Bespoke Domestic Household Staff 

A Gardener Duties:

 

May vary depending on household

 

• Ability to use a wide range of horticultural machinery and powered hand tools.

• Able to set out and mark sports facilities.

• Advising home owners on the costs of plants and any work to be done, giving written quotations.

• Applying nutrients to plants and maintaining moisture levels

• Checking the health of plants by identifying any pests or diseases and controlling them

• Cleaning and maintaining tools and equipment and serviced

• Clearing rubbish and litter away from the garden and grounds.

• Constructing fences, walls and ponds.

• Deciding on which seeds to plant and which locations.

• Digging, planting and weeding flower beds and borders

• Driving plant vehicles, small diggers etc.

• Ensuring a safe working environment for everyone around the garden.

• Excavating large amounts of earth from a garden and depositing them in skips.

• First Aid Qualification.

• Garden lighting

• Garden ponds

• Giving advice and guidance to property owners on all matters relating to gardening.

• Good knowledge of plants and vegetables.

• Have PA1 and PA6 in pesticide use.

• Horse or Animal Experience

• Horticultural experience

• In charge of grass cutting, emptying bins, weed control and leaf raking.

• Installing lighting in the garden and also building garden furniture and ornaments.

• Knowledge of organic gardening methods and techniques.

• Landscape gardening

• Laying down paving and concrete slabs to create walk ways.

• Maintaining and developing the gardens of clients.

• Maintaining high levels of presentation

• Maintenance of plant tubs baskets.

• Organic Topiary

• Pesticide application

• Planting a old varieties of fruit trees and rare native trees.

• Planting new trees, flowers and various plants.

• Pool Maintenance

• Producing various designs and layouts of garden landscapes.

• Pruning shrubs

• Raising plants from seeds or cuttings

• Seeding plants and watering them at the correct times.

• Sourcing the cheapest material, plants, trees and machinery on behalf of clients.

• Supervising the work of day labourers involved in any projects.

• Turfing

• Undertaking the basic servicing and repair of all garden machinery.

• Using machinery such as lawn mowers, rotovators and hedge trimmers

• Walled Gardens.

 

Gardeners duties may be in conjunction with other job titles, depending on the household.