Garden Maintenance Operative
Company: Gardens by Water Gems
Salary: £24,000 - £27,000 per year
Date posted: 22 April 2025
Apply before: Unspecified
The Job:
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our hard-working garden maintenance team. Duties will include maintaining flowers and shrubs, weeding and mulching garden beds, pruning trees and shrubs to ensure their health and appearance, and other general ground keeping tasks.
- Location: Scotland, Edinburgh & The Lothians
- Industry: Horticulture
- Job type: Full-time
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The Company:
Gardens by Water Gems was established over 20 years ago and is a multi-award-winning company who transform outdoor spaces into beautiful gardens across Scotland and northern England and we now provide a regular maintenance service to keep these gardens and water features looking fabulous.
The Candidate:
- The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a similar position, basic horticulture knowledge, strive to deliver a high-quality service across all garden maintenance tasks and have strong communication skills with colleagues.
- Gardening experience: 2 years (preferred)
- Full UK Driving Licence (required)
The Package:
- Salary is dependent on experience (£24,000 - £27.000 per year)
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