Experienced Gardener / Garden Maintenance Operative

Job Description

Workshop are looking for an experienced and professional Gardener / Garden Maintenance Operative to join a well-established landscaping company to work on maintaining high-end private gardens and estates across the Southeast.

You must have proven experience working to a professional standard in all aspects of garden maintenance, including hedge cutting and topiary work.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out all aspects of garden maintenance including mowing, strimming, weeding, pruning, edging, and border care.
• Trim and maintain formal hedging to a high standard using both short and long-arm hedge cutters.
• Shape and maintain topiary (balls, domes, cones, spirals, etc.) with precision and care.
• Work efficiently and tidily as part of a small professional team.
• Take pride in every job and deliver a consistently high-quality finish.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in professional garden maintenance.
• Confident and competent using all common maintenance equipment, including hedge cutters and mowers.
• Excellent attention to detail and a passion for high standards.
• Reliable, hardworking, and self-motivate
• Full, clean UK driving licence and your own transport is essential
• Strong work ethic and a positive, can-do attitude.
• PA1/PA6 spraying licence, irrigation knowledge, machinery certificates – Beneficial

Benefits

• 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays)
• Company pension scheme.
• Uniform and PPE provided.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• The chance to work on some of the most beautiful private gardens in the area, within a respected and professional team.

Hours:

• Monday to Friday, 7:30am – 4:30pm