Gardening and Stock Assistants

We require additional Gardening and Stock Assistants to start asap to join our busy team working Tuesday–Saturday based at our Addlestone site, with the working hours Tues to Fri 7.30am – 4.30pm and Sat 8am to 4.30pm. You will receive an hourly rate of£13.45p/h, holiday pay and free onsite parking with a guarantee of 4 weeks work during a busy time. Please note you do need to have your own transport to get to our site as there is no public transport links close by.

The role would suit candidates who enjoy working outdoors and would like to work with plants for a company who provide a range of plants, flowers, etc to business trade and retail customers. We are an award-winning nursery, supplying exceptional plants and trees to garden designers, landscape architects, and retail customers across the UK.

If you are an individual who simply has an interest in gardening or who has previous landscaping or gardening experience and enjoy working outdoors in a busy and hands on role, this is the role for you. You will be assisting across the site, working as part of a friendly team for a professional commercial garden nursery.

This role will be majority garden nursery maintenance, which is typically weeding, cleaning, pruning and watering. Initially assisting with the weeding of the outdoor commercial garden areas and general tidying up of the site ready for our new season of plants.
Duties are listed below: -
• Weeding and general nursery upkeep
• Picking and preparing customer orders
• Stacking and moving trolleys
• Watering plants and maintaining stock health
• Helping to check plants for water and irrigating as required.
• Assisting in ensuring that all beds and areas are tidy, weed free and prepared for use.
• Trimming plants to maintain quality and saleability
• Ensuring quality and standards are maintained.

The role of Gardening Assistant is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working outdoors, doesn’t mind getting dirty and is happy to carry out a range of gardening tasks to ensure our client orders are fulfilled in an accurate and timely manner. Ideally you will have worked with plants or in a garden or nursery environment, but you may just enjoy gardening as a hobby and be familiar with plants or simply want a role based outside.

In return we can offer a friendly working environment at our Addlestone site, free parking and the opportunity to secure a weekly paid role starting asap for a guaranteed 4 weeks.