16/10/2026
🌿 POSITION FILLED | ASSISTANT GARDENER | EC76040
📍 Oxfordshire
🏡 36-Acre Private Estate
For someone who enjoys variety and being outdoors, this is the kind of gardening role where no two days are likely to look quite the same.
We’re delighted to have successfully placed an Assistant Gardener at a beautiful private estate near Burford, where they’ll be helping to care for 4–5 acres of established formal gardens alongside the wider grounds and a newly planted woodland.
The gardens themselves offer plenty to get involved with such as a Japanese garden, lawns and landscaped borders to hedging, shrubs and fruit trees.
🌱 The new gardener will be working across:
🌿 Seasonal planting, pruning and garden maintenance
✂️ Hedging, topiary and shrub care
🍎 Fruit tree pruning
🌸 Care of the Japanese garden and formal areas
🌳 Establishment and ongoing care of the young woodland
🚜 Mowing, strimming and wider grounds maintenance
🏡 General practical tasks that come with caring for a private estate
What makes this placement especially appealing is the opportunity to develop alongside the estate. As the newly planted woodland establishes, the successful candidate will be able to take increasing responsibility for its care while continuing to build their horticultural and practical skills across the wider property.
Jay Rimell managed the recruitment for this position, helping to find someone with not only the right gardening experience, but also the practical, adaptable approach needed for such a varied estate role.
We’re delighted to have made another successful match and wish the new Assistant Gardener every success as they settle into the estate and make the role their own. 🌿
