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Horticulturist | Landscape Gardener Project Leader

Join Our Team!

Have a passion for Horticulture, with a “can-do” attitude?

Join our Yards’ Team and thrive in a supportive and dynamic environment, caring and nurturing for some of Brisbane’s most premium residential gardens.

With an ever growing client base, we now require an additional Landscape Gardener | Horticulturist Project Leader to join our fabulous team.

This is the perfect opportunity for you to work at the highest standard of Horticultural Care in beautiful surrounds, with like-minded colleagues, who genuinely care about their work and take enormous pride in their results.

About Yards.

Yards’ is a multi-award winning team of professionals, with a strong reputation in the industry for producing high quality work, with outstanding customer service. 

“Yard’s is the nicest and most quality conscious company I’ve ever worked for,  the work you do is next level to anything I’ve seen before”.

Yards Employee (with 15+ years industry experience)

At Yards, we deeply value our staff and consider them our greatest asset. We offer meaningful rewards and opportunities for advancement, based on the effort and dedication of our team members.

Our goal is to foster a supportive and collaborative work environment, where everyone’s contributions are recognised and appreciated.

Job Tasks & Responsibilities.

This Horticulturist Project Leader position is a hands-on role perfecting and enhancing our clients’ gardens, which includes:

• Exceptional Plant maintenance knowledge.
• Hedging, topiary and cloud pruning.
• Planting and mulching.
• Soil testing to assess plants / trees requirements.
• Weed, Pest and Disease Management.
• Basic Irrigation knowledge.
• Operation and maintenance of tools and equipment.
• Coordinating Horticulture Care projects.

Skills and Experience.

Our staff require a broad range of skills and we encourage all experienced Horticulturists, Landscape Gardeners and Grounds-persons to apply. A strong eye for detail and a ‘can do’ attitude is required for this position. 

Key qualifications and experience required:

• Minimum two years’ industry experience.
• Level II or above qualification in Horticulture / Parks & Gardens, or equivalent trade.
• Hold a valid Australian Drivers License.
• Unrestricted Australian Working Rights.

The successful applicant will:

• Have a ‘Can-Do’ attitude. 
• Be well presented and motivated.
• Take pride in their work and have excellent attention to detail.
• Be fit and able to work hard in sometimes challenging environmental conditions.
• Have a current police clearance (or willing to get one). 
• Have outstanding communication and customer service skills.
• Be able to adapt in a busy and dynamic environment.

Job Benefits.

Aside from working in a genuine, friendly environment, with a great team culture, the benefits for working for Yards include:

• Competitive above-award salary – which will be based on experience.
• Wages paid weekly and on-time.
• Fully maintained take-home company vehicle, including expenses.
• We encourage ongoing training.
• iPad, quality tools, PPE and uniforms are provided.
• Permanent full-time position.
• Job security with an established, highly sought after business. 
•  We are proud to offer great work / life balance.
• Being a valued team member – not just a number.

More about Yards.

Yards is a well-established, industry-leading Landscaping business working in some of the most premium private residential gardens across Brisbane and South East Queensland, since 2005.

Our work has been featured in the inaugural Queensland Hidden Design Festival, as well as appearing in a number of industry publications. 

We are proud recipients of numerous awards, most recently winning the Residential Maintenance Category for the 2023 Landscape Queensland Construction Excellence Awards. Although we are very proud of our formal industry awards, our key driver is client satisfaction.

Our team love working on and take great pride in caring for the beautiful lawns and gardens we have in our portfolio. If you have a passion for high-end Horticulture, and have a ‘can-do’ attitude, we would love to talk to you about becoming part of our Yards’ Family. 

If you would like to discuss this role further, please don’t hesitate to call Ben on 0416 106 608 or email [email protected].

Apply Now. 

Please attach your resume, including three contactable work references, together with a cover letter outlining why you would be the perfect fit for Yards.

We look forward to hearing from you.