Community Gardener (freelance)

We are looking to appoint a Community Gardener to support the delivery of the Trust’s new volunteer programme in Crystal Palace Park.

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Applications must be received by 10:00 on 30 June 2025

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The role was made possible thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

For full details, please download the

Community Gardener (freelance) brief

Role: Community Gardener (freelance)

Salary: £22.00 per hour - up to a contract value of £10,000

Working pattern: Estimated at 11 hours a week, for one weekday and one weekend session each week, 5.5 hours per session. There may be the option for seasonal increases/decreases in hours by agreement.

Duration: Up to 18 months. Availability July 2025 - December 2026

Location: In the park. The Trust’s offices are in Crystal Palace Park, south London. Address: Ledrington Road, London, SE19 2BB.

Reporting to: Director of Parks Management

Responsible for: Community Gardening Volunteers

The Community Gardener will work with colleagues to deliver twice weekly sessions for volunteers to support gardening and management in Crystal Palace Park.

This will include simple tasks such as weeding, planting, composting and other ecology aspects as agreed as well as exploring development of park spaces including the Secret Garden and Jubilee Gardens. This role will help support our volunteers in gaining horticultural skills and confidence - as well as helping to improve maintenance and community engagement in the park.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience of gardening within a community context and offers a chance to develop skills alongside wider engagement projects. This post is made possible thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

Initially, this is a fixed term role until December 2026.

If you want to be part of one of London’s most exciting heritage projects - look no further!

How to apply:

For more information on how to apply, please download the application pack here.

Please submit the required documents to jobs@crystalpalaceparktrust.org with the subject ‘Role: Community Gardener'

Applications must be received by 10:00 on 30 June 2025.

Interviews (in person) will be held w/c 7 July 2025

Crystal Palace Park Trust is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that our staff should represent the communities, organisations, and individuals that we work with and support. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or nationality.

We thank all applicants for their interest.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.

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