Webbs is an award-winning garden centre retailer with four stores and a growing ecommerce business. Our stores are premium garden centres with exceptional indoor and outdoor horticulture departments, a range of quality gifts, homeware, furniture and clothing. Our high quality restaurants offer freshly prepared, seasonally changing menus.
 
We're an independent family business with a great team of people. At Webbs our values are Team, Trust, Environment, Family and Personality. We have an excellent workplace culture with a focus on fun and wellbeing whilst we work hard to get the job done together. We’re proud to have won national awards including Best UK Workplace 2023, Best UK Workplace for Women 2023 and Excellence in Wellbeing awards 2023.
 
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced advisor to join our Garden Plants team at our Wychbold garden centre.
 
The role involves working within an established team; outdoor plants, merchandising plants, stoneware and compost.  Duties include:
  • Plant care and maintenance which includes monitoring plant health, watering, feeding, pruning and implementing seasonal care practices to ensure plant health throughout the year.
  • Ensuring the area is stocked with a good variety of plants to meet customer demands and displays enhance visual appeal and promote seasonal products.
  • Assisting customers with advice on plant selection, care, and placement, offering expert horticultural knowledge. Handling customer enquiries and complaints, providing a friendly and professional service. Promoting special offers, seasonal plants, and related garden products.
  • Ensuring the plant area is safe for both staff and customers. Keeping walkways clear and ensuring that displays are stable and accessible.
     
You’ll work closely with team members and department managers to ensure consistently high retail standards, displays and customer service are delivered.
 
This role requires a combination of horticultural knowledge, and customer service abilities, all focused on ensuring the plant section thrives as a key part of the garden centre’s overall offering.
 
The successful candidate must have:
  • Garden centre experience, including retail selling skills and a have passion for horticulture.
  • Be credible and confident in their plant knowledge, ideally supported by a relevant qualification such as RHS 2/3 or equivalent.
  • Experience of visual merchandising and have a flare for creating dramatic and interesting plant displays.
  • High quality standards and an eye for detail.
 
This is full time, fixed term contract, working 37.5 per week from April to the end of September 2026. Weekday working, Weekends and evenings may be required. Rota’s will be provided two weeks in advance.
 
The role is based at our store in Wychbold and so you must live within a reasonable commuting distance.
 
Our reward package includes a generous benefits package including colleague discounts, life insurance, pension scheme and free parking.
 
If you'd like to join our fun, friendly Webbs team then please click apply now or send your CV to [email protected]
 
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Job Types: Full Time, Fixed Term
 
Hourly rate: £7.55 - £12.21.  Salary will meet national minimum wage for age.
 
 
 
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