Landscape Gardener & Horticulturist Project Leader

Have a passion for Horticulture with a ‘can-do’ attitude? Join our Yards’ family and thrive in a supportive and dynamic environment, caring and nurturing for some of Brisbane’s best premium residential gardens. 

With an increasingly growing client base, we now require an additional Horticulture Project Leader and a Landscape Gardenerto join our fabulous team.

Landscape Gardener

This Landscape Gardener position is a hands-on role, with general gardening duties and lawn care, including a mixture of both residential and commercial maintenance.

This role includes:

• Using a range of horticultural equipment including hedgers, whipper snippers, push mowers zero-turn ride on mowers and blowers.
• Basic irrigation knowledge.
• General garden maintenance.
• Hedging.
• Weed, pest, and disease management.
• Softscaping, including planting and mulching.

Horticulture Project Leader

This Horticulture Project Leader role 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.

This role includes:

• Exceptional plant maintenance knowledge.
• Hedging, topiary and cloud pruning.
• Coordinating multiple sites and projects.
• Plant nutrition
• Planting and mulching.
• Soil testing to assess plants / trees requirements.
• Some soft scaping, including planting and mulching
• Weed, pest and disease management.
• Basic Irrigation knowledge.
• Outstanding customer service skills.

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.

• Industry experience.
• Hold a valid Australian Drivers License.
• Unrestricted Australian Working Rights.

Benefits

• Competitive above-award salary, based on experience.
• Wages paid weekly and on-time.
• Fully maintained take-home company vehicle, including expenses.
• We provide ongoing training.
• Provided iPad, quality tools, PPE, and uniforms.
• Permanent full-time positions.
• Job security with an established, highly sought-after business.
• Great work / life balance.
• Being a valued team member - not just a number.

Why work for Yards.

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

- Yards Employee (with 15+ years industry experience)

We are proud to be an industry-leading landscaping design, construction, and maintenance business, serving premium residential and select commercial gardens across Brisbane and South East Queensland,  since 2005.

At Yards, we hold our staff in high regard, considering them our greatest asset. We provide meaningful rewards and opportunities for advancement based on the effort and dedication of our team members. Our aim is to create a supportive and collaborative work environment where everyone's contributions are recognised and appreciated.

Our work has been featured in the inaugural Queensland Hidden Design Festival and various industry publications. Most recently, we won the Residential Maintenance Category for the 2023 Landscape Queensland Construction Excellence Awards.

To see our projects, please view our Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/yardslandscapes

Apply Now

If you enjoy working outdoors, have a positive ’can-do' attitude and want the opportunity to be able to work at your best,  we would love to talk to you about joining our Yards Family.

To apply, please attach your resume, including three contactable work references, along with a cover letter outlining why you would be the perfect fit for Yards and which role you are applying for.

Have any questions?  Please call Ben on 0416 106 *** or email ***@yards.com.au.

We look forward to hearing from you!