Summary
This Head Gardener role offers the best elements of heritage gardening, with a strong nature focus too. You’ll get to lead a garden and its rich history with creativity and innovation, while advocating for the importance of accessible, beautiful, nature rich, urban green space.
The advertised salary of £40,000 is inclusive of the Outer London Weighting Allowance of £3,315 per annum.
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What it's like to work here
You’ll lead a team with three gardeners and 50+ volunteers ranging from those developing new skills, to passionate experts. A practical hands-on approach is required, working alongside these teams for approximately 60% of your week.
Ham House and Garden is amongst the most significant places in the Trust’s ownership. It is a rare 17th century survival, a place of exquisite symmetry and structure, a centre of pioneering collecting and design, telling stories of perilous political machinations and strong women.
It’s also a property embracing innovation, relevance and future thinking, with the garden pioneering best practice in nature friendly, heritage gardening. From climate change mitigation and kitchen garden productivity to community working, Ham’s garden is always developing, all whilst holding ourselves to the highest standards of horticulture and presentation.
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