Senior Gardener

We’re looking for a talented Senior Garden to join the team at Bodnant. If you’re a dedicated and enthusiastic horticulturist, who’s keen to make their mark in one of the National Trust’s most prestigious gardens, we’d love to here from you. Join our great and passionate team on a permanent full time contract.

**Interviews will be held at Bodnant on Monday 3rd October.
Rydym yn awyddus i benodi Uwch Arddwr cymwys i ymuno â’r tîm ym Modnant. Os ydych yn arddwr brwdfrydig, sy'n awyddus i wneud eich marc yn un o erddi mwyaf mawreddog yr Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol, byddem wrth ein bodd yn clywed gennych. Ymunwch â'n tîm gwych a brwdfrydig ar gytundeb llawn amser parhaol.

**Cynhelir y cyfweliadau ddydd Llun 3 Hydref ym Modnant.**

What it's like to work here:This world-famous 80-acre garden, with spectacular views across Snowdonia, is a joy to be part of in every season. Regarded as a twentieth-century masterpiece, Bodnant’s owners combined high quality design, audacious ambition and a truly unique plant collection to create one of the finest examples of the British Woodland Garden style. Bodnant remains at the forefront of British horticulture and is renowned as a garden of unrivalled quality of design and cultivation, testament to the skills and experience of the large and dedicated team of gardeners.

Mae’n bleser bod yn rhan o’r ardd fotaneg, 80 erw, fyd-enwog hon sydd â golygfeydd ysblennydd ar draws Eryri ym mhob tymor. Ystyrir Bodnant fel campwaith o'r ugeinfed ganrif, ac mae'r perchnogion yn cyfuno dyluniad o ansawdd uchel, uchelgais mentrus a chasgliad gwirioneddol unigryw o blanhigion i greu un o'r enghreifftiau gorau o Ardd Goetir Brydeinig. Mae Bodnant yn parhau ar flaen y gad o ran garddwriaeth Brydeinig ac yn nodedig fel gardd sydd â dyluniad ac amaethiad o ansawdd heb eu hail, diolch i sgiliau a phrofiad y tîm sylweddol ac ymrwymedig o arddwyr.

What you'll be doing:As a Senior Gardener, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to showcase your wide range of skills. Reporting to the Head Gardener, you’ll take responsibility for a section of the garden, managing fine lawns, stunning herbaceous borders and mature trees and shrubs, as well as wildflower meadows and parkland. Bodnant is truly a plant person’s garden, so you’ll also be able to immerse yourself in a living collection of international significance, ensuring that rare specimens are cared for, propagated and recorded effectively. As a natural people manager, you’ll motivate, enthuse and mentor your team of staff and volunteers to achieve the highest levels of presentation and to continue Bodnant’s reputation for horticultural excellence.

The writer and garden designer, Avray Tipping, once remarked that ‘Bodnant is a spot where a complete garden education can be received.’ With the collective experience of the large, friendly and established garden team to draw on, this remains the case today. The perfect place to build your career, with the chance to be involved in exciting new projects and training provided by the National Trust, every day at Bodnant is an education and a delight.

**Please also read the full role profile attached to this advert.
Fel Uwch Arddwr, bydd gennych ddigon o gyfle i arddangos eich ystod eang o sgiliau. Yn atebol i'r Prif Arddwr, byddwch yn cymryd cyfrifoldeb am ran o'r ardd, gan reoli lawntiau hardd, borderi llysieuol prydferth a choed a llwyni aeddfed, yn ogystal â dolydd o flodau gwyllt a thir parc. Mae Bodnant yn ardd i'r person sy'n hoff o blanhigion, felly bydd modd ichi drochi eich hun mewn casgliad byw sydd ag arwyddocâd rhyngwladol, gan sicrhau bod rhywogaethau yn derbyn gofal, yn cael eu hepilio a'u cofnodi'n effeithiol. Fel rheolwr pobl naturiol, byddwch yn ysgogi, cymell a mentora eich tîm o weithwyr a gwirfoddolwyr i gyflawni'r lefelau uchaf o gyflwyniad a pharhau ag enw da Bodnant o ran garddwriaeth ragorol.

Dywedodd yr awdur a'r dylunydd gardd, Avray Tipping, unwaith bod 'Bodnant yn fan ble gellir derbyn addysg gardd gyflawn.' Dyna'r sefyllfa o hyd, ac mae modd defnyddio profiad cyfunol y tîm gardd sylweddol, gyfeillgar a sefydledig. Dyma le perffaith i adeiladu gyrfa, a gan fod cyfle i ymwneud â phrosiectau newydd, cyffrous a'r hyfforddiant a ddarperir gan yr Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol, mae pob diwrnod ym Modnant yn addysg ac yn ddifyr.

**Gofynnir i chi hefyd ddarllen y proffil swydd llawn sydd ynghlwm â'r hysbyseb hon.**

Who we're looking forTo be successful in this role you should be able to demonstrate the following:

- Significant practical experience in horticulture supported by relevant qualifications
- Have supervisory experience from a similar role
- Excellent knowledge of plants
- Competent with the use and maintenance of garden machinery including chainsaws, tractors, hedge trimmers, pedestrian and ride on mowers
- Knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation and practice.

**Er mwyn llwyddo o fewn y rôl hon, dylech allu dangos y