Senior Gardener -Beautiful 15-acre Private Garden

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Gardener to manage the gardens of a beautiful 15 -acre private garden / estate based in the countryside in North Norfolk, on a full time and permanent basis.

The role is based near Melton Constable, in a gorgeous, idyllic spot. The current gardener is stepping down and we are looking for someone experienced to fill their excellent shoes.

The garden includes a 0.3-acre kitchen garden and a 1-acre orchard so applicants should have previous experience with pruning and training top and soft fruits. The estate also includes around 0.5 acre of formal gardens, which includes a rose garden, herbaceous boarders, shrubs, lawns, hedges and topiary.  There is a glasshouse and a polytunnel for propagating. The owners have a building programme which will create event space for the Mantis Insight Business.

A significant portion of the duties will include propagating and growing vegetables through the year in the kitchen garden.  Equally important duties include pruning fruit trees, managing espalier and fan trained trees and managing soft fruits.  Additionally, the owners are creating new herbaceous borders and the successful candidate will play a key role in shaping these and maintaining them.

Hours:

• 40 hours a week
• Monday - Friday 

The successful candidate will join another part-time garden assistant. The owners are looking for candidates with horticultural experience, enthusiasm and a passion for kitchen and fruit gardening.  The candidate will need to be knowledgeable and able to work on their own initiative.  The candidate is likely to have qualifications at RHS level 2 (or equivalent) but this is not essential.  More important is the applicant’s passion for gardening and learning together with a strong estate gardening background.  The gardens are almost entirely organic and biodynamic - no pesticides or herbicides have been used on the land for many years.  The main front driveway is occasionally treated so a PA1/6 certification may be helpful (but is not essential).  Experience with livestock would be helpful, but again not essential.

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced senior / estate gardener to be involved in maintaining and developing a private garden. 

For more information, please contact Rebecca : rebecca@larstonerecruitment.com