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Outdoor Plants General Assistant- Melbicks Garden Centre Are you passionate about plants and enjoy providing excellent customer service? Melbicks Garden Centre is looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking Outdoor Plants General Assistant to join our busy and vibrant plants team. 30 Hours per Week | Including Weekend Working Salary: Competitive, depending on experience As part of the award-winning Blue Diamond Group, you'll be helping to create an inspiring shopping experience for our customers while working amongst a wide range of quality plants and horticultural products. The Role This is a varied and hands-on role within our Outdoor Plants Department. You will help maintain high standards throughout the plant area, ensuring stock is healthy, well-presented, and readily available for customers. Key Responsibilities • Caring for and maintaining outdoor plant stock, including watering and general plant husbandry • Assisting with the receipt, movement, and replenishment of plant deliveries • Creating attractive and inspirational plant displays • Maintaining excellent housekeeping and retail standards throughout the department • Ensuring plants are correctly priced and point-of-sale material is displayed accurately • Providing friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful customer service • Assisting customers with plant selection and offering basic plant care advice • Supporting carry-to-car service where required • Using the EPOS system confidently and accurately when required • Working as part of the wider garden centre team to support seasonal promotions and events About You We are looking for someone who is: • Passionate about plants and gardening • Friendly, approachable, and customer-focused • Reliable, hardworking, and able to work independently when required • Organised with good attention to detail • Physically fit and comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions • A positive team player with a flexible approach to work • Available to work weekends as part of a rota Previous horticultural or garden centre experience would be beneficial but is not essential, as training will be provided for the right candidate. What We Offer • Generous staff discount • Ongoing training and development opportunities • Career progression opportunities within the Blue Diamond Group • A supportive and inspiring working environment • The opportunity to work with one of the UK's leading garden centre retailers If you are enthusiastic about plants and would like to be part of a successful and growing business, we would love to hear from you. Apply for this vacancy Do you want to respond to this vacancy? Please fill out this form completely and your information will be sent to the garden centre.