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Seasonal Gardener

Harper Garden Services

Glasgow

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GBP 40,000 - 60,000

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Join a growing team at an innovative gardening service that specializes in maintaining private gardens and soft landscaping. As a seasonal Assistant Gardener, you'll engage in diverse tasks such as mowing, planting, and pruning, ensuring gardens flourish throughout the seasons. Ideal candidates will have a full UK driving licence and a passion for horticulture, along with the ability to work in various weather conditions. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment, with a trial shift and probation period to ensure a good fit. If you're ready to cultivate your career in gardening, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Full clean UK driving licence is essential with at least a year of experience.
Horticultural experience and knowledge of garden machinery are preferred.

Perform all aspects of garden maintenance including mowing, weeding, and planting.
Use garden machinery and tools for effective garden upkeep.

Organisational Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Horticultural Knowledge

Driving Skills

Garden Machinery Operation

Horticultural Qualification

Garden Machinery

Pressure Washer

Self-employed Assistant Gardener (seasonal work April - November 2025)

Harper garden services is a small but growing business which services private gardens and at times will offer soft landscaping such as fencing and decking. We are seeking a maintenance gardener to join our team. You will need a full driving licence with at least a year's driving experience. Horticultural experience will be considered.

Responsibilities:

All aspects of garden maintenance including:
Mowing
Strimming
Weeding
Planting
Pruning
Watering
Seeding
Hedge cutting
Leaf blowing
Spraying
Fencing/ timber work
Pressure washing
Garden tidies

Person Specification:

Organised
Excellent communication skills
Full clean UK driving licence is essential
Trailer license (preferable but not essential)
Hort qualification desirable (not essential)
PA1 & PA6 desirable (not essential)
Excellent interpersonal skills
Vast knowledge and experience using garden machinery/tools
Happy to work in all weather

How to become part of the team?

Interview, Trial shift, Probation. We firstly ask you to come in person and see us for a quick 10-15 min chat, just to make sure you're a real person and experience your attitude and personality. If you pass this first stage, we then work with you to get you in for a trial shift. This helps us evaluate your suitability for the job and your skill level. It will also allow you to experience what working for Harper garden service looks like. You get to see our tools and company's culture. In case of the successful trial shift, we will offer you a 1-month probation period, during which we will train you to become a fully fledged member of our team. After probation, we offer you an extended contract based on your needs and our capabilities.

Schedule:

Monday to Friday, Weekend availability, Hours are negotiable around daylight.

Salary:

£ per hour

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Seasonal Gardener

Harper Garden Services

Glasgow

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

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