Are you a skilled gardener or landscaper who takes immense pride in your work?
Gardenscaping is looking for an experienced Horticulturist/Landscaper to join our team, working across premium residential properties in Melbourne's most prestigious suburbs.
About the Role
This isn't just mowing and edging. You'll be delivering fine horticultural maintenance alongside hands-on landscaping and garden construction work - from ongoing care programs to hard landscaping tasks like paving, retaining walls, garden bed construction and planting installations. You'll work from landscape plans on design-build projects as well as manage the health and presentation of established high-end gardens.
What You'll Be Doing
- Fine lawn care - mowing, edging, renovation and turf health programs
- Skilled horticultural practices - pruning, hedging, pest and disease treatment, nutrition programs
- Garden development and planting - soil preparation, plant selection and installation
- Landscape construction tasks - paving, retaining walls, timber and stone edging, drainage installation, garden bed construction and turf laying
- Reading and working from landscape plans and design drawings on larger projects
- Operating landscaping tools and machinery (mini excavators, plate compactors, whackers, etc. - training provided where needed)
- Client communication - building relationships with high-value clients and providing expert advice
- Working safely and efficiently, both independently and as part of a two-person crew
What We Offer
- Market-competitive salary reflecting your experience and skill set
- Top-of-the-line equipment and vehicles
- Genuine career progression - including team leader and project management pathways as we grow
- Varied work - a mix of recurring maintenance and design-build/construction projects
What We're Looking For
- Minimum 2 years' experience in horticulture and/or landscaping
- Cert III in Horticulture or Landscape Construction viewed very favourably
- Practical landscaping/construction experience - paving, retaining walls, drainage or similar hard landscaping work highly regarded
- Strong plant knowledge and genuine passion for quality garden care
- Comfortable using landscaping tools and equipment
- Ability to read basic landscape plans (or willingness to learn)
- Valid driver's licence
If you take pride in your work, want variety across maintenance and landscaping projects, and are looking for a role with real progression, we would love to hear from you. Apply now.