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Hello all,

My name is Jody Daunton and I am a student at Brighton University. I am currently looking for Landscape / Grounds Maintenance work in the East Sussex area.

I am a sensible and hard working 22 year old man, I'm not shy of a shovel and am keen to get stuck in and get my hands dirty. I love working outdoors and the reward of seeing the outcome of a hard days graft.

I have had previous experience in the gardening industry, having worked last summer as a landscaper for a large commercial landscape company 'Four Seasons Landscape', as well as having worked the previous summer at a whole sale gardening nursery 'Springwood Nursery'. Another related job I have worked for the past 4 years is at 'Frenchay Christmas Tree Farm', where during the winter months, and occasional days throughout the year I take on many different forms of maintenance e.g. planting, pruning, cutting out trees, weeding, fencing, fertilising, stone picking, spreading mulch, clearance, hedge trimming, as well as other general maintenance and gardening duties.

I have lots of experience using hedge trimmers, strimmers, chainsaws and lawn mowers and would like to add that I have my own car and a full clean driving license. During my time at 'Four Seasons Landscape', I gained experience driving vans, where I would often drive both their single and twin cab, 3.5 tonne Transit Flatbeds across the UK. The flatbeds were almost always loaded up with a large amount of weight on the back, usually a large sit on mower or palettes of turf.

I am currently studying photography and feel as though this could also be an added bonus for any potential employer seeking to improve their online gardening portfolio / gallery.

I have been browsing this forum for a few months now and decided it would be a better place to put an advert than Gumtree, as I am sure most of you will be aware that it is often flooded with handy men type adverts. My previous employment was gained through a gardening / labouring agency in Bristol, if anyone has any suggestions on how to go about finding relevant work in it would be greatly appreciated.

Below are links to the companies I have previously worked for, if you currently have any vacancies or are aware of any that may spring up in the near future please don't hesitate to contact me and I can provide a full CV with references and a more in depth list of my previous experience.

Thank you for taking the time to read this ad.

Best Regards,

Jody Daunton

jodydaunton1@hotmail.com

www.fourseasonscommercialhardandsoftlandscapingservices.co.uk

www.springwoodnursery.co.uk/

www.frenchaychristmastreefarm.co.uk

Replies

Dan Frazer Gardening April 4, 2011 at 4:42pm

Good on you for taking the initiative and coming on here - hopefully someone is after you and will get in touch. I would if I were local.
Jody Daunton April 4, 2011 at 4:45pm

Thanks for the encouraging words :)
Mic Watson April 4, 2011 at 5:47pm

Its so nice to see someone young trying to make something of themselves rather than just wanting to sponge off the state , i cant help on the job front but i wish you luck with your search and i think you would be an asset to any landscaping company ....
Graeme @ BGS April 4, 2011 at 6:14pm

Try sending an email to Stu at TVG Landscaping to see if he has anything available - his company is always busy!

http://www.tvglandscaping.co.uk/
Mark Watson April 4, 2011 at 6:56pm

Jody, I'm in Oxfordshire so no-go but otherwise I could really do with someone like you, you seem very articulate-all the best.
Jody Daunton April 4, 2011 at 7:20pm

Cheers for the thumbs up everyone.

Now that the season is starting to kick off I should hopefully find something sooner than later!

I will send an email to TVG tonight, thanks for the link it looks quite promising!!
claire carter April 4, 2011 at 7:31pm

Good luck and best wishes to you , claire
Fenlandphil April 9, 2011 at 6:34am

This firm is looking for landscapers the ad was posted on the BALI linkedin group

http://www.landscapingsolutionsltd.co.uk/
Jody Daunton April 10, 2011 at 8:11pm

Thanks so much, really nice to hear back from genuinely nice folk ... and to receive help.
Will get applying now :)
Angela Palmerton April 11, 2011 at 4:15pm

Ditto, Jody, to the other posts on here -

I'm in West Sussex/Surrey border so prob too far for you??, and even then it'd only be ad-hoc work, but will remember you if I hear of anything.

Good luck