Gardener

Tasks and duties

• Preparing garden beds ready for planting.
• Raising seedlings.
• Propagating and variegating plants, including trees, flowers, shrubs, bushes and hedges.
• Watering, fertilising and treating soil.
• Pruning hedges, shrubs and trees, and lopping branches where necessary.
• Mowing lawns, and trimming or weeding garden beds.
• Spraying and treating plants to control disease or insects.
• Examining plants and trees to determine their condition and decide appropriate treatment.
• Choosing plants and materials for gardens.
• Setting out and shaping pathways from gravel or pebbles.
• Constructing fences, ponds, barbecues, pergolas, playsets and furniture.