Plant Nursery Worker

We have an exciting opportunity to join our nursery team at our Lymington Garden Centre. Your primary responsibility will be vegetable production including seed sowing, growing and dispatching vegetables during the primary season. You would also be responsible for seed stock and in time, picture labels.

Outside of the main vegetable growing season, you will have the opportunity to work in other areas of nursery production as required such as dispatching, trimming, potting and maintenance.

**Duties will include**:

- **Dispatch work**: selecting trays of plants, collecting, preparing plants for dispatch, labelling, packing and wrapping, assembling and moving.
- **Potting plants**: using a potting machine and hand planting.
- **Plant care**: trimming, weeding, watering and dead heading and sweeping up.
- **Keeping the areas clean**:sweeping and keeping your work areas clean**.**:

- **Propagation**: assembling and filling trays, preparing and sticking cuttings.
- **Maintenance**: assisting with upkeep of structures, grounds and facilities.

Due to the nature of the work, the role will involve heavy lifting.

For clarity, these roles are not in our garden centre and are not customer facing. You will be working in our plant growing areas to include polytunnels / greenhouses, or outside areas.
- Enjoy working as part of a friendly team and have a positive ‘can-do’ approach
- Have good attention to detail
- Be happy working outside in all conditions
- Have an interest in horticulture and plants
- Have a full driving licence

Experience in a similar role would be useful, but is not essential as training can be provided.

**Hours**

This is a full time role.

Monday to Thursday - 7:30am - 4:15pm and Friday 7:30am - 3:15pm.

During our peak season from April until the end of September, you will be part of a weekend rota too.

**To apply**:
1. Please submit your most recent CV.

Thank you for your interest in working for Otter Nurseries and Garden Centres

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

COVID-19 considerations:
We follow the latest Covid-19 government guidance

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