head gardener
Chief grounds supervisor
A head gardener is the person in charge of maintaining gardens on an estate, public park, or large property.
The role involves supervising other gardeners, planning plantings, and overseeing all horticultural work: The head gardener at Kew has been there for thirty years.
The position carries particular weight in British tradition, where grand estates depend on skilled horticultural management.
- groundskeeperProperty maintenance worker
- horticulturistPlant cultivation specialist
- green fingersGardening aptitude
- estateProperty and grounds
- stately homeLarge historic aristocratic residence
pruning · cutting back · greenhouse · trowel · secateurs · potting shed · seed trays · manor · wheelbarrow · compost · flower beds · topiary · apprentice · soil · perennials · gloves · seedlings · lawn
- servantsbutler, maid, servant, servants, domestics
- plant workershorticulturist, landscaper, nurseryman, groundskeeper, nursery worker
- court positionschamberlain, lady-in-waiting, lady in waiting, master of ceremonies, courtier
- manservantsmanservant, valet, butler, footman, lackey
- stewardssteward, trustee, custodian, keeper, caretaker