Are you passionate about creating beautiful outdoor spaces and maintaining them to the highest standards? Do you love working outdoors, nurturing plants, and seeing your hard work come to life for guests to enjoy? If so, we’d love you to join our team as a Gardener at Goodwood.

About the Role

As one of our Gardeners, you’ll play a key part in maintaining both public-facing and behind-the-scenes garden areas across Goodwood’s hospitality spaces. You'll help ensure our grounds look exceptional all year round, while contributing to the magic of our world-class events.

What You’ll Do

You’ll take pride in keeping our gardens and grounds looking their best through tasks including:

• Maintaining gardens in line with Goodwood’s standards and guidelines
• Mowing, strimming, weeding, planting, pruning, watering, turfing, hedge cutting and general grounds care
• Assisting with event preparations across the Estate – no two days are the same!
• Working flexibly around changing schedules to support our guests and customers
• Carrying out any additional duties reasonably requested by your manager or supervisor

What You’ll Bring

We're looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about gardening and delivering great results
• Positive, friendly and full of “can-do” energy
• Detail-focused and organised
• Able to prioritise, multi-task and work efficiently
• A quick learner who takes responsibility
• Confident making decisions
• An excellent communicator with strong customer service skills
• Discreet and professional
• Someone who enjoys teamwork and brings a sense of fun

What You Need to Be Successful

Essential experience & skills:

• Proven experience in garden maintenance, such as mowing, strimming, caring for flower borders and general groundskeeping
• Basic gardening and groundskeeping knowledge
• Competency in plant identification, with a willingness to develop further

Desirable (but not essential):

• PA1 and PA6 spray certificates
• Experience with hedge cutting, nursery work, ride-on mowers or tractor driving

Why Join Goodwood?

You’ll become part of a vibrant, passionate team working in one of the most beautiful and iconic estates in the UK. Every day is different, and your work helps create memorable experiences for our guests.

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