2 Craft Gardening jobs

  Charleville is an eighteenth-century demesne of 300 acres set under the Wicklow mountains, with over 27 acres (including a walled garden) of Arboretum and  pleasure grounds. The garden is open to the public 60 days a year.  We are currently seeking an experienced gardener like you to help us maintain our beautiful grounds and gardens with herbaceous borders, rose garden, wild flower meadow and indoor display.  Essential requirements: You must have a proven track record, to include experience in the maintenance of rose gardens, perennial borders, and glasshouse/indoor plants. Must be able to call on a broad knowledge of plants as you will be working with an ever-evolving garden. Propagation and nursery stock knowledge in order for you to help grow our garden. You should have a relevant horticultural qualification to include, either QQI Level 5 Certificate in Horticulture/ RHS Level 2 or 3, equivalent or above. PA1 and PA6 Spraying Certificates.

Our client is seeking to recruit a full-time Live-in Head Gardener for a Private Garden (newly built) in the Cavan area. To apply you should have a love of gardening and horticulture. You should have proven experience working as a gardener in private gardens or estate gardens ideally. You should also have obtained a qualification in horticulture. You will be a caretaking presence on-site generally and will have some light housekeeping and cleaning duties in the adjacent holiday home also. Accommodation is provided on-site, and it will be possible to have a spouse or partner live-in with you also. A farm manager is on-site and you will report to him on a day to day basis, but you will have primary responsibility for the one to two-acre garden and onsite buildings. Requirements: Proven experience in Horticulture , especially in Garden Maintenance and ability to operate garden tools and machinery while carrying out all works necessary for the maintenance of the...