Job Title: Experienced Horticulturist (Edibles)
Location: RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Salary: £25,368 - £27,095 DOE
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (working 5 days out of 7)
Contract: Permanent
Details of our great benefits can be found here.
Overview of the Role: We are recruiting for an experienced Horticulturist to join our amazing team and help us care for a garden enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year in the East of England.
Situated just outside the city of Chelmsford, Hyde Hall champions growing edible plants from around the globe and showcasing these in our iconic Global Growth Vegetable Garden.
If you have creative flair and a passion for gardening and growing edibles, come and join our small team of qualified Horticulturists. Your focus would be the hands-on planning, cultivation, propagation and day-to-day maintenance of the Global Growth Vegetable Garden whose primary objectives are display, education and proving produce for our on site restaurant. We utilise traditional vegetables, unusual edible plants as well as ornamentals that have an edible element to them. You will also help maintain a newly establishing Heritage Orchard on its southern boundary as well as working with apprentices and volunteers so you will need to be a good team player and someone with energy and drive.
To work for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is to join a thriving charity, whose mission is to inspire everyone to grow. Everything we do is built on the transformational power of gardening – and the benefits it brings to people, places and our planet.
Known globally for our inspirational Shows and five spectacular Gardens, our work extends to leading ground-breaking climate research, running community outreach programmes, and setting the standards in horticultural education. With the recent opening of RHS Garden Bridgewater and Hilltop, the world’s first dedicated Centre for Gardening Science, at RHS Garden Wisley, there has never been a more exciting time to be part of our journey to make the UK a greener, and more beautiful place.
And we couldn’t do this without our people. We’re proud of the knowledge, enthusiasm and ideas that each one of our team members brings. From working across our social media channels, to volunteering in the RHS Gardens, from serving customers in our garden centres to running national marketing campaigns, we believe that every member of the RHS team should have the opportunity to make a difference.
Safeguarding and Inclusion
The RHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all personnel to share in this commitment. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Please note: We may review applications as soon as we receive then so if you see a vacancy that you are interested in, please apply straight away as the vacancy will be closed as soon as we hire the right candidate. Should you require any additional support with making your application please contact People Services on peopleservices@rhs.org.uk or 01483 226 530.
We want to enrich everyone's life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.