Kitchen Gardens Trainee

Job Title: Kitchen Garden trainee (Job Reference KGT26) Contract: 1 8-month fixed term (3 5 hours per week) includin g weekend working on rota . During course 'term time' one day per week will be spent studying for RHS L2 Location: Chiswick House & Gardens Trust Reports t o: Senior Kitchen Gardener
Salary : London Living Wage (£14.80 p/hr)

TheKitchen Gardentrainee role has been developed for those changing career tobecomea professional gardener. You will already have experience of the world of workand be keen to use your transferrable skills and learn lots of new things too.

You will work in our historic, 2.5 acre walledKitchenGarden contributing to its role as a well-loved community garden and visitor attraction and support our work in the Grade 1 Listed wider gardens.

You willcontribute toGardening Together sessions with local community groups every week.The role will includepractical training to support the achievement of RHS Level 2 academic study with a seasonalapproach to learning and practising all the key gardening skills to enable a successful career in productive and heritage horticulture.

Key Requirements

• Havesomeexperience of growing food
• Be committed to working organically,learningand trialling new techniques and sharing your experience
• An appreciation ofgardens as aesthetic spaces that providea haven ofbeauty andyou willwant to increase your ability to enhance these growing areas for all those that visit them
• Have conviction in the social impact and well-being benefits of high-quality outdoor spaces and the professional gardener's role to share knowledge, skills, plants, and gardens inclusively
• Havegoodorganisation skills with attention to detail
• Bepunctual,reliableandable to work effectively, adapt and use your initiative in response to the day-to-day operations
• Have a 'can do attitude',enthusiasmandenergy, with a willingness to 'go the extra mile' to exceed expectations
• Goodpresentation, communication,listeningand interpersonal skills
• IT literacy
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Enthusiasm for historic gardens, community gardens, working as part of a visitor attraction.

How to apply:

Application is by CV (no more than 2 pages) and a cover letter (no more than 1 page) outlining the reasons for your interest in the post and why you believe yourself to be suitable, and how you would propose working to fulfil this role. Applications should be sent to with the subject title KGT26. Please include your full contact details including daytime and evening telephone numbers.

Please provide details of two referees who know your employment and your work. For shortlisted candidates, references will be taken up prior to interview unless youadvisethat you do not wish us to do so.

Deadline: Closing date for applications is end of day Monday 16 March 2026.

Interviews and shortlisting: It isanticipatedthat shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview, to meet the team and undertake practical tasks onthe morning ofTuesday 24 March 2026.

Please download the job description below for further information about the role and for details on how to apply.