Experienced Gardener - Surrey, United Kingdom - Horticruitment UK Ltd

Horticruitment UK Ltd
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1 month ago

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An exciting opportunity has become available for an Experienced Gardener to join an incredible private estate that has gone through a monumental restoration of the buildings, gardens and grounds.

The position is a full time and permanent role and is basedin Surrey.

The 500-acre grounds are entirely new, based loosely on the historic gardens that were lost in the 1960's.

The grounds have been designed to consist of garden areas, a few of those areas are as follows; Forecourt with formal parterre planting beds with hedgesand a topiary yew centrepiece surrounded by close cut formal lawns.

These beds have a changing display of bulbs and annual flowering plants to provide year-round interest and will require careful maintenance and regular replanting with the gardeners eitherordering in or propagating and growing on the required plants.

The grotto entranceissurrounded by coniferous trees planted to create woodland clump when viewed from the park. Shrub and herbaceous planting above the grotto to frame the sculpture/urn here.
Thegarden walk is anelegant repeat of shrub and herbaceous ground including planting around the outsides of the garden terrace.
The Southern walk becomes part of the Garden terrace with a seat looking back towards the south wing.

The Kitchen Terrace and Pool Terraceplanting is entirely in large timber planters. Small clipped standard trees surrounded with seasonal annuals.

Both terraces have the same layout, but the Pool terrace is in the shade of the house for much of the day whereasthe Kitchen Terrace is mostly in full sunlight.

The walled garden is divided into aquartered layout with gravel paths on the cross axis and around the perimeter walls.

The central area is a simple meadow and fruit trees feature arbours in each quadrant. Anew glasshouse has been built to accommodate house plants, seedlings and tender plants. The glasshouse backs onto the potting sheds.

A working area with compost/ bulk materials storage 'bins' has been created and fruit cages and large areas of growing bedsfor cut flowers and vegetables.

Other areas include the summer garden, spring and autumn woodland garden, lake walk with several planting areas on the terraces sloping down to lake, cascade steps, Japanese garden and arboretum woodland which will be a low maintenancearea.

The position is a 5-day working week and the salary provided is up to £28,000 depending on experience. A full UK driving license is required.


SALARY:
Up to £28,000 depending on experience


LOCATION:
Near Godalming, Surrey**
JOB No:EC50452
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