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Thank you for your interest in working at Petersham Nurseries. We look forward to hearing from you.
Stock controller/warehouse manager required for a busy garden centre and shop.
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
Processing purchase orders.
Receiving deliveries.
Reconciling delivery notes with purchase orders.
Entering stock items in the system
Organising stock within warehouse
Monthly stock take and reconciliation of stock.
This is a developing job role in a growing local business which will expand into web management including uploading stock onto website and overseeing of e-commerce.
Attention to detail and a methodical approach are essential as well as previous warehouse and stock control experience.
Very good IT skills plus a knowledge of computerised stock systems is essential.
Horticultural knowledge would be useful as well as a keen interest in photography. The j
ob will involve heavy lifting and is
part time, 5 days/week.
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An enthusiastic Administrative Assistant/Receptionist is required to cover maternity leave from 23rd August 2010.
This is a temporary, full-time position (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm).
Applicants must be dynamic and eloquent with an excellent telephone manner and competent IT skills. A knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook are essential as is the ability to work methodically and prioritise tasks effectively.
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
Answering nursery and cafe telephone and email enquires
General office administration
Management of Cafe reservations (a knowledge of Open Table reservation system would be of benefit)
Management of event bookings
Recording of all company press
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The restaurant is looking to recruit one full time waiter and part time weekend waiters to start in September. Candidates must be energetic and friendly people who have experience and a passion for food and wine and a high quality of service. Petersham Nurseries Cafe is an award winning restaurant which five days a week, serves a short lunch menu of seasonal dishes to be eaten amongst the flowers and plants at the antique tables dotted in and about the enchanting main greenhouse. Shifts may also include occasional evenings. Please send your CV to info@petershamnurseries.com
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Voluntary Positions with Local Kitchen Gardens...
Volunteering to help at local kitchen gardens is a great way to learn and share gardening skills while helping these community initiatives to provide fun and invaluable educational opportunities for children.
The Chiswick House Kitchen Garden, Chiswick House (behind the conservatory)
For details of ‘drop in days’, specialist and ‘jack-of-all-trades’ positions in the kitchen garden please refer to
www.kitchengarden.org
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Chiswick House Kitchen Garden is a 2½-acre `secret` garden created in 1682 by Sir Stephen Fox, Paymaster General of the Armed Forces and Samuel Pepys’ boss. Overgrown for many years, the area had faded from local memory when, in 2005, local volunteers started to restore the garden, in association with local schools and young people. Over the last three years thousands of local school children have been creating a place of beauty, productivity and sustainability that is beginning to rival more established gardens as a place to visit and enjoy. The Kitchen Garden was featured on BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World last year.
The Victorian Kitchen Garden at The Holly Lodge Centre, Richmond Park
Volunteers are being sought to help with this invaluable project located in Richmond Park to help extend the kitchen garden to enable greater access for wheelchair users and increase the variety of crops. Volunteers are laying new paths and creating new beds and the new greenhouse is enabling them to grow their own seedlings and shelter from the rain and cold. They are specifically looking for someone to help with group visits to the Victorian Kitchen Garden and to help with some gardening. For details of how to help please see their website:
www.thehollylodgecentre.org.uk
About the centre: ‘Special Needs in a Special Place’
The Holly Lodge Centre provides an opportunity for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy and learn from a series of hands-on experiences focusing on the rich natural environment in the unique setting of Richmond Park. These activities range from photography to programmes that are linked to the National Curriculum for schools. All kinds of groups are catered for and have included special schools, day centres, mainstream schools, holiday clubs, hospitals and many other kinds of organisations. Activities are adapted to help visitors gain maximum benefit and enjoyment from the Park.
In addition to outdoor activities, groups can also experience and learn about life and society in Victorian times by visiting ‘Mrs Sawyer’s Kitchen’ – an old farm building that has been transformed to provide an authentic glimpse of the Victorian age. There is also a kitchen garden planted with old varieties of vegetables. The Centre is located at Holly Lodge, the Park’s administrative headquarters and base for the Metropolitan Police. This is also where the working Shire horses are stabled. It is run as a charity in collaboration with the Royal Parks.
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