Gardener
Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust Closing date: Thu, 09 Apr 2026
- Part time
- £25k-£30k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
This is a unique chance to play a key role in caring for some of the city's most iconic and historically significant gardens. The Royal Pavilion Garden is at the heart of our work. With a £6.2 million National Lottery Heritage Fund bid recently submitted, this is an especially exciting moment to help shape its restoration and future.
You'll also work across the gardens at Preston Manor, including its Edwardian Walled Garden and peaceful wildlife-rich spaces. With opportunities for future development, community partnerships, and creative collaboration with historians, artists and museum professionals, this role offers far more than traditional gardening.
As part of our team, you'll help conserve, preserve and enhance our outdoor environments, while also contributing to research that influences how visitors experience these historic spaces. Access to extensive archives and historical material makes this an ideal role for someone who loves horticulture and history.
This role is part-time, 15 hours per week.
Job Requirements
What you'll be doing:
Keeping our gardens looking their best through high quality maintenance: mowing, pruning, weeding and caring for herbaceous plants and shrubs.
Working alongside and guiding volunteers and apprentices.
Engaging with the public-answering questions and supporting tours as a friendly, knowledgeable ambassador for our gardens.
Job Responsibilities
If you're enthusiastic, collaborative and inspired by the idea of working within a museum landscape rich in stories, heritage and natural beauty, we'd love to hear from you.
If you would like to have an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Rob Boyle, Head Gardener at [email protected]
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Gardener
- Salary: £25k-£30k (pro-rata)
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Museums
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Thu, 09 Apr 2026
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Location:
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Job: Gardener
Job: Gardener
Organisation: Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust
Postcode: BN1 1EE
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please visit our website.
- Contact name: Clare Bailey
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust
Brighton & Hove Museums is a trading name for the Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust, a registered charity.
On 1 October 2020 the Trust took over the management and operation of the Royal Pavilion & Museums service on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council.
The Trust’s Royal Patron is His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. He took on the role after the Prince of Wales stepped down when he became King in 2022.