Gardener

As a Gardener for the National Trust, you'll be a hands-on member of the garden team, involved in every aspect of gardening at Standen. Responsible for day-to-day maintenance, and the highest standards of horticulture, you'll also play a vital role in improving the experience of visitors to the garden and wider estate.

You may be asked to work occasional weekends, bank holidays and evenings.

You will also take on duty management responsibilities as part of the whole property team.

What it's like to work here

Reporting to the head gardener, you'll be part of a team of three.

Standen is an arts and crafts family home set in a beautiful hillside garden. The strong arts and crafts offering includes varied exhibitions, a contemporary arts programme and collaborations with local artists. This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive team in an ever-growing location. Standen is jam-packed with borders providing lots of ideas for visitors gardens at home. The plant shop sells plants grown in the nursery and seasonal kitchen garden produce is available to buy., You'll be helping to keep the garden in tiptop condition every day. This might involve daily checks to make sure all areas are safe for people visiting, routine tasks such as weeding, pruning and mulching, and using machinery such as hedge cutters, leaf blowers, lawnmowers and tractors.

Other duties might include propagation, cutting flowers for the house, preparing plants for sale, tree safety work and garden design and restoration. You may be involved in recycling and managing waste, along with the rest of the garden team.

We'd love to hear from you if you're:

• an enthusiastic horticulturist and hands-on gardener, who's worked with hard landscaping before


• knowledgeable about plants, with a great eye for detail.


• experienced with machinery, including tractors, chainsaws, rotary and cylinder mowers, and with some knowledge of maintenance


• a driver with a full licence


• able to manage a demanding outdoor role


• good at talking to, and getting on with, all kinds of people


• equally confident working within a team, with volunteers or on your own


• able to keep to time, plan and meet deadlines