Assistant Nursery Manager

Assistant Growing Manager – Herefordshire – £DOE

Passionate about growing and ready to take the next step in your horticulture career?

Looking to lead a team and have real impact on a large-scale ornamental nursery?

Want to join a business where there's clear progression into senior management?

• Competitive salary with progression opportunities
• Paid, professional training.
• Company and industry events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme

This is your chance to step into a key role at one of the UK's largest ornamental nurseries. Based at their main site, of over 50 acres, you'll lead a team of 6, each responsible for their own area of the nursery.

Day to day, you'll be responsible for:

• Running daily meetings and allocating tasks across the growing team
• Overseeing irrigation, spacing, feeding, and pest & disease control
• Supporting crop walking and monitoring, identifying issues early and acting fast
• Managing rotas, weekend cover, and providing holiday cover when needed
• Ensuring effective biological and chemical crop protection programmes
• Keeping the site in top condition - tidy beds, clear roadways, and well-maintained equipment
• Developing and supporting apprentices and crop technicians to grow their skills.
• Working closely with operations and technical colleagues to deliver ready plants on time and to spec.
• You'll work alongside an experienced Growing Manager and Assistant Technical Manager, with plenty of autonomy to lead but the support of a highly knowledgeable team.

• Experience working in commercial nursery production - ideally ornamentals.
• Strong plant knowledge, including crop health, pests, and disease management.
• Supervisory or team leader experience in horticulture
• Practical, hands‑on, and proactive.
• Ideally, you'll also hold a qualification in horticulture and your PA1 or PA6.

This role is ideal if you're ready to step up into a bigger leadership role, with the chance to progress further as the business continues to grow.

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