Head Grower
Head Grower Required
Full Time, permanent contract
North Oxfordshire (OX17) Nr. Banbury
Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
The Head Grower is a hands-on gardening and management role focused on the production of cut flowers and foliage. This talented plantsperson will oversee and attend to the day-to-day needs of our cut flower production within the grounds of a historic estate, working closely with the Operations Manager and floristry team at Naum Flower.
Responsibilities are to garden and manage all aspects of the cutting garden – including maintenance, propagation, planting, pruning, staking, weeding, picking – ensuring that our produce keeps to our existing high standards. This role also includes working with the team to create annual planting plans, reflecting on each season to move forward to the next. The role also involves sourcing crops, adhering to organic and regenerative no-dig or minimum-till systems, composting, and sustainable practices such as rotational planning, use of green manures, implementation of new infrastructure as needed with requisite budgeting, quoting etc.
The Head Grower must have extensive hands on experience with productive gardens and cut flowers, knowledge of species and what they need relative to the vagaries of the weather and seasonal flow. The productive gardens must generate blooms through all periods of the season and each year strategic analysis and evaluation of what has performed well – both in the garden and the vase.
Candidates must have at least 3 years’ experience growing cut flowers in a productive garden, with strong seasonal planning and species-specific planting knowledge, refined management skills, and experience in glasshouse and polytunnel production. A creative and visual eye is essential, along with the can do attitude and hard grafter’s ability to work in all weather and plan around soil health and picking schedules. Applicants must hold a full UK manual driving licence and be comfortable regularly driving the business van. The role requires someone who is highly organised, responsible, positive, a strong communicator, and flexible with working hours, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
Salary dependent on experience.
For more information, please contact natalie@naumhouse.com
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