Gardener

To support the maintenance of the scheme’s communal gardens to ensure that they are attractive, welcoming and stimulating environments in which our customers can relax or be active. Key Responsibilities; • Communicate with customers to understand and create gardens inspired by their requirements and feedback. • Encourage customers to actively participate in gardening to the best of their physical ability. • Plant and maintain seasonal plants. • Mow, trim and fertilise green spaces. • Mulch, edge and weed gardens. • Prune and trim trees and bushes. • Maintain gardening equipment and machinery, like mowers, trimmers and leaf blowers. • Monitor and maintain the health of plants. • Deal with pest problems that could damage plants. • Keep gardens and green spaces safe environments, clear of debris and litter.

Skills

• Ability to safely use and store gardening equipment, fertilisers and pesticides. • Ability to apply manual handling best-practice whilst conducting physical activities. • Ability to design attractive landscaping that is attractive, welcoming and stimulating. • Passionate about gardening, with an appreciation for the health and wellbeing benefits that gardens and gardening can provide to customer. • An effective communicator who is able to encourage customer to use communal gardens and activiely participate in their maintenance.