Assistant Gardener – Vegetable Garden – Drimbawn House

Drimbawn House is seeking a Skilled Gardener for the fruit and vegetable garden.

It’s an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic Skilled Gardener in the fruit and vegetable areas of Drimbawn Garden, Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo.

The Garden:

Drimbawn Garden lies in Co. Mayo on the shores of Lough Mask. It’s laid out by a leading Irish garden designer and includes extensive woodland gardens, an enclosed flower and vegetable garden, an orchard, an arboretum, bog gardens and walks and a polytunnel for plant propagation and fruit/vegetable production. All of these are developed and maintained to a high standard.

Video of Drimbawn Garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08LcpfQIz7E

Your role:

  • Developing and maintaining the fruit and vegetable garden
  • Beekeeping
  • Reporting to the Head Gardener and helping out with the maintenance of the ornamental gardens
  • Production of high-quality fruit and vegetables
  • Storing and preserving the garden produce

Essentials: 

  • You have to be physically fit and hardworking
  • We would expect tidiness and attention to detail
  • You have to follow the rules of organic gardening
  • To think in solutions and not in problems
  • We like you to develop your skills and contribute your ideas