Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of landscape, garden, and grounds maintenance across a private estate, ensuring exceptional horticultural and aesthetic standards.
• Develop and implement seasonal maintenance programmes, planting schedules, irrigation plans, and landscape enhancement projects.
• Maintain the presentation of gardens, outdoor living spaces, recreational areas, water features, and estate grounds to a guest-ready standard.
• Lead, mentor, and manage the estate’s landscaping and grounds team, ensuring high performance, safety, and continuous development.
• Manage specialist contractors, suppliers, and vendors, ensuring all work meets quality, budget, and health and safety requirements.
• Plan and oversee new landscape installations, renovations, and capital improvement projects from design through completion.
• Manage operational budgets, procurement, equipment maintenance, and inventory of tools, machinery, and landscaping supplies.
• Collaborate with architects, landscape designers, consultants, and estate management to support long-term landscape planning and estate improvements.

Requirements

• 7–10 years’ experience managing landscaping operations within UHNW private estates, luxury hospitality properties, botanical gardens, or prestigious commercial developments.
• Proven leadership experience managing landscaping, horticultural, or grounds maintenance teams.
• Extensive knowledge of horticulture, arboriculture, irrigation systems, turf management, and landscape maintenance.
• Experience managing contractors, capital projects, operational budgets, and supplier relationships.
• Degree or Diploma in Horticulture, Landscape Management, Arboriculture, or a related discipline preferred.
• Professional horticultural certifications, pesticide application certification, and First Aid certification are advantageous.
• Strong leadership, organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with a professional, discreet, and detail-oriented approach.