An UHNW couple is seeking an experienced Head Gardener to oversee extensive estate gardens, greenhouses, and surrounding grounds. This individual will lead a dedicated landscaping team, ensure exceptional horticultural standards. The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, collaborative, and passionate about estate-level garden stewardship.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, train, and supervise a team of 4–5 landscaping and grounds staff, ensuring productivity, professionalism, and high-quality results.
- Oversee the planning, installation, and maintenance of formal gardens, flower beds, orchards, vegetable gardens, lawns, pathways, and wooded areas.
- Manage greenhouse operations, including plant propagation, seasonal rotations, climate control, inventory, and specialized specimen care.
- Develop and execute annual planting calendars, soil management programs, pruning schedules, pest/disease mitigation, and fertilization plans.
- Maintain irrigation systems, outdoor lighting, garden structures, and grounds equipment, coordinating repairs or upgrades as needed.
- Assist in the care, feeding, health monitoring, and safe habitat maintenance of estate animals, in collaboration with the House Manager and external specialists.
- Source plants, supplies, and equipment; manage vendor relationships and oversee deliveries and contracted services.
- Ensure safe, environmentally responsible horticultural practices, including eco-friendly material use and waste management.
- Monitor staff adherence to schedules, work assignments, and estate standards, reporting updates to the House Manager/Estate Manager.
- Support seasonal projects, special events, storm preparation, and recovery efforts across the property.
- Maintain detailed logs, inventories, plant records, and budget tracking.
Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years of professional gardening, landscaping, or estate horticulture experience required; private estate experience strongly preferred.
- Proven team leadership, supervisory, or managerial experience.
- Deep knowledge of horticulture, plant identification, soil science, integrated pest management, and greenhouse cultivation.
- Experience working with irrigation systems, grounds tools, machinery, and safety protocols.
- Comfort working around and supporting care for animals such as peacocks or other ornamental birds.
- Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
- Ability to work outdoors year-round in varying weather conditions and perform physically demanding tasks.
- Professional, discreet, dependable, and service-oriented.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
