Horticulturist / Skilled Gardener

Care for Exceptional Gardens. Share in Our Success. Grow With Us. At Landscape Associates, we don’t just build gardens, we create enduring landscapes defined by precision, horticultural knowledge, and pride in workmanship.

As an employee-owned business, every member of our team plays a direct role in our success. When the company performs well, we all benefit, including through a profit-share scheme, rewarding long-term commitment and contribution.

If you’re a skilled horticulturist who takes pride in their plant knowledge, garden care, and high standards of presentation, and want to be part of a business built on craftsmanship and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role: As a Horticulturist, you will play a key role in maintaining and developing completed landscape projects, ensuring gardens continue to thrive and are presented to exceptional standards. Working as part of the aftercare team, you will deliver professional horticultural maintenance and plant care across a range of high-quality gardens, supporting the successful establishment and long-term health of planting schemes. This is a hands-on, site-based role, suited to someone with strong horticultural knowledge, a keen eye for detail, and pride in caring for exceptional landscapes.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Carrying out horticultural maintenance in line with aftercare schedules and site requirements
• Undertaking horticultural tasks including, but not limited to, planting, pruning, training, soil cultivation, mulching, lawn care, and seasonal maintenance works
• Monitoring plant health and identifying pests, disease, or maintenance needs
• Ensuring gardens are maintained to exceptional standards of presentation and care
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver high-quality garden care

What We’re Looking For:

• Minimum 1 years’ experience in horticulture or a related field
• Strong plant knowledge and understanding of plant care and maintenance principles
• Ability to carry out horticultural tasks to a high standard
• Understanding of workplace health & safety
• Reliable, punctual and well organised
• Physically fit and comfortable working outdoors year-round
• Strong attention to detail and pride in workmanship
• Experience maintaining high-quality private or commercial gardens
• Full clean UK driving licence

Why Join Landscape Associates?

• Employee Ownership & Profit Share
• We recently became employee-owned, meaning: You are part of a business where your contribution directly matters
• Our profit share scheme rewards commitment and leadership, with distributions weighted by both tenure and level of responsibility
• Long-term commitment is recognised and rewarded
• Success is shared across the team
• This is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to help shape and benefit from the future of the business.

About Us: Our work is guided by five core values:

• People – We put our teams, clients and collaborators first.
• Craft – Skill, care and attention to detail define our work.
• Knowledge – Strong horticultural and technical expertise underpin everything we do.
• Collaboration – We work closely with designers and clients to deliver cohesive, considered gardens.
• Continuity – We stay involved beyond completion, taking long-term responsibility for our projects.

We are growing, delivering larger, more complex projects and strengthening our aftercare and horticultural consultancy services. As part of our next chapter, we are building a team that shares our ambition and pride in high-quality landscapes.

Incentivised Training & Development: We believe horticultural knowledge grows through experience and continued learning. Our training pathway includes:

• Funded horticultural qualifications and specialist training such (incl. RHS L2 & 3)
• Structured progression routes across the company
• Skills-based pay progression
• Recognition for gaining new qualifications and certifications

Additional Benefits:

• Paid holiday
• Company pension
• High-quality PPE, equipment and uniform
• Strong team culture
• Opportunity to work on high-profile, design-led gardens
• Stable, growing business with long-term vision

Who You Are: You are:

• Solution focused
• Detail-oriented
• A strong team player
• Passionate about high-quality gardens
• Proud of your horticultural knowledge and workmanship

You believe in nurturing gardens properly and over time, not just maintaining the basics. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you’re enthusiastic, proactive and keen to learn, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement listed.

To apply: Please read the job advert and description carefully, then send your CV along with a short covering note outlining your experience and suitability.