About the role

You will assist with the day-to-day garden care, presentation, and ongoing improvement of the Homestead gardens and estate grounds. This role is ideal for someone with a genuine interest in plants, gardens, trees, turf, irrigation, and the care of high-quality outdoor spaces. The successful applicant will take pride in maintaining beautifully presented gardens and will enjoy hands-on horticultural work in a unique rural estate setting.

Key responsibilities

- General horticultural maintenance including planting, pruning, watering, mulching, fertilising, soil preparation, and seasonal garden care.
- Maintaining garden beds, lawns, trees, hedges, and planted areas to a high standard of presentation.
- Irrigation monitoring and troubleshooting, including leak detection, digging, pipe repairs, and efficient watering practices.
- Weed identification, treatment, and ongoing weed management across garden and landscaped areas.
- Tree planting, establishment care, staking, watering, pruning, and installation of protective cages where required.
- Turf care, mowing, edging, brush-cutting, blowing, and grounds detailing to ensure excellent presentation.
- Supporting sustainability, food-growing, and environmental improvement initiatives.
- Operating and maintaining garden and grounds machinery, including mowers, tractors, brush-cutters, chainsaws, wood-chippers, and attachments.
- Assisting with basic landscaping, garden improvements, and small projects across the Homestead precinct.




- Working independently and within a small team to maintain high-profile garden areas with care, consistency, and attention to detail.

About you

- Experience in horticulture, gardening, landscaping, nursery work, rural property maintenance, or estate grounds care.
- Confident undertaking hands-on garden maintenance, planting, pruning, watering, mulching, and general horticultural tasks.
- Chemically certified or willing to obtain chemical handling certification.
- Observant, practical, and proactive in identifying plant health, irrigation, weed, and presentation issues.
- Detail-oriented, tidy in your work, and committed to maintaining gardens and grounds to a consistently high standard.
- Comfortable with rural life, outdoor work, and the seasonal nature of horticultural maintenance.
- Passionate about gardening, plants, trees, nature, and improving the environment.
- Hold a valid driver's licence.
- Formal horticultural qualifications are preferred but not essential.

Benefits

- Onsite accommodation (utilities included).
- Access to gym, tennis courts, swimming pool, and Club facilities.
- Staff meat pack program.
- Supportive team culture.
- Opportunity to work across a diverse and dynamic property.

About us Ellerston is a rural property of over 40,000 hectares located approximately 70km northeast of Scone. The property encompasses cattle and sheep operations, polo facilities, exclusive golf experiences, and the Homestead precinct where the owner's family enjoy the gardens, grounds, and natural setting.

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