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    Skilled Gardener - Richmond Park, Surrey, United Kingdom - The Royal Parks

    The Royal Parks
    The Royal Parks Richmond Park, Surrey, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Full time
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    Richmond Park, Surrey

    The Organisation

    The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017.

    We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London.

    These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James's Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

    We are now looking for a Skilled Gardener to join us at Richmond Park on a full-time, permanent basis.

    The Benefits

    • Salary of £30,072 per annum, depending on experience
    • 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years' service
    • Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
    • Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
    • Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
    • Learning and development opportunities
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Offices in a beautiful location
    The Role

    As a Skilled Gardener, you will care for, cultivate and maintain allocated areas of our gardens in Richmond Park.


    Contributing to the delivery of garden plans and programmes of work, you will conduct seasonal maintenance, planting, pruning, regeneration projects and habitat management.

    You will set and maintain high horticultural standards, embedding achievable, sustainable practices and promoting biodiversity in our parks.

    About You

    To be considered as a Skilled Gardener, you will need:

    • Demonstrable practical horticultural experience
    • Good knowledge of horticultural plant and machinery operations
    • Good plant knowledge particularly around shrubs, herbaceous and bulbous plants
    • Good knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace
    • A formal horticultural qualification e.g. NVQ Level 2 (amenity horticulture) or RHS, or equivalent experience
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