Landscape Gardener

Looking for an enthusiastic self employed landscape gardener to join our team. Duties will include: Fencing Ground maintenance Arborist work Landscaping Pressure washing etc patios commercial site maintenance Working 3 days a week to start with but could lead to a full time role for the right person. potentially overtime available. Garden machinery...

**Are you a young, enthusiastic individual who has a strong interest in Garden Landscaping and is keen to strengthen their skills and learn skills along the way? If so, this vacancy might be for you....** - We are SOS Gardening & Landscaping - with 20 years experience in the Landscaping & Horticultural industry, we pride ourselves on working to a high...

Looking for a enthusiastic and positive person. Will need to be able to work as a team or on your own in private gardens or public area's. Doing maintenance ie border work, hedge trimming, mowing and (general garden jobs). You will have your own mowing round and portfolio of maintenance jobs for the growing season. The rest of the year more as a team on...

**JOB OPPORTUNITY ** Looking for a Landscape Gardener to undertake hard and soft landscaping projects. Must be registered self employed. Good rate of pay depending on skill and references. Plenty of overtime available especially through spring/summer period. Must have - own transport /clean license preferred for use of work vans. - Experience in general...

We all downed tools and went on a garden visit yesterday. Some may consider this a jolly but I think I have convinced everyone that it is a vital educational trip! And it is - we can all get a bit bogged down with whats going on in our own gardens and forget to look around us at our colleagues and competitors. So we boarded the mini bus and went to Prior...

**What a summer! I have never known such a prolonged drought in my 15 years of working at Hestercombe. I’m surprised, and pleased, that not only have the plants survived, but the team has too.**: **Very early on we took the decision not to water the lawns. Water is such a valuable commodity and as a public garden it’s important that we show a different...

About the RoleThis Ecological Garden Manager position is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Spark-A-Change Foundation's mission of transforming public spaces across Somerset. As an integral member of our team, you will be responsible for designing, managing, and maintaining community gardens that showcase innovative landscaping and ecological...

**A vision to completely restore Hestercombe is one step closer thanks to a £1.5 million grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.**: This remarkable donation has enabled Hestercombe to acquire land totalling 320 acres, securing the world-class, Grade 1 heritage landscape, gardens and buildings for future generations. A vision to completely restore...

**The Hestercombe Gardens Trust was established in 1996 to oversee the restoration of the gardens and to protect them for the future.**: **The Trust’s Objectives**: The Trust’s charitable objective is: to reclaim, restore, preserve, enhance and develop for the education and benefit of the public, the landscape, gardens and buildings of heritage,...

When it's cold outside and the days are short, it can be all too tempting to hunker down, cosy up and stay indoors. But we're here to convince you to throw on a jacket, pull on your wellies and head outside. Visiting winter gardens is a great way to do this. And while there won't be quite so many blooms, the colder months bring their own unique treats. ...

**From 17th May - 25th July 2021, works by Andy Warhol, Derek Jarman, Claudette Johnson, and Gilbert and George can be seen alongside new commissions and local historic pieces**: - Image: Susan Derges, The Observer and the Observed, 1992, Gelatin silver print © the artist**- **New exhibition at Somerset’s Hestercombe Gallery explores historical and...

**We’re searching for the next member of our friendly, knowledgeable and hard working garden team.**: This is such a fantastic opportunity to develop and learn new skills, in an incredible setting, for someone with previous garden or estate experience. Hestercombe is a very unique, and historically significant site. You’ll get to immerse yourself in four...

Exciting plans are afoot for Hestercombe as we continue to bring art and the landscape together in one destination. Philip White, CEO has announced our vision for the future, which includes the completion of the Landscape Garden and the creation of workshops and gallery space within the house. Phased into five projects, the developments for Hestercombe...

There’s little better than a butterfly fluttering past, a bee buzzing by or a dragonfly darting through when you’re pottering in the garden. You can make those chance encounters more likely by embracing wildlife gardening. Luckily, finding the balance between a wildlife garden and beautiful planting is easier than you might think. Here, we suggest five...

Job SummaryWe are seeking an experienced gardener to join our team as a Green Space Coordinator. As a key member of our small and friendly team, you will be responsible for maintaining and managing community gardens across Somerset, focusing primarily on Taunton.Key Responsibilities:Design and manage community gardens in various locations, considering their...

**Hestercombe was something of a secret garden back in 1973**: The Formal Gardens were so run down that Somerset County Council, with the support of Somerset Fire Brigade, initiated what was to become one of the first major garden restorations in the country. **Read more**: The Restoration of the Formal Garden at Hestercombe 1973 to 1980 - a case study that...

**Have you ever been scared to start a project in the garden because of the enormity of it? It happens to all of us, especially when deciding on the size of the flower beds.**: - By _Claire Greenslade_, Head Gardener_ "Have you ever been scared to start a project in the garden because of the enormity of it? It happens to all of us, especially when deciding...

**Philip White MBE is the Founder and Chief Executive of Hestercombe Gardens Trust**: - Philip White MBE is Founder and Chief Executive of Hestercombe Gardens TrustLooking at Hestercombe today, it is hard to believe that back in 1995, the spectacularly picturesque eighteenth century Landscape Garden at Hestercombe was a hidden valley entirely engulfed by...

Sadly the beautiful bluebells that have graced the slopes of the landscape garden and the shady spots in the trees are now giving their final flourish. Ben our landscape supervisor will be closing the walks for this year this afternoon (Monday 2nd June) and so it will be another year until the blue beauties return. But fear not this is a real sign of summer...

**an amateur artist whose talents were far from amateurish** - ~ Huon Mallalieu, Country Life art writer_ **Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, 1720-1791**: **2020 gained significance as we celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, former owner of Hestercombe, and designer of the impressive Landscape Garden that greets you after...