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Borde Hill Garden Ltd
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Posted: 27 Mar 2025
Deadline: 25 Apr 2025
Compensation: £12.36 - £14 per hour dependent on experience
Paid Part-time Flexible hours Permanent
Job description
The Market Garden at Borde Hill, West Sussex, is a new biodynamic project in its second season, located on a 10 acre site, currently cropping on half an acre with 3.5 acres in green manure for when we are ready to expand. The principal purpose of the Market Garden is to grow produce for a new field to fork restaurant and cafe due to open later this year, with emphasis on sustainability and seaonality. In the meantime, produce is sold via wholesalers to restaurants in London.
You will be working with our current part-time Grower, and joining the project at an exciting time, gaining experience of both setting up and expanding a Market Garden, as well as general growing duties. You will organise all aspects of vegetable production from seed to harvest and tasks will include:
The right candidate will feel confident working alone, as well as in a team to include volunteers, and will understand the importance of working quickly and efficiently.
Your passion for organic/biodynamic growing will be key in ensuring the plants are cared for and developed to grow delicious seasonal produce to be eaten on site or sold wholesale.
Application information
Please email your CV and covering letter to manager@bordehill.co.uk
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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.
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