Average Gardener salary in the UK

Berry Recruitment are currently looking for a gardener to work for a crematorium based in Golders Green. Experience is preferable. The role will include maintaining the grounds, mowing, pruning etc. This is an immediate start role. Pay rate is £12 per hour This opportunity is working from Monday - Friday, 8AM - 4PM, 39 hours paid weekly. If this opportunity is of interest please apply now or call Kira in our Hendon branch of Berry Recruitment Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

An excellent full time and permanent opportunity has arisen for a gardener / groundskeeper with a passion for lawn care and garden maintenance to work within the beautiful gardens of a private estate in North Surrey. The private estate encompasses 13-acres of land, which includes a 9-acre modern garden designed by a renowned contemporary landscape and garden designer. The garden contains formal lawns with wild meadow grass sections and grass herbaceous borders. Set out geometrically, the garden also contains extensive hedging made up of Yew, Beech and Box, with a stream to one side of the garden and woodland / parkland on the other. The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for the estate’s lawn care, which equates to approximately 40% of the extensive grounds. Separated into wild meadow and high standard lawn, in addition the estate includes formal lawns up to a bowling green standard. You will be reporting into the head gardener and join him along with other team members as custodians of the grounds, working as part of the small gardening and maintenance team ensuring the lawns and garden are kept to the highest standards throughout the seasons, aligning with the estate owner’s requirements. It will be the responsibility of the gardener / groundskeeper to ensure all turf care is maintained and well kept, including mowing lawns, treating, feeding, fertilising and when necessary, assisting the rest of the team with their duties. Both formal lawns are fully irrigated thus an understanding and knowledge of the maintenance and operation of irrigation systems would be beneficial. Duties will vary naturally throughout the seasons and will include leaf collection and clearing snow. Other responsibilities may include planting, watering, transplanting, controlling diseases, insects, and weeds. The ideal candidate will have had experience in all aspects of lawncare; could be from or working within a greenkeeping environment; a non-smoker with a keen eye for details, meticulous in the maintenance of high standards, taking pride in their work, reliable and able to work with complete discretion. The working hours would be Monday - Friday 07:00 to 16:00 changing to 07:30 to 16:30 throughout the winter period. Included are two 30-minute breaks, at 09:30 and 13:00. Work benefits include a workplace pension and a private healthcare package. SALARY: Up to £35,000 DOE LOCATION: North Surrey JOB No: EC62660 If this Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe. Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Gardener vacancy. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not possible to respond to every one. Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 14 days, your application for this Gardener vacancy will have been unsuccessful.

Guidant Global is recruiting for Gardeners on behalf of their client, to carry our grounds maintenance and horticultural operations throughout the Brighton and Hove area. This position starts on Saturday 1st June and requires your commitment for 37 hours per week, through until the end of the season. Purpose of the role: Undertake grounds maintenance and horticultural operations to a high standard whilst adhering to all quality and Health & Safety requirements. Work will be predominantly focused in public parks, outdoor sports grounds, school grounds, landscaped areas and other public open spaces, using a wide range of horticultural tools, equipment and vehicles. Responsibilities of the role: Identify the most common horticultural pests and diseases and take appropriate remedial actionBe appropriately qualified to carry out chemical pest and weed controlWork alone, under minimum supervision or as part of a team to carry out a full range of grounds maintenance and horticultural operations in order to contribute to the enhancement of the city environment and provide customer satisfaction for visitors and users of the outdoor facilitiesApply your plant knowledge to effectively undertake advanced horticultural operations that include seasonal pruning, soil bed preparation, planting (trees, herbaceous and bedding plants) and grass turfingCarry out routine maintenance of all sports surfaces to ensure the readiness of facilities for public use, to include fertilising, scarifying, aeration, marking out and over marking, sweeping, erecting / dismantling and maintenance of apparatusOperate a range of horticultural machinery, including specialist machines e.g. cylinder mowers, rotovators, scarifiers, turf-lifters, over-seeders, motorised sprayers, and to undertake checks and basic maintenance to ensure their safe operationDriving, of vehicles and other ride-on horticultural machinery, e.g. transit vans, tractors, ride-on mowersCarry out vehicle pre-use checks, accurately filling in the check-book, and reporting defects to the Team Leader and Fleet Workshop FitterIdentify hazards and take remedial action, and report hazard to Team LeaderCarry out basic hard landscaping works e.g. small scale concreting and slab layingCarry out daily, visual playground checks for apparatus damage and/or hazardous debris and complete reports to ensure that they are maintained in accordance with agreed standards. Carry out basic maintenance to sand/bark pits and hard surfaces within playgrounds.Effectively assist more senior staff with advanced activities when situation demandsTake due care of your own health and safety and that of othersOther duties as reasonably requiredWorking effectively to ensure productivity is maximisedProviding a positive customer experience including a professional, helpful approach with service users and all other internal and external customers, exhibiting a professional appearance and attitude, displaying BHCC uniform or carrying ID cards when attending to works, maintaining condition of vehicles, driving and parking courteouslyAttend and actively participate in all meetings and training sessions as requiredWorking well as part of a team, linking with and supporting other colleagues, teams or contractors to ensure successful completions of works Certification and/or experience ideally required: NVQ Level 2 certificate in horticulture, or equivalent qualification, or a comparable level of experience within the industryGood knowledge of Health and Safety in relation to grounds maintenance and amenity horticultureNPTC PA1 & PA6A Spraying CertificateSafe Use of Ride-On Mowers LANTRA CertificateSafety Awareness Training Certificate Please note that the role of Gardener is a physically demanding role, requiring manual handling, load lifting and some excavation work. The role will involve using noisy and vibrating machinery. You will be required to work outdoors in all weather conditions. Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.