Gardener

Description:

Gardener

Location:  Chiswick House & Gardens, West London

Salary:  £29,000 - £30,000 per annnum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Groundwork London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Are you passionate about horticulture, landscaping and would you like to support new trainees into the industry?

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, the 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.

Person Specification

Essential:

A relevant horticulture and/or landscaping  / management qualification such as a BTEC, NVQ or RHS (Level 2 essential, Level 3+ desirable)
Proven experience as a gardener and the ability to demonstrate a strong track record of success.
Experience and competence in using machinery (including tractors & mowers), spraying equipment, and handheld machine garden tools.
Ability to provide support and guidance to trainees.
Ability to work to planned schedules, prioritising tasks,  and providing solutions to fix issues.
Ability to follow relevant Health & Safety process and procedures
Ability to use MS office (Word, Excel) Internet and Email.
Ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and partners.
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
A willingness to be flexible in work patterns and to fulfil occasional evening and weekend duties
Commitment to Groundwork London’s diversity, equality and inclusion in practice in the workplace and across communities
Full UK driving licence with the ability to be reasonably insured on our policy.
Desirable:

Hold PA1 & PA6 spraying certificates (desirable).
An understanding of the barriers facing unemployed clients in their journey to paid employment
To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Groundwork London, please do not hesitate to apply.

Closing date for applications: 10th August 2026