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At Arne Maynard Garden Design we are often looking for really special gardeners to work closely with us and our clients. Mark Read at English Country Gardeners is extremely knowledgeable, personable and really goes above and beyond to seek out the best candidates for our client’s gardens both in the UK and the USA. We trust Mark explicitly in his approach and highly recommend contacting him for your recruitment needs – he is an absolute pleasure to work with.
We used English Country Gardeners to recruit a Head Gardener and more recently another gardener to join our team. On both occasions ECG have been incredibly efficient and provided quality candidates for interviews. The recruitment team are responsive, professional and have made recruiting gardeners effortless.
I have used English Country Gardeners, both as a job applicant and as an Employer, for many years and have always found them responsive, professional and a pleasure to work with. The calibre of gardeners has always been high and a great fit for the jobs advertised.
We are absolutely delighted with the gardener recruited through English Country Gardeners. Their help in forming the brief and selecting a short list demonstrated a real knowledge of the market and was incredibly valuable.
English Country Gardeners assisted me with the process of recruiting two gardeners for two different properties. Sophie Sharpe and her team were extremely friendly, professional and ready to answer any queries we had regarding the process. I would highly recommend English Country Gardeners for any recruiting needs.

What We Do
English Country Gardeners are the specialist employment agency for the recruitment of skilled gardening staff. English Country Gardeners are dedicated to the professional gardener and estate owner. For over 25 years we have been providing our clients with a worldwide specialist search and selection service. English Country Gardeners is firmly placed as the leading agency for the recruitment of permanent professional gardeners.

Latest Filled Positions
Sole Gardener
Circa £30,000 DOE
Hampshire
The successful Sole Gardener will be moving into the beautiful private estate and will assist with their creative input, to complete the re-establishment of the garden.
Sole Gardener
Up To £40,000
Surrey
A highly skilled gardener is looking forward to working with the owners to manage this incredible arts and crafts garden that has featured in garden literature over the last 100 years in Southwest Surrey.
Head Gardener & Housekeeper
£70,000 combined
Gloucestershire
A Head Gardener and Housekeeper couple will be living on-site, playing a key role in maintaining the stunning gardens of a beautiful 17th-century manor estate
Skilled Gardener
£32,000 DOE
West Sussex
The new Skilled Gardener is going to be part of some fascinating, upcoming projects in this wonderful and horticulturally diverse garden.
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Are you a #HeadGardenerInSurrey? This may be the dream job you have been looking for!🌟
📣We have an exceptional opportunity for a skilled and passionate Head Gardener to join a prestigious private estate located in the heart of the Surrey Hills.
Set within 470-acres of formal gardens, parkland, and woodland, the estate is renowned for its architectural heritage and beautifully restored gardens. 🌿
The estate now requires a full time experienced gardener with a proven track record of managing a horticulturally diverse garden to assist in the ongoing maintenance and development of the garden and grounds. 🌳
🍃Garden features include: 25-acres of formal gardens, comprising herbaceous and mixed borders, a Mediterranean garden, prairie border, Italianate terrace, kitchen garden, wildflower meadows, cut flower garden, woodlands.
Find out more and apply today at 📌https://shorturl.at/5yvsc
Ref: EC67693
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📣 A highly skilled Head Gardener is sought to join a country estate in North Warwickshire - to manage and work alongside a small but experienced team in developing the gardens. 🌳
The gardens, originally designed by Capability Brown, are located within 27 acres of ‘Pleasure Grounds’ that extend away from the main house - including herbaceous borders, a rose garden, a newly restored and productive walled garden, wild-flower meadows and lakes. 🌿
The owner has a deep passion for gardening and a background in garden design and the family are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Head Gardener who can work closely with them to continue the garden’s development.🍃
The candidate needs to have had experience as a Head Gardener within a similar garden. 🧤
Find out more and apply at 📌 https://shorturl.at/nb0Kj
Ref: EC67766
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🌟 A wonderful opportunity for an enthusiastic Skilled Gardener on a beautiful and diverse private garden South of Guildford, Surrey. 🌿
This incredible Georgian property stands surrounded by 20 acres, 8 acres of which are formal gardens, and the remainder being plantation, meadows and woodland. 🌳
The main garden, rich in heritage and interest comprises of a walled garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith with an established kitchen garden, herbaceous beds, Spring bulbs, Rhododendrons, and shrub borders with a wide variety and collection of roses, Wisteria, large Victorian glasshouse, polytunnel, potager, lawns, mature and young trees, yew hedges, orchard, Victorian fresh water pool, a stream that runs through with meadows, plantation area and woodland.🌼🌿
🧤 The owners are passionate about their garden and have invested considerable time and care into its development. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with a small, collaborative team under the guidance of a longstanding, knowledgeable and experienced Head Gardener.
Find out more and apply today at 📌 https://shorturl.at/QJebf
Ref: EC67533
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🌟WANTED: Head Kitchen Gardener to be responsible for the planning, development and maintenance of a recently created kitchen garden which is situated within a larger 300-acre estate. 🌿
An incredible 2.5-acres of paddock has been transformed into the new kitchen garden with the view of growing seasonal vegetables, fruit and cut flowers all year round.🥕🍅🌻
Within the kitchen garden are 22 raised beds, large polytunnel as well as a vast area in and around the garden that is dedicated to wildflowers to benefit the wildlife, pollinators and other insects. The kitchen garden will provide the principles with fresh produce and cut flowers, with additional produce finding its way to community shops & food banks. 🍓🌼
Applications are sought from skilled gardeners with experience in kitchen gardening to experienced and knowledgeable Kitchen Gardeners who will have assumed responsibility of a varied productive garden, with ideally a minimum of 3 years’ experience. 🍃
The aim is for all produce to be organically grown and @soilassociation approved so there is minimal environmental impact with everything grown in conjunction with nature for the benefit of the wider community.
Find out more at https://shorturl.at/uaU4c
Ref: EC67836
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📣 A highly skilled Head Gardener is sought to join a country estate in North Warwickshire - to manage and work alongside a small but experienced team in developing the gardens. 🌳
The gardens, originally designed by Capability Brown, are located within 27 acres of ‘Pleasure Grounds’ that extend away from the main house - including herbaceous borders, a rose garden, a newly restored and productive walled garden, wild-flower meadows and lakes. 🌿
The owner has a deep passion for gardening and a background in garden design and the family are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Head Gardener who can work closely with them to continue the garden’s development.🍃
The candidate needs to have had experience as a Head Gardener within a similar garden. 🧤
Find out more and apply at 📌 https://shorturl.at/nb0Kj
Ref: EC67766
#EnglishCountryGardeners #HeadGardenerJobsNearMe #HeadGardenerInWarwickshire #GardeningJobsNearMe

🌟A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a part-time Experienced Gardener to maintain and assist in the future development of an established country garden near Newbury, Berkshire. 🌳
This private property is set within a 230-acre Stud Farm. The garden consists of large herbaceous borders, kitchen garden, asparagus beds, manicured hedging, mature woodland, potted planting, lawns and mown walkways. 🌿 🍃
General garden maintenance duties will include, but are not limited to pruning, propagating, weeding, edging, crop rotation, seasonal mulch and compost management. 🌱 Experience in the use and maintenance of a wide range of gardening machinery as well as PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates and a chainsaw certification are desirable for this position.
📌Find out more and apply at https://shorturl.at/d0yGE
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📣 #AssistantHeadGardener wanted to join a beautiful and established private garden in rural Wiltshire - near the village of Great Bedwyn. The estate covers around 50 acres with around 6 acres dedicated to the garden 🍃🌿
The garden consists of a formal rose garden, glass houses, lawns, shrub, herbaceous and herb borders, areas for vegetables fruit and cut flowers, topiary and wilder areas including a new stumpery 🌹🥕🍓
🧤 The candidate would work alongside the head gardener maintaining & developing the garden; and ideally will have a formal horticultural qualification RHS/NVQ level 2 or 3; and the horticultural skills needed to look after the estate, everything from weeding, pruning, planting and mulching to propagation, watering, grass cutting, strimming and hedge cutting 🌳🌿
Find out more and apply at 📌 https://shorturl.at/fg7HN
Ref: EC67751
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📣 WANTED: Junior Gardener to join a team on a horticulturally diverse, beautiful country property in a rural setting near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. 🌿
The gardens have been beautifully landscaped with a 20-year-old ornamental walled garden to the side of the house, a lean-to greenhouse and a newly established kitchen garden next to it to grow a large selection of fruit and vegetables. Wisteria grows along the side of the house and a beautiful Laburnum ‘golden cage’ is featured. ⛲🥕
🌲🌼Beautiful vistas have been created all around the grounds of the property. Throughout there is a mixture of well-manicured lawns, mature trees and wide borders bursting with colour, as well as an orchard with apple, pear and plum trees, lake with an island, newly created outdoor swimming pool with planting surrounding, and wildflower meadow. The grounds also extend to a large paddock, with a small maturing woodland, and hosts alpacas and chickens.
The role of the Junior Gardener will include planting, watering, fertilizing & mulching; pruning trees, shrubs & hedges; identifying & addressing plant diseases and pest infestations; garden maintenance and managing the irrigation system. 🍃🧤
Find out more & apply at 📌https://shorturl.at/8T0IW
Ref: EC67835
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