A Career with... Garden Club London

Based from their headquarters in South East London, Garden Club London design and build gardens and landscapes from concept to completion with a passion and dedication like no other. Their specialist in-house team of Designers, Landscape Architects and Landscapers work with a range of clients to produce creative solutions and award winning standards of workmanship.

Horticulture Careers caught up with Garden Club London’s Director, RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold medal winner, Author and passionate horticulturist, Tony Woods. We asked Tony for an insight into life working at Garden Club London.

Read the full discussion below:

How do you welcome new starters into the business?

“We usually offer shortlisted candidates the opportunity to work in the team they will be joining before committing to a contract. This helps everyone feel at ease and get a better insight of what it will be like to work at Garden Club London. On starting we then carry out a thorough induction covering company procedures and health and safety requirements.”

Are there opportunities for promotion within the company?

“We are a growing company and have made a number of promotions in the last 12 months as the company and our people have grown. Some of the team like to move around departments and experience different aspects of the business too.”

What additional benefits do you offer staff?

“We assess all of our team on skill and attitude throughout the year to enable them to reach the highest pay scales possible. This allows us to constantly improve our people and the business. As well as competitive salaries we offer a profit sharing scheme based on overall company financial performance and individuals personal performance. All employees are automatically enrolled onto our private health care scheme after completing a 3 month probation period. This also enables employees to receive free coffees, cinema tickets and subsidised tickets for sporting events when they track their exercise.

All employees have an individual training budget assigned and when essential qualifications such as CSCS card are gained, you can choose any courses that you like as long as they will have a positive effect on your career and skills.”

Do you hold team days for staff? If so does this have a positive effect on morale?

“We hold what we call staff briefing days every 3-4 months. These days bring the whole site teams and office teams together to discuss any burning topics from recent projects and cover at least 2 CPD sessions on landscape subjects. We also arrange to have dinner and drinks as often as possible to give everyone a chance to catch up and celebrate any recent awards or birthdays. Team activity days have included indoor sky diving, crazy golf and beer tasting. These days are really important for drawing a line between our professional work and personal relations in the company.

What sets Garden Club London apart as an attractive place to work?

“At Garden Club London we share knowledge. experience and profit. Every employee has a sense of ownership and we recruit based on attitudes and more importantly than skill or experience but will this person embrace our company values and fit the team. Salaries are never enough to make a satisfying career so we work hard to give our team an exciting range of work from RHS flower shows such as Chelsea and Hampton Court to one of a kind pioneering landscape projects such as the Floating Pocket Park at Paddington Basin.”

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A Career with… Garden Club London

How do you welcome new starters into the business?

Are there opportunities for promotion within the company?

What additional benefits do you offer staff?

Do you hold team days for staff? If so does this have a positive effect on morale?

What sets Garden Club London apart as an attractive place to work?

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How do you welcome new starters into the business?

Are there opportunities for promotion within the company?

What additional benefits do you offer staff?

Do you hold team days for staff? If so does this have a positive effect on morale?

What sets Garden Club London apart as an attractive place to work?

Leave your thoughts Click here to cancel the reply

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