Estate Gardener - Egham, United Kingdom - Fairmont Windsor Park

Fairmont Windsor Park

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Egham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Located a minute away from Windsor Great Park, and 10 minutes away from Windsor, in a beautiful country setting with 251 bedrooms including over 30 opulent suites.

A fantastic new position has arisen for a estate gardener to join us at the wonderful Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel.

You will be based out of the hotel but your main responsibilities will be working on our wider estates, Oaklands park house and the staff accommodation houses that are located around the grounds.

When you first join us you will be helping our companies Regional Head Gardener and a small team to help create and landscape the newly built Oaklands Park House's grounds.

As our estate gardener you will be tasked with helping in all aspects of garden care and maintenance of our beautiful grounds.

The property is large, consisting of mixed and herbaceous beds and borders, natural areas with long grasses, parkland, trees, lawns, lakes, formal areas, and a kitchen garden.

The role will suit a knowledgeable, confident, hardworking Gardener who can communicate well with others while working within a small team.

You will be provided your own designated area where you can put all your soft landscaping skills at use, from planting, pruning, weeding, mowing, strimming, and so on, while assisting the rest of team when necessary.

You will have a sense of creativity, and aesthetics, with a strong attention to details, working hand in hand with the standards of the hotel.

What we are looking for:

Previous experience of working on the grounds of a large estate with strong general plant knowledge
Competent to work in compliance with Health & Safety and COSHH regulations
Ability to work on your own in your own designated area, as well as within a team environment
A confident individual with strong communications skills
Practical handson experience in the maintenance of large gardens: lawn care, hedge trimming, pest and weed control, border management, design, and maintenance
Some experience of maintaining or doing hard landscaping and external facilities
Experience of using the typical range of garden tools and machinery
Any qualifications within the horticultural trade would be desirable (Pa1/Pa6 and chainsaw)

What do we offer: