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Grower Vacancy at Wye Organic

Posted December 2025

We are recruiting a Grower (Walled Garden Lead)
An 8-month role (with scope for permanent), starting March 2026

Some background....

Up til now, the Wye Organic Market Garden has been been running a fairly conventional, top-down model with one Head Grower and various Assistant Growers.

Our aim going forward is to restructure, with the focus on giving growers more scope for responsibility, creativity and input, and ultimately, flexiibility, personal development, career progression and fulfillment. 

Dividing responsibility for the production areas into 3: Polytunnels, Walled Garden, and Field; and allocating responsibility for overseeing each to specific members of the team.

This does not mean that, for example, the Walled Garden Lead will be responsible for doing all the work in the Walled Garden! Rather, the responsibility is for ensuring that necessary work gets done - by the whole team together.

There is an existing cropping plan to follow (& tweak as necessary) for 2026, with well-established existing systems in place etc, with support and guidance as needed.

The role is deal for someone with experience in an Assistant Grower-type role looking to make that step up.

The Grower (Walled Garden Lead) Role
We are seeking a grower with experience, who wishes to take on more responsibility within an established organic market garden business.

You will join our team as a Grower, taking a lead on our ½ acre Walled Garden, as well as participating in work across other areas of the Market Garden (polytunnels, field, picking & packing etc) as part of the wider team.

The job is ideal for someone with existing experience in an Assistant Grower-type role who may be looking to make the step up to greater responsibility.

Grower (Walled Garden Lead) Job Description
We are recruiting for one Grower on an 8-month contract with seasonal hours:

• Shoulder hours: 3 days (24 hours) per week, March;
• Summer hours, 4 days (32 hours) per week April – October inclusive;
• On-site accommodation is available for this role;
• Potential for permanent contract for the right person;
• Job share considered for the right candidates.

The role will involve taking a lead role in Walled Garden production, with support and as part of a team, involving all aspects of crop production.

Job Description

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AfgLnWogXtsD2fdpyPACSFtiseStGGCq/view

To apply, please send a CV to [email protected]

Application deadline Sunday 18th January 2026.

Grower Vacancy at Wye Organic

Posted November 2025

We are recruiting a Grower (Polytunnels Lead)
A permanent role, starting Jan 2026

Some background....

Up til now, the Wye Organic Market Garden has been been running a fairly conventional, top-down model with one Head Grower and various Assistant Growers. Our aim going forward is to restructure, with the focus on giving growers more scope for responsibility, creativity and input, and ultimately, flexibility, personal development, career progression and fulfilment. 

Dividing responsibility for the production areas into 3: Polytunnels, Walled Garden, and Field; and allocating responsibility for overseeing each to specific members of the team.

This does not mean that, for example, the Polytunnels Lead will be responsible for doing all the work in the tunnels! Rather, the responsibility is for ensuring that necessary work gets done - by the whole team together.

There is an existing cropping plan to follow (& tweak as necessary) for 2026, with well-established existing systems in place etc, with support and guidance as needed.

The role is deal for someone with experience in an Assistant Grower-type role looking to make that step up.

The Grower (Polytunnels Lead) Role
We are seeking a grower with experience, who wishes to take on more responsibility within an established organic market garden business.
You will join our team as a Grower, taking a lead on our 4 large (30’ x 100’) polytunnels, as well as participating in work across other areas of the Market Garden (walled garden, field, picking & packing etc) as part of the wider team.
The job is ideal for someone with existing experience in an Assistant Grower-type role who may be looking to make the step up to greater responsibility.

Grower (Polytunnels Lead) Job Description
We are recruiting for one Grower on a permanent contract with seasonal hours:

• Winter hours: 3 days (24 hours) per week, November – March inclusive;
• Summer hours, 4.5 days (36 hours - TBC) per week April – October inclusive;
• On-site accommodation is available for this role;
• Job share considered for the right candidates.

The role will involve taking a lead role in polytunnel production, with support and as part of a team, involving all aspects of crop production.

Job Description

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TiL6-lXpzVuZG1CLfatePg5XmiHaMW07/view

To apply, please send a CV to [email protected]

Application deadline Sunday 14th December 2025.

Flower Assistant Vacancy at Wye Organic

Posted December 2025

We are expanding the Flower Team at Wye Organic.
A part-time permanent role with seasonal hours.
Starting Feb 2026.

This is a permanent role, focused on the wholesale side of the business supplying florists.
In the Summer months (May – September) this entails the smooth and efficient picking and packing of flowers for orders and auction. This means early morning harvesting out in the field, followed by packing in the pack shed until early afternoon.
During the off season (October – April) you role will be focussed on assisting crop production, and 3 weeks in November/December wreath making.

This role will initially require a training period, but in time, will shine during the Summer hours, gaining increasing responsibility for the co-ordination of harvest mornings, as well as oversight of the smooth and efficient running of the packshed later in the day. During the Winter hours, you will assist Nanda (Head Grower) and Harriet & Peter (Production Assistants) with crop production tasks such as planting, weeding, bed flipping and staking.

We are seeking someone who is passionate about helping to bring British – and organic - flowers back into the hands of local florists, as well as onto local tables, wedding venues, churches and graves. The right person would be happy to work in all weathers, be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, with a keen and quick eye for quality and detail.

Flower Assistant Job Description
We are recruiting for one Assistant on a permanent contract for 20.3 hours per week, with seasonal hours (* please note there is an 8 week break between w/b 14th Dec 2026 and Feb 1st 2027):

WINTER HOURS: 3 days per week (24 hours)
for 26 weeks from w/b 9th Feb to 4th May; 28th Sept to 7th Dec:

• Mon 8am - 4.45pm
• Tue 8am - 4.45pm
• Wed 8am – 4.45pm

SUMMER HOURS: 3 days per week (24 hours)
for 20 weeks from w/b 11th May to 21st Sept:

• Mon 6am - 2.45pm
• Tue 6am - 2.45pm
• Wed 6am - 2.45pm

All working days include a paid tea break and 45-minute unpaid lunch break.

In Summer hours this role will involve working towards taking a lead in flower harvesting and packing for wholesale:

• Harvesting Flowers for wholesale
• Co-ordinating the harvest team
• Packing Flowers for wholesale
• Co-ordinating the packing team
• Ensuring an effiicient and organised pack shed
• Communicating with relevant collectors, delivery drivers

In Winter hours this role will assist in crop production.

• Planting of crops in the field, tunnel or walled garden, potting up
• Weeding - Hoeing or by hand
• Bed Flipping - Removing old crops , Adding compost, Re aligning beds, Broadforking, Laying Mypex, Woodchipping paths
• Pruning Holly, Roses, Raspberries, Foliage Shrubs
• Pinching young annual crops
• Mowing/Strimming - The headlands and pathways, Strimming old crops
• Staking - Bashing in plant supports, rolling out nets, laying drip irrigation

Full Job Description:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18btzgAHLZzwM46lMXu_XKvar-5kMniIt/view?usp=sharing

Application deadline January 11th 2026