Average Gardener salary in the UK

GardenerSwindon8am - 4pm Monday to FridaySalary: £23,000 - £25,000 per annum DOEWe are looking for a passionate and skilled gardener to join our team based in Swindon.Job Description: As a Gardener, you will be responsible for maintaining gardens and green spaces to the highest standards. Your work will include planting, pruning, weeding, mowing, and general garden maintenance. You will work both independently and as part of a team, ensuring that our clients' gardens are vibrant and well-cared-for throughout the year.Responsibilities: Planting and maintaining flowers, shrubs, and trees.Pruning and trimming plants and hedges.Mowing lawns and maintaining grass areas.Weeding, mulching, and fertilizing plants.Installing garden features like paths, fences, and patios.Operating and maintaining garden tools and machinery.Assessing plant health and applying treatments when necessary.Ensuring all work is completed to a high standard and within project deadlines.Providing excellent customer service and addressing client queries. Requirements: Proven experience as a gardener or similar role.Knowledge of plants, flowers, and gardening techniques.Ability to operate garden machinery (e.g., lawn mowers, trimmers, etc.).Physical stamina and the ability to work in various weather conditions.Attention to detail and a strong work ethic.Good communication skills and the ability to work well in a team.Relevant qualifications in horticulture (preferred but not essential).A valid UK driving license. If you are passionate about gardening and want to be part of a dedicated team, please send your up to date CV via the application link.

Berry Recruitment in Exeter are working with a Local Authority to help them find 4 Gardener's for a short term contract based in Totnes As a Gardener your role will be as follows: SweepingWeedingLitter PickingMaintaining Hard StreetscapesUse of hand tools It is expected that you will have the following skills and attributes: Capable and happy to work in all weathersExperience with blowers and strimmers.Past manual labour experience. Ideally we need two people with a driving licence so having that will give you a distinct advantage in this role. The Gardener role is paying £12.59 an hour and is a 37 hour a week job. Please apply online or contact Dave Smith at Berry Recruitment for more information. 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.

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 Business in relation to this vacancy.