Over the last nearly 25 years, Groundwork’s Green Teams have provided hundreds of unemployed Londoners with their first taste of work in grounds maintenance and horticulture. We are working for Chiswick House & Gardens Trust to help care for their thriving 350-year-old, 65 acre haven in the heart of Hounslow, west London.
Teeming with nature, stories, and activities, Chiswick House and gardens are free to visit and open every day, welcoming up to 1 million visits annually. It is one of the UK’s most important landscape gardens (Grade 1 listed), it tells the story of a key moment in garden history, when William Kent and the Earl of Burlington, began the English Landscape Movement.
‘The Groundwork team work alongside us to care for and enhance the gardens. We pool resources and try to get the best out of each other with shared aims and objectives to make things better for those that visit the gardens, and those that learn and work in them. We are proud to share this beautiful, historic environment with Groundwork.’ Rosie Fyles, Head of Gardens CHGT.
We are seeking a Gardener to join our small team on this site delivering a range of proactive and reactive maintenance tasks, including: mowing of meadows, leisure & ornamental lawns; hedgerow maintenance; mulching & leaf clearance. You will support the Team Leader to offer our Trainees the best opportunity to develop their skills and experience to enable them enter long term roles in horticulture.
You will get the opportunity to work within a wider team of talented, ambitious and supportive gardeners who love their jobs, in a warm atmosphere where people are encouraged to feel part of something that is making a big impact on people’s lives.
For further information and to discuss the role please contact Steve Finn, Green Team Programme Manager at:
[email protected] 07702 532746
Groundwork London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.
To be confirmed after the closing date.
