Assistant Nursery Manager

Assistant Growing Manager

Herefordshire • £DOE

• 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.

• 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

• 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 also hold a qualification in horticulture and your PA1 or PA6

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