Me & My Job - Phil Seedhouse, area sales manager, DLF Trifolium
How did you get started in the industry? With the surname "Seedhouse", I fell into the industry by chance, being...
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Chris' Story
Garden designer and TV presenter Chris Beardshaw explains why he loves working in the horticultural industry and how he got into the profession. read on
Career Profiles
Me & My Job - Dylan Freeburn, gardener, Quarry Bank Mill
- How did you get started in the industry? I spent three years studying from the age of 17...
Me & My Job - Andy Ward, regional manager, Headland Amenity
How did you get started in the industry? I studied for my BTEC first diploma in horticulture at Moulton College,...
Me & My Job - John Hughes, senior technical adviser, DLF Trifloium
- How did you get started in the industry? My first job was at the Welsh Plant Breeding Station...
Me & My Job - Harry Hitchcock, marketing manager, Coles Nurseries
How did you get started in the industry? I began working at a local tree nursery on weekends while I...
Horticulture Career News
Grow horticulture careers site gets social media boost
A service to promote horticulture as a rewarding career is about to take another important step forward, as chair Leigh...
BBC staffer is named Young Horticulturist of the Year and receives £2,000 bursary
Jez Stamp, who works in the BBC Gardeners' World production team, has won the Institute of Horticulture's 24th Young Horticulturist...
Horticulturist of the Year -winner to be declared
The Institute of Horticulture's Young Horticulturist of the Year final is being held at the University of Liverpool's Ness Botanic...
Apprentice scoops award
Glasgow City Council modern apprentice Finulla McCloskey has won the horticulture prize in sector skills council Lantra's Land-based & Aquaculture...
Capel Manor student design contest won
Provender Nurseries' Capel Manor College student design competition has seen 42 entries, with 10 shortlisted. The winning design by Esra...
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- Gardener - Static site (18559), Anders Plus
- £18 - £22k doe, Heathrow
- Garden Manager, Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
- Circa £30,000 - £35,000 per annum depending on experience, Wisley, Woking, Surrey
- Assistant Head Gardener, National Trust
- £21,629 per annum, Stowe & Aylesbury Vale portfolio, Buckingham
- Garden Supervisor, National Trust
- £18,486 per annum, Chastleton House, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire
- Parks Development Officer: Infrastructure, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- £35,055 - £37,851, Tower Hamlets
