Horticulturalist - Indoor Gardens

About the role

The Indoor Gardens team cares for, maintains, propagates and presents indoor plant collections and horticultural displays, ensuring high standards of plant health, horticultural quality, sustainability and visitor experience. The role provides practical and technical support in plant establishment, propagation, irrigation, nutrition, greenhouse operations, environmental monitoring, plant health and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). It also supports plant inventory and records, display maintenance, pest and disease management and visitor engagement, working closely with the Horticulturalist, Botanic Garden Curator and the wider horticulture team.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain indoor plant collections, displays and greenhouse or controlled growing environments.
• Water, prune, repot, fertilise, replace plants and propagate them; carry out general plant maintenance.
• Monitor plant health and identify pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies and environmental stress.
• Support and implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and appropriate plant-health treatments.
• Monitor temperature, humidity, light, ventilation, irrigation, growing media and plant nutrition.
• Maintain plant inventories, labels, databases and horticultural records.
• Support greenhouse operations, indoor display maintenance and plant collection management.
• Work with horticulture teams, botanists, contractors and other multidisciplinary teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in indoor horticulture, indoor garden management, greenhouses, conservatories or controlled growing environments.
• Practical experience in plant care, propagation, pruning, repotting, irrigation, fertilisation and plant maintenance.
• Experience identifying plant pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies and environmental stress.
• Experience maintaining plant collections, displays, records and inventories.
• Experience in a botanic garden, greenhouse, conservatory, nursery, public garden or similar facility is preferred.

Required skills

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Monitoring of temperature, humidity, light, irrigation and ventilation
• Plant propagation (seeds, cuttings, division)
• Attention to detail, problem-solving, communication and teamwork

Applications are made through the Eram Talent application process.