Horticulturist in Truro

Location: St. Michael Penkivel

Salary: £27,000 per year

Recruiter: Tregothnan

Job Hours: Full-time

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HORTICULTURISTCirca £27,000pa depending on experiencePermanent, Full-time, 40 hrs pw, Mon-Fri, 7.

45am-4.

15pmApproximately 8 miles from Truro, CornwallAbout UsThe Tregothnan Estate is a private family home with a world-renowned botanical garden and woodland.

The Estate has a team of maintenance, gardening, forestry and joinery employees that maintain the core estate and manage the beautiful surroundings which are on the edge of the River Fal.

The Estate is also a landlord with a substantial portfolio of residential, commercial, and agricultural properties.

Through its day to day running, the Estate produces tea (the only UK grown blend), honey and jam, which are sold by our trading team; delivers Experiences including Garden and Tea Tasting Tours; and rents holiday accommodation.

The Estate is diverse in its activities and the job roles it provides.

The teams have a great community spirit, the surroundings are inspiring, and the work is always interesting.

Working at Tregothnan is being part of Cornwall’s heritage and its modern future.

The Benefits- 21 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays.

- Pension scheme.

- Health care cash back plan.

- Discount scheme with high street and online retailers.

- Salary sacrifice home, tech and cycle to work schemes.

The RoleWe have an exciting opportunity for a Horticulturist, who will be responsible for all aspects of plant care and providing all year gardening.

Working alongside a small team of gardeners, you will deputise for the Head Gardener in their absence.

Duties include:- Propagation, planting (including house flowers and plants/flowers for entering competitions), plant labelling and plant care.

- Plant ordering.

- Pond planting and maintenance.

- Entering plants/flowers into competitions and attending these events.

- Logging plants onto a database, geo-mapping of the collection, and setting up a garden library of all plant records.

- Soft landscaping and designing.

- Lawncare and mowing.

- Strimming.

- Hedge trimming, pruning and chainsaw work.

- Soil cultivation and weeding.

- Pest, disease and weed control, including spraying.

- Path and drive maintenance and construction.

- Landscape construction.

- Mentoring students and apprentices, in conjunction with the Head Gardener.

About YouYou will need:- RHS Level 3, National Diploma in Horticulture or equivalent.

- Sound horticulture knowledge, with a natural ability to nurture plants through their growth phase.

- Previous gardening experience within a team-based role.

- Experience of using pedestrian lawnmowers e.

cylinder and rotary, strimming and brush cutting.

- Organised, conscientious and attention to detail.

- Hardworking.

- Ability to work alone and as part of a team.

- Good communication skills, professional and positive attitude, polite and good levels of personal presentation.

- To be passionate and competitive in terms of showing plants/flowers.

- Full UK driving licence and own transport, as we are in a rural location with no access to public transport.

Closing date: Monday 15 July 2024Other organisations may call this role Gardener, Groundskeeper, Grounds Person, Horticultural Technician, Horticulture Operative, or Skilled Gardener.

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About Tregothnan

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Tregothnan is the home of English tea. In 2005 Tregothnan sold the first-ever tea grown in the UK, the culmination of over two centuries of experimenting with the tea genus with the help of its unique subtropical microclimate.

Tregothnan makes a range of black, green and herbal teas. Fresh leaves are plucked from our Cornish plantations by the Estate’s garden team and processed on site using traditional hand-rolling methods. Muslin cloths are used to squeeze out excess moisture and gently bruise the leaves to begin the oxidisation process to turn the leaves black.

Tregothnan blends its teas with the finest ingredients sourced from the Estate's own botanical garden, local growers and tenant farmers and carefully selected ‘sister’ plantations across the globe. Becoming a ‘tea master’ takes many years of blending practice to achieve due to the climatic, soil and varietal factors that influence a tea’s taste. Tregothnan has recognised tea masters who were recently invited to lecture on tea at the Global Tea Fair in Shenzen.

MD of Tregothnan trading, Jonathon Jones, took a Nuffield Scholarship and travelled the world to research tea before embarking on this British quest to pioneer Britain’s favourite beverage – finally giving the nation’s favourite drink a home on British soil.

People are beginning to think of tea with the same reverence as coffee for its many varieties. Rare varieties of Camellia sinensis (tea bush) have been gifted to Tregothnan to cultivate in England, meaning Tregothnan has one of the world’s most comprehensive tea collections. This includes such varieties as the Vietnamese ‘six-pack’ tea – so nicknamed for its likeness to a well-toned abdomen.

As well as growing English tea, a diversity of lands also allows us to produce sustainable coppiced charcoal, Manuka honey and Kea plum jam. Seasonal British flowers are sourced from the Tregothnan estate and surrounding lands for our range of hand-tied English bouquets.