Horticultural Engagement Officer

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Overview of the Role
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The Horticultural Engagement Officer at RHS Garden Rosemoor will be joining the RHS New Shoots team at an exciting time as we build on strong foundations to expand our reach to more under‑represented groups in providing high‑quality horticultural careers guidance, exploration and experience. Currently live at RHS Gardens Bridgewater, Harlow Carr, Rosemoor and Wisley, and due to expand to Hyde Hall, New Shoots is a friendly, passionate and agile team delivering a range of engagement programmes at and in the vicinity of each garden.

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and agile new team member with a good knowledge of horticulture, and a desire to engage diverse groups and individuals with the aim of supporting their journey to a career in Horticulture. The role of Horticultural Engagement Officer will also, with support from our Horticultural Engagement Manager, curate and maintain our exciting new learning space, the Greener Skills Garden at RHS Garden Rosemoor once the project is delivered in early 2027.

This role will be five days per week, with the opportunity to work flexibly from home up to two days per week (subject to on‑site engagement activity delivery) and one Saturday per month (with suitable Time off in Lieu).

To work for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is to join a thriving charity, whose mission is to be there for everyone on their lifelong adventure with gardening. Everything we do is built on the transformational power of gardening – and the benefits it brings to people, places and our planet.

And we couldn’t do this without our people. We’re proud of the knowledge, enthusiasm and ideas that each one of our team members brings. From working across our social media channels, to volunteering in the RHS Gardens, from serving customers in our garden centres to running national marketing campaigns, we believe that every member of the RHS team should have the opportunity to make a difference.

Our careers portal here provides a comprehensive overview of what we offer, the teams that work at the RHS and our great benefits.

The activities of the RHS are focused on delivering a real benefit to all those involved and interested in horticulture and gardening in the UK.

The RHS owns four gardens across the UK:
Wisley in Surrey, Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire, Hyde Hall in Essex and Rosemoor in Devon. In 2012/13 we welcomed more than 1.76 million visitors. We also work in partnership with more than 195 Partner Gardens giving our members free access at various times of the year. Through our gardens, we help gardeners across the UK and overseas by providing access to diverse plant collections, examples of innovative and attractive planting design and good horticultural practices.

They all hold regular talks, demonstrations and walks.

The RHS aims to share practical knowledge and inspire people of all ages and abilities with an interest in plants and gardening. We offer a range of qualifications from the Level 1 Certificate through to the prestigious Master of Horticulture. For gardeners of the future, we run the Campaign for School Gardening to encourage as many children as possible to get growing.

There are more than 18,000 schools involved with the campaign. We also administer a number of bursary funds and through these we support plant research, expeditions and conference attendances around the world.

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Salary - £33,290

Closing date - 30th August 2026

Person Specification document is available at RHS -