Landscape Gardener

Tasks and responsibilities:

·       preparing
and maintaining seedbeds and growing sites

·       propagating
and planting trees, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs

·       preparing
lawn areas by spreading top soil and planting grass, and by laying instant turf

·       maintaining
planted and grassed areas by weeding, trimming, fertilising, watering and
mowing

·       pruning
trees and hedges, and installing plant support and protection devices

·       preparing
plans and drawings, selecting materials and plants, and scheduling landscape
construction

·       setting
out and installing hardscape and softscape structures

·       constructing
gravel and paved areas, walls, fences, pergolas, ponds, barbecues and garden
furniture

·       examining
trees to assess their condition and determine treatment

·       lopping
limbs off trees and shaping branches using chain and handsaws

·       spraying
and dusting plants and trees to control insects and disease, and felling
diseased trees

Requirements

·       Minimum experience as a Gardner for 3 -5
years

Benefits