1.Gardners Placement

2.Daily maintenance

3.New Plantation

Gardener Job Description

The responsibility of a gardener is to maintain the beauty of plants, outdoor grounds, and trees in a garden. They perform a range of general maintenance tasks including designing, producing, renewing and preserving outside spaces. Gardeners can work on local parks, hotels, farms, and nurseries.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and grow the garden to ensure it meets specific requirements and expectations.
• Perform basic maintenance such as cutting the grass, emptying bins, managing weed control and leaf raking.
• Plant and nurture new trees, flowers, and various plants.
• Work with hand tools and basic light machinery such as plant vehicles, and small diggers.
• Service all garden equipment and machinery.
• Maintain a clean garden by clearing rubbish and litter from the garden and grounds.
• Provide guidance to management on matters related to the garden.
• Advise management on the costs of plants and garden necessities with detailed written quotations and reports.
• Ensure a safe environment for staff and clients by adhering to safety and health regulations.

Daily Tasks Of Gardeners

The daily duties and tasks vary depending on the employer and position. For example, a garden centre associate helps customers choose the right plants for their homes. In contrast, research gardeners perform experiments on crop varieties, fertilisers and pesticides in a greenhouse. Here are a few of typical day-to-day tasks and duties of gardeners:

• Design, plant, prune and mulch plants, shrubs and trees as per employer requirements
• Perform basic maintenance tasks such as trimming and mowing lawns, shrubs, plants and trees
• Apply fertilisers and pesticides to keep plants and trees healthy
• Clean the grounds using brooms, rakes and hand blowers
• Use wheelbarrows to transport and distribute mulch, soil and aggregate
• Operate heavy-duty equipment such as lawnmowers, tractors, chainsaws, pruning saws and electric clippers
• Organise and maintain gardening tools such as hoes, pitchforks, shovels and machetes
• Implement different techniques and strategies to improve the abundance of bloom
• Collaborate with the landscaping team and architects in planning garden layouts
• Train junior gardeners in the correct methods to pot, water, weed and prune plants
• Instal sprinklers and irrigation systems and monitor drainage systems
• Create rock gardens, decks, ponds, pathways and other ornamental design elements
• Report to management regarding the condition of the garden
• Advise management on the costs of new plants, equipment, fertilisers and pesticides by submitting detailed quotations and proposals
• Ensure a safe environment for all employees by adhering to the safety and health regulations for gardens