend watering only
Candidate 2 – part time, Monday-Thursday, weekend watering only
Accommodation:
Live in, 2-3 bed house, with garden and driveway, council tax included.
Salary:
£65,000 GPA
lesley@greycoatlumleys.co.uk