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Gardener or landscape gardener

Gardener or landscape gardener - overview

As a gardener or landscape gardener, your practical skills in horticulture, creativity, and self-motivation allow you to shape and maintain green spaces of all kinds. Here you can find more information on the type of roles available, how to get them, and where your career could take you.

Learn what the role involves below.

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What does a gardener or landscape gardener do?

As a gardener or landscape gardener, you'll work almost entirely outside, across a variety of landscapes like gardens, parks, homes, commercial properties or land estates. You might have a gardening role where you carry out planting and maintenance work according to a set plan, or a landscape gardening role where you can apply your creative design skills.

Working alone or within a team, you'll carry out practical tasks using your knowledge of plants and skills with specialist equipment. Your responsibilities can range from maintaining a landscape to transforming it. Gardeners and landscape gardeners do physical work all year round, in all types of weather, but often find their work extremely rewarding.

What will your days involve?

The daily tasks of a gardener or landscape gardener could involve:

  • Doing general garden maintenance
  • Changing the shape of a landscape
  • Installing features like paths and ponds
  • Creating design plans
  • Planting and protecting plants
  • Guarding against plant pests or disease

FAQs

How much can you earn as a gardener or landscape gardener?

The average salary for a gardener or landscape gardener in the UK is £43,680. Graduates start at around £18,500.

Does a gardener or landscape gardener role involve travel in the UK or overseas?

Gardeners and landscape gardeners travel a lot within the UK as their main role is to tend to people's gardens. Having a UK driver's licence will make this a much easier job. Overseas travel is rare but may be needed depending on your employer.

Can you work from home as a gardener or landscape gardener?

Gardening and landscape gardening is a physically active job mostly performed outside. However, you may be able to do any administrative work from home.

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