UMBRA International
We seek a skilled Land Manager/Head Gardener who is adept at both hands-on tasks and joint managing external contractors to maintain and enhance our estate.
Responsibilities:
Maintain and nurture the produce garden and orchard, ensuring healthy growth of vegetables and fruits
Maintain and nurture the cutting garden ensuring healthy growth of all flowers and vegetation.
Maintain lawns and gardens using mowers, trimmers, and other landscaping equipment.
Manage and carry out tasks relating to soil health, including mulching, composting, and fertilization.
Share responsibility for the upkeep of all Estate landscape areas including mature woodlands, lawns, fields, pond, and a developing wildflower meadow.
Perform seasonal garden tasks such as pruning, trimming, and leaf clean-up.
Maintain paths, driveways, and other hard landscaping to ensure safety and aesthetic appeal.
Qualifications:
Proven groundskeeping experience, ideally in a large estate or public park.
Ability to perform physically demanding tasks.
Farming skills, good understanding for the landscapes/ecology
Strong horticultural and landscape maintenance knowledge.
Proficiency in operating landscaping machinery and hand tools.
Horticulture or landscape management qualifications are advantageous
Excellent communication skills and task management for effective teamwork and contractor liaison
Valid driver’s licence and reliable transportation.
Offer dependent upon receipt of a clean Enhanced DBS Check (to be organised by employer)