Garden Lead
Willow Alexander Gardeners
Garden Lead
Sidcup, DA14 5DT
£28,000 – £32,000
Closing date: 1st August
Summary
Willow Alexander Gardeners is a design-led horticultural company with a long-standing maintenance division and an active design and build department. We look after gardens for clients across South East London and into the Kent borders — from compact city gardens to larger private gardens on the borders — and our maintenance work is held to the same standard as the gardens our design team builds.
You’ll lead a van, yourself and one Garden Maintenance Operative, on a regular round of clients with some one-off tidying in between.
The work is hands-on: pruning, planting, lawn care, hedge work, soil care, seasonal tasks, and the steady detail that keeps a garden looking properly cared for through the year.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for:
– Running the day on site — quality of work, pace, safety, client interactions
– Plant health: identification, pruning regimes, pest and disease management
– Leading and developing two to three crew members, including apprentices
– Tools, machinery, and vehicle care; reporting issues back into the depot
– Communicating with clients on site with confidence and courtesy
– Feeding back into the office on plant performance, planting refreshes, and design-build opportunities you spot on round
