Please note that Roots to Work will not request payment for listings on this platform.
Our goal is to connect good people with good food. We advertise sustainable food jobs and training opportunities to help jobseekers and employers find each other.
Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
Borde Hill Garden Ltd
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Posted: 19 Feb 2025
Deadline: 21 Feb 2025
Compensation: £28,500 - £30,000 per year
Living Wage employer
Paid Full-time
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Borde Hill team as Senior Grower to manage our new 10 acre biodynamic Market Garden located at Sugworth Farm on Borde Hill Estate. Now in its third year of production, we are looking for a passionate grower to work on establishing our productive fruit and vegetable crop to supply both wholesalers as well as our new field to fork restaurant ‘Cordia’ opening later this year.
You will work closely with the Senior Walled Gardener, whose focus is to oversee the implementation of the reimagined design of our 1 acre Victorian Walled Garden, redesigned by award winning Garden Designer, Anne-Marie Powell. You will also have a symbiotic relationship with the restaurant ‘Cordia’ Chef to bring our new food vision to life, creating a strong brand message of farm to fork, seasonal and honest produce, showcasing the very best of biodynamic farming.
It is therefore not only key you have excellent communication and collaborative working skills, but also the knowledge of growing produce on a large scale, effectively planning crop selection, cultivation, time of sowing and harvest in relation to the biodynamic cycle.
Your immediate priority will be the implementation of the cropping plan and overseeing the installation of a new polytunnel, supported by a part time Grower and Volunteers.
Both the Walled Garden and Market Garden are in their infancy, and the Senior Grower and Senior Walled Gardener will be key anchors in delivering Borde Hill’s new vision of farm to fork dining.
You will be joining us at the critical developmental stage of this exciting project and if you are a passionate horticulturalist with an advanced understanding of Market Garden practices in all aspects of productive horticulture and maintenance, and are looking for a career highlight, then this could be the job for you.
Application information
Please send your CV and covering letter to manager@bordehill.co.uk
Please mention Roots to Work when applying for these jobs
About Borde Hill Garden Ltd
We are passionate about our Borde Hill home in West Sussex, its grounds and its bounty of natural resources. We want to be eco-friendly pioneers when it comes to our Garden, Parkland, Woodland and in particular our food provenance. Sugworth Farm is home to our Market Garden and grows rare and unusual fruit and vegetables, which we currently sell wholesale or retail through our Shop.
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter featuring job alerts and a monthly long read.
Roots to Work
C/o Sustain
The Green House
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA
0203 5596 777
sustain@sustainweb.org
www.rootstowork.org
Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
Registered charity (no. 1018643)
Site map
Data privacy & cookies
