Gardening and green spaces

Gardener CV: example and template

This example is for gardeners and grounds staff at landscaping firms, municipal green space departments, nurseries, hotels and housing estates, and for people looking for seasonal work.

The employer wants to know whether you create gardens or maintain them, which plants you know and what equipment you use. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: gardener

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Andrzej Wawrzyniak

Gardener

Poznan +48 123 456 789 andrzej.wawrzyniak@example.com

Professional profile

Gardener with 9 years of experience creating and maintaining private gardens and housing estate green spaces. I plant trees, shrubs and perennials, lay lawns and irrigation systems and carry out maintenance pruning. With my crew I look after 25 regular clients and 3 housing estates.

Work experience

Gardener, crew leader

03.2019 - present

Landscaping company, Poznan

  • Creating gardens: planting, seeded and turf lawns, borders.
  • Installing automatic irrigation systems in about 20 gardens a year.
  • Maintenance pruning of fruit and ornamental trees, shaping hedges.
  • Regular maintenance of 25 gardens and 3 estates, leading a crew of 3.
  • Plant protection and fertilising in line with the rules.

Nursery worker

04.2016 - 02.2019

Ornamental plant nursery, Swarzedz

  • Propagating and growing plants in containers.
  • Preparing orders for wholesale customers.
  • Advising customers on choosing plants.

Education

Landscape architecture technician

2011 - 2015

Horticultural technical school in Poznan

Skills

  • Creating gardens and lawns
  • Maintaining and pruning trees and shrubs
  • Irrigation systems
  • Knowledge of ornamental plants
  • Mowers, chainsaws, tillers
  • Plant protection and fertilising

Licences and courses

  • Certificate of plant protection product training, valid until 2028
  • Chainsaw operator course, 2020

Languages

  • German: A2

Additional information

  • Category B driving licence with trailer (B+E)

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How to write a gardener CV

Professional summary

Say whether you create gardens or maintain them, how many years you have worked and which plants you know. Add equipment and licences, such as for using plant protection products, because the employer may require them.

Grounds worker with 2 seasons of experience at a landscaping company. I mow lawns, trim hedges and plant. I have a driving licence and can work from spring to autumn.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the types of work, number of gardens and equipment. Show independence, such as looking after regular clients or a crew. If you specialise in something, such as irrigation or tree pruning, highlight it.

Weaker: Garden work.

Better: Creating gardens: planting, seeded and turf lawns, borders.

Weaker: Watering.

Better: Installing automatic irrigation systems in about 20 gardens a year.

Weaker: Trimming.

Better: Maintenance pruning of fruit and ornamental trees, shaping hedges.

Skills worth listing

List types of work, plants and equipment. Under personal skills, show stamina and client contact, because in private gardens the client decides whether you come back. Add your seasonal availability.

Professional skills

  • Creating gardens
  • Plant care
  • Pruning trees and shrubs
  • Irrigation
  • Garden equipment
  • Plant protection

Personal skills

  • Stamina
  • Independence
  • Client contact
  • An eye for design
  • Working in a crew

Licences and courses

List your plant protection product training certificate with its expiry date, a chainsaw operator course and a driving licence with a trailer. For work at height, add a licence for lifts.

Gardener CV with no experience

Describe work in your own or your family's garden, on a farm or at harvest time. Say what work you do and what equipment you know.

Landscaping firms look for seasonal workers and are happy to train them. Stress your availability from spring and your driving licence.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A firm creating gardens looks for planting and irrigation, a green space department for maintaining large areas and equipment, and a hotel or estate for independent, ongoing care of green spaces. Move what the job ad is about to the top.

The most common mistakes on a gardener CV

Questions and answers

What should a gardener put on a CV?

Types of work, plants, number of gardens, irrigation, equipment, plant protection licences, courses and driving licence.

Does a gardener need a licence?

To use plant protection products professionally in Poland you need training ending with a certificate. A chainsaw course is sometimes required too.

Can you become a gardener with no experience?

Yes, especially in the season. On your CV, show garden work, stamina and availability.

Is seasonal gardening work worth putting on a CV?

Yes, especially several seasons with the same employer. It shows experience and trust.

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