Landscape Architect or Garden Designer

• Company: Daniel Combes Garden Design
• Location: Semley, Dorset

Daniel Combes Garden Design is looking for a Landscape Architect or Garden Designer, with a minimum of three year’s studio experience, to join our flourishing, rural studio in Semley, Dorset.

We work throughout the UK, typically on historic homes and large country houses on both a garden and landscape level. We are passionate about what we do and are looking for a candidate who will share the ethos of the studio to produce beautiful, deeply considered, detailed work for discerning clients. We collaborate with a wide range of specialist craftspeople and architects and take pride in creating timeless gardens that will endure.

Role and Responsibilities

• You will work on a variety of projects from concept design through to delivery.
• Producing masterplans, planting plans and detail drawings using Vectorworks
• Preparing relevant information for planning, tender, and construction stages including schedules for costing, detail design drawings, and outline planting plans.
• Producing plant schedules and nursery specifications
• Project management
• Attending site meetings and following up in accordance
• Setting out plants on site
• Engaging with developing and growing the company

Essential skills:

• A degree/MA/diploma in, and/or three year’s studio experience in Landscape Architecture/Garden Design. (Consideration will be given to candidates without this who have exceptional experience)
• Proficiency in Vectorworks, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite & Microsoft Office
• Proven ability to deal with clients and contractors with aptitude and appropriate communication
• Experience of the tender process
• Site experience during construction
• Interest in and understanding of plants and a capacity to manage plant schedules, procurement and installation.
• Excellent communication, organisation and management skills.
• Be a proactive and motivated all-rounder with a positive attitude.
• Full UK driving licence

Our Offering

• Salary dependent on experience
• Flexible working with 3 days in the office per week
• We are committed to fostering a positive working environment and are committed to the professional and personal development of our employees.

Interested candidates please send a summary portfolio of recent work (<10MG), indicating where work is not your own or has been a collaboration, your CV, and a covering letter to studio@danielcombes.co.uk

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