Job Summary: 

• Designs, plans, presents informational briefings, and orders plants for aesthetically pleasing arrangements in all annual beds and containers campus-wide
• Oversees and supervises a small crew to assist with daily planting/gardening activities
• Leads WKU Grounds crew in large planting efforts on campus
• Maintains annual and perennial flowers according to their specific cultural needs
• Prepares soil for planting annual and perennial beds
• Plants, removes, or relocates flowers, shrubs, and trees
• Recognizes disease and insect problems of woody and herbaceous plants and performs pest control operations
• Inspects plant beds to ensure conformance to campus specifications and standards and to evaluate plant and soil conditions
• Operates gas and/or electric-powered equipment and University vehicles
• Maintains excellent communication/customer service with both internal and external campus community, as well as other DFM team members
• Communicates bilaterally with other campus services staff, area teams, central trades groups, as well as other DFM team members to coordinate work activities between groups

Skills on Resume: 

• Plant Design (Hard Skills)
• Crew Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Plant Care (Hard Skills)
• Soil Prep (Hard Skills)
• Planting Skills (Hard Skills)
• Pest Control (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Team Communication (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Assist in planning, coordinating, and performing any landscape management practices (including snow removal) necessary to maintain the campus.
• Maintain accurate records of pesticide, fertilizer, and soil amendment applications.
• Understand basic horticultural practices and general best management practices.
• Proper use of Personal Protection Equipment at all times.
• Operate equipment properly and safely as outlined in the operating manuals.
• Execute Landscape Supervisor's scheduled work plan, horticultural interventions/treatments, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Collaborate for productive input, provide feedback on work/section progress, and actively monitor personal performance.
• Work in concert with, and as a resource for, fellow Landscape Gardeners, to encourage job-related growth, cross-training, and improve the overall knowledge base.
• Maintain and develop high standards of horticulture and grounds maintenance on the London Estate.
• Maintain colourful planters and help create biodiversity across the estate.
• Respond to requests from other departments and residents.

Skills on Resume: 

• Landscape Management (Hard Skills)
• Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
• Horticultural Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• PPE Usage (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Work Plan Execution (Soft Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Customer Responsiveness (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Lead, motivate, support, and work collaboratively with a team of three gardeners and occasional part-time staff.
• Liaise with garden adviser, contractors, and other departments.
• Supply fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers from the walled garden to the Hall.
• Have a glasshouse and propagating experience.
• Competent in landscaping works, redesigning of flower gardens and herbaceous borders.
• Maintain extensive lawns, including fine lawn areas.
• Upkeep of verges and hedges.
• Hold chainsaw and spraying qualifications ideally.
• Responsibility for a flock of hens and a colony of bees.
• Host occasional garden open days/tours, and annual Country Fair.

Skills on Resume: 

• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Department Liaison (Soft Skills)
• Crop Supply (Hard Skills)
• Propagation Skills (Hard Skills)
• Garden Redesign (Hard Skills)
• Lawn Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Certified Operator (Hard Skills)
• Event Hosting (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Decorate the church and the village hall for various estate functions.
• Take responsibility for maintaining weather records.
• Know cut flower arranging.
• Have a possible interest in arboretum-style tree planting and care.
• Conversant with Health and Safety protocols, risk assessments, and safe working environments.
• Order all supplies/knowledge of good suppliers
• Lead, motivate, support, and work collaboratively with a team of three gardeners and occasional part-time staff.
• Liaise with garden adviser, contractors, and other departments.
• Supply fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers from the walled garden to the Hall.
• Maintain extensive lawns, including fine lawn areas.

Skills on Resume: 

• Event Decorating (Hard Skills)
• Weather Recording (Hard Skills)
• Flower Arranging (Hard Skills)
• Tree Care (Hard Skills)
• Safety Compliance (Soft Skills)
• Supply Ordering (Hard Skills)
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Department Liaison (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Maintain a range of gardens using sound horticultural skills
• Operation and minor maintenance of horticultural plants and equipment
• Topping up of water feature filtration chemicals and working to the water engineer’s programme
• Car park areas and paths are to be gritted and cleared of snow in the winter months.
• Salt spreading to be carried out with care, not to spill onto hedging and planting
• Carry out general maintenance on the building and landscape structures
• Report and coordinate any repairs or maintenance work to be done by outside contractors
• Upkeep of verges and hedges.
• Hold chainsaw and spraying qualifications ideally.
• Responsibility for a flock of hens and a colony of bees.
• Host occasional garden open days/tours, and annual Country Fair.

Skills on Resume: 

• Garden Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Handling (Hard Skills)
• Water Feature Care (Hard Skills)
• Snow Clearance (Hard Skills)
• Salt Application (Hard Skills)
• Repair Reporting (Soft Skills)
• Hedge Upkeep (Hard Skills)
• Event Hosting (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Plant, maintain, and oversee diverse plantings of trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, bulbs, and annuals
• Hand water and monitor the irrigation of plantings
• Perform seasonal landscape work including fertilization, pruning, weeding/clean up, planting annuals and bulbs, dividing and transplanting, and leaf removal
• Observe tree conditions and coordinate with the tree company for tree care
• Maintain indoor plants and install seasonal holiday displays
• Install new garden projects
• Interact with the public in a courteous manner
• Efficiencies in time management and project completion
• Assist with community-wide events, leading groups of volunteers
• Enforces operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety through risk assessments
• Responsible for tagging, mapping, and documenting different species of trees

Skills on Resume: 

• Plant Care (Hard Skills)
• Irrigation Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Seasonal Landscaping (Hard Skills)
• Tree Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Indoor Display Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Garden Installation (Hard Skills)
• Public Interaction (Soft Skills)
• Time Management (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Recognizes unusual plant diseases, and recommends or personally applies appropriate chemical compounds for the conditions noted based on the specific condition of the plants. 
• Looks for plant diseases such as blight, brown spot, mildew, molds, and rusts, plant insects (borers, leaf miners, scale, slugs), and unusual or poor plant growth. 
• Applies proper treatment to alleviate the conditions.
• Documents any new techniques used and the subsequent results.
• Utilizes complex fertilizing practices and methods for increasing or decreasing the presence in the soil or lime, calcium salt, or sulphur to neutralize acid or alkaline soil conditions in line with specific plant requirements.
• Makes use of foliage feeding, root feeding, and soil additive methods to fertilize different varieties of plants.
• Performs watering, cultivation, pest, and disease control within an Integrated Pest Management program.
• Applies chemicals during periods of reduced public activity to avoid spraying people or animals in the area with toxic materials.
• Designs and creates displays and exhibits of plants throughout the Capitol Grounds.
• Performs the entire range of tasks that support the planning for and creation of displays of varieties of flowers, grasses, ground covers, shrubs, and trees.
• Assists horticulturists in the selection of new and unusual cultivars for exhibits in support of plans for new gardens and displays.

Skills on Resume: 

• Disease Diagnosis (Hard Skills)
• Pest Identification (Hard Skills)
• Treatment Application (Hard Skills)
• Technique Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Soil Management (Hard Skills)
• Fertilization Methods (Hard Skills)
• IPM Practices (Hard Skills)
• Display Design (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Works from project plans, master landscape, and long-range plans to make independent judgments for developing plant displays using concepts and techniques of good gardening practices.
• Initiates and coordinates plant displays involving the propagation and cultivation of unusual and exotic plants, shrubs, and trees.
• Maintains and cares for displays of interior subtropical, tropical, and arid plants and trees.
• Plants and preserves trees, shrubs, hedges, flowers, gardens, and lawns for the exterior historical landscape.
• Recycles organic end products and conserves water and energy resources by integrating sustainable practices and materials. 
• Recommends improvements to and purchase of watering systems, gardening equipment, and plant signage to support the ongoing conservation of resources. 
• Propagates new plants via stem cuttings, leafbud cuttings, grafting, and layering (including air layering or marcotting).
• Answers questions from the visiting public by providing horticultural information such as origin and general care, nomenclature, and growth requirements for healthy plants, lawns, trees, and shrubs, and climatic requirements.
• Prunes and trims plants and shrubs to maintain good plant health and treat unusual plant conditions.
• Prunes and trims to shape and size as instructed and following the Historic Landscape Master Plan.
• Mows and maintains lawn grasses.

Skills on Resume: 

• Landscape Planning (Hard Skills)
• Plant Display Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Interior Plant Care (Hard Skills)
• Exterior Landscape Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Sustainable Practices (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Recommendation (Soft Skills)
• Plant Propagation (Hard Skills)
• Public Interaction (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Cleans up and removes fall leaf accumulations using hand tools, vacuums, blowers, and sweepers.
• Performs trash clean-up and removal, uses sweeper, walk-behind, hand-held, and riding leaf blowers, rake, pitchfork, and shovel. 
• Uses various chemicals and fertilizers, prepares and treats soils for planting.
• Adjusts sprinklers and operates and maintains power equipment, including tillers, tractors, plows, bobcats, forklifts, power trimmers, leaf removal equipment, blowers, and snow removal vehicles and equipment for use in parking areas, roads, and walkways. 
• Operates some machinery that requires the use of Personal Protective Equipment for noise and dust.
• Drives snow removal equipment, consisting of the truck with an adjustable snowplow or a tractor equipped with a blower, brush, or adjustable snowplow. 
• Shovels snow into a truck or an open sewer from the streets and other public thoroughfares. 
• Removes ice and packed snow using a pick or ice chopper to clear ice around catch basins, fire hydrants, and street corners.
• Spreads thawing chemicals onto walks and roadways. 
• Clears sidewalks and steps using a shovel or ice-melting materials.

Skills on Resume: 

• Leaf Removal (Hard Skills)
• Trash Cleanup (Hard Skills)
• Soil Treatment (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• PPE Usage (Hard Skills)
• Snow Equipment Driving (Hard Skills)
• Ice Removal (Hard Skills)
• Chemical Spreading (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Carry out an annual programme of maintenance work to maintain the garden and grounds to the highest standard
• General ground maintenance duties and general tidiness of the grounds using hand tools and powered horticultural machinery (all areas are to be kept neat and free of debris and leaves, particularly through the autumn months)
• Full landscape and parking areas to be continually litter-picked and bins emptied
• Paths and terrace areas (including furniture) to be kept clean and tidy - jet washing 
• Monitor and maintain the health of plants in the extensive herbaceous beds, including pruning, staking, feeding, and spraying (chemical and weed control experience needed).
• Day-to-day maintenance and upkeep of these planting beds
• Day-to-day maintenance of the hedgerows and feature hedging blocks
• Day-to-day maintenance of the topiary trees, topiary shrubs, and pleached trees (lines of pleached planting to be kept neat and always matching)
• Mow, trim, and fertilise lawned green spaces
• Deal with pest/disease problems that could cause damage to the plants/property
• Maintain all gardening/maintenance equipment and machinery, including mowers and trimmers
• Maintain and monitor the site-wide irrigation system.

Skills on Resume: 

• Grounds Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Litter Removal (Hard Skills)
• Surface Cleaning (Hard Skills)
• Plant Health Care (Hard Skills)
• Hedge Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Topiary Care (Hard Skills)
• Lawn Management (Hard Skills)
• Irrigation Monitoring (Hard Skills)