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We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.
Job Sites
www.hortweek.com/careers-and-workplace www.horticulturejobs.co.uk www.horticulturecareers.co.uk www.andersplus.com www.englishcountrygardeners.co.uk www.bloominggoodjobs.com www.gardenforum.co.uk/jobsCheck Out
www.growcareers.info www.britishfloristassociation.org www.landscaper.org.uk www.bali.org.uk www.academyoffloralart.com www.britishplantnurseryguide.co.uk www.horticulture.org.uk www.lantra.co.uk/careersIndustry Magazines
and News
www.hortweek.com www.britishfloristassociation.org/BFA_ Magazine.aspx www.gardennewsmagazine.co.uk www.gardenworld.co.ukDobbies
• Garden centre retailer with 35 stores
nationwide owned by Tesco’s
• HQ in Edinburgh, turnover of
£142 million
ADAS
• Largest horticulture applied research
group in the UK
• 500 staff in England and Wales,
HQ Wolverhampton
• Services include pest management,
agronomy, modelling
• £31 million turnover
New Covenant Garden
Market
• Leading London wholesale market
in fruit and flowers
• 2500 people and 200 businesses,
supplies 75% London florists,
40% restuarants
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew
• Botanical research institution,
manages Kew Garden and
Wakehurst Place
• Employs 800 staff with budget
of £60 million, 600 volunteers
and Interns
Royal Hor ticultural
Society
• UK leading garden charity, employs
700 staff with £79 million revenue
• 400,000 members , runs 4 major
flower shows including Chelsea
Flower Show
• 4 gardens have 1.6 million visitors,
publishes a range of garden
magazines
• Offers student placements, RHS
bursaries, courses and workshops
Hor ticulture
Ball Colegrave Ltd
• Leading supplier of ornamental
young plants & seed to the
horticultural trade
• £24 million turnover, based in
Banbury, Oxford
• Part of Ball Hort series of companies
based in USA
Wyevale Garden Centres
• 5,600 staff, 149 Garden centres
in England and Wales
• Offers apprenticeships in horticulture
and catering
• £270 million turnover
The Landscape Group
• £50 million turnover with 1,100 staff,
offices in Dorset and Coventry
• Take on graduate and offer
apprenticeships across the business
LDA Design
• Global environmental design
company, HQ London
• 145 staff, services include
landscape design, ecology and
diversity, impact assessments
Poupar t Ltd
• Supplies of soft fruit, top fruit
to UK and Europe
• Owns Berry World, Orchard World
and other divisions
• £340 million turnover