Practical Reserve Work (Wildlife Gardener)

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Help us to create and look after our wildlife garden at Arne. We want to give nature a home around the shop and cafe and showcase how people can help to save nature in their own back garden.

Be a part of this exciting project, contributing your own ideas to the design of the garden. You will work as part of a small team to maintain and care for it as it grows and matures. It's also a chance to get outside in the fresh air, keep fit and learn some new skills.

We're looking for enthusiastic gardeners with a give-it-a-go attitude and a love of wildlife. You will need...

• An ability to carry out some manual work e.g. weeding, digging and general manual handling • A willingness to work outside in a range of weather conditions • Able to use initiative • Approachable and friendly • A general enthusiasm for

We are looking for people to join our Tuesday and Thursday teams. We will be holding interviews on Tuesday 4th July and Sat 8th July.

If you enjoy being outdoors, meeting new people and hands on conservation work, then this role could be the perfect opportunity for you. This role does involve a reasonable amount of physical activity, so will enable you to keep your fitness levels high, as well as helping your mental health and wellbeing. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are making a genuine contribution to nature conservation, and you might find it rewarding to safeguard nature in the area you are working to protect.

We are a friendly and supportive team. If you are volunteering to learn new skills and gain knowledge about wildlife conservation work, you will find that our team will be more than happy to help you on that journey.