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Horticultural Nursery Assistant

Job in Yeovil, Somerset County, BA20, England, UK
Listing for: Growndirect
Full Time position
Listed on 2025-12-28
Job specializations:
  • Retail
    General Retail, Retail Associate/ Customer Service, Merchandising, Customer Service Rep
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 12.21 GBP Hourly GBP 12.21 HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Horticultural Nursery Assistant – from £12.21 per hour

Horticultural Nursery Assistant – from £12.21 per hour Overview

Our Garden Plant nursery is busy growing over £3 million worth of plants for distribution to our four garden centres in Somerset & Devon.

We are looking for five new team members to assist with the production and distribution from our 9 acre growing site. This role is very physical so would suit applicants who can manage a strong day. We have many career opportunities advancing from this role if you wish to learn more about the distribution, seeding, plant care, retailing etc.

Details of this role:

Our company employ’s over 100 staff across five nurseries in Devon and Somerset and we are the largest grower retailer in the South West.

We can offer rates of pay well above the industry average following completion of a successful trial period, a long-term career in retail as well as plenty of opportunities to advance into retail management. The starting rate of this role is between £12.21 which is equivalent to £25,000 per year. Holiday is pro rata based on days worked – approx. 28 days per year.

No.

of Vacancies

10

Responsible For
  • Production of garden plants into finished containers
  • Lining out, watering, and growing of garden plants on the nursery
  • Picking orders, pricing, and dispatching plants to our garden centres
  • Cleaning and tidying the nursery – various operational tasks on the nursery
  • Loading and unloading the lorries

The job is very hands on and can be quite physical – involving being on your feet all day and heavy lifting – so a good level of physical fitness and enjoyment of physically demanding work would be required. Some weekend and bank holiday work would be required to suit the business needs.

Job Nature

Full Time

Job Location

Nursery (Yeovil)

Other Benefits
  • Company Events
  • Free On-Site Parking
How to Apply

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