Working at Perrywood
Our mission is to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving employees, customers, suppliers & community a reason to smile.
Our vision is to inspire people to get more plants in their lives.
Read more about our Visions and Values
Current Vacancies
Seasonal Plant Area Assistant (Full-time or part-time) - Tiptree
You will be working in our plant areas. Assisting the team in stocking up, moving and maintaining plants and moving trolleys, helping with basic customer queries.
We are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions and communicate with customers. You will support our mission to offer a memorable garden centre experience, deliver wow customer service, and give employees, customers, suppliers, and the community a reason to smile.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Retail Sales Assistant (Garden Sundries) (Full-time) - Tiptree
We are looking for cheerful individuals with proven retail experience who can take responsibility for specific product areas; driving sales and delivering excellent customer service. Ideally, the candidate will have an interest in gardening and a good basic knowledge of gardening products.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Weekend Garden Centre Assistant (Part-time) - Tiptree
Do you like to be active and often outdoors?
We are looking for motivated individuals who enjoy communicating with our team and customers.
You will be working in our retail areas and your daily tasks will involve moving trolleys, assisting with customer queries and organising stock.
Chef de Partie (Full-time) - Tiptree
We are looking for a passionate Chef to join our kitchen team. This is a very busy and demanding job and will need a chef that is able to multi task and work at speed whilst remaining focused on consistently delivering to our high standards.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Front of House Assistant (Part-time) - Tiptree
We're looking for enthusiastic individuals to help deliver top-tier service in our busy coffee shop. If you love working with people, have a passion for food & drink, and thrive in a fast-paced environment – we want to hear from you!
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Stores Person (Part-time) - Tiptree
We are recruiting for a Logistics/Stores person within our busy garden centre. You will be working predominantly within our goods delivery, goods in, and warehousing areas: customer deliveries, store-to-store transfers, unloading deliveries, checking off and storing stock, and assisting the retail team in picking and displaying stock. We are looking for a motivated individual who is looking for a career in the garden centre industry and/or within a thriving family business.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Front of House Assistant (Full-time or part-time) - Buckhatch
We are looking for an enthusiastic Front of House Assistant to join our team. You will be creating barista drinks, putting through till transactions, clear & concise food orders, serving cakes and desserts and table waiting.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Seasonal Plant Area Assistant (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to open our brand-new
garden centre in 2025. To support our opening, we need to recruit seasonal team members to work in our Outdoor Plant area and Bedding/ Seasonal section.
You will be working in our plant
area. Assisting the team in stocking up, moving and maintaining plants and
moving trolleys, helping with basic customer queries.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Seasonal Garden Centre Assistant (Part-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be opening our brand new garden centre in 2025. To support our opening, we need to recruit seasonal team members
Working with our retail area supporting our sales and till assistants; we are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions and communicate with customers. You will support our mission to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving employees, customers, suppliers and community a reason to smile.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Seasonal Weekend Garden Centre Assistant (Part-time) - Sudbury
Working with our retail area supporting our sales and till assistants; we are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions and communicate with customers. You will support our mission to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving employees, customers, suppliers and community a reason to smile.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Seasonal Till Assistant (Part-time) - Sudbury
We are looking for a Till Assistant to join our friendly Shop Floor team working
in our retail areas. As well as serving customers with plants and products, you will be gift wrapping and stocking up. We are looking for motivated and cheerful individuals who are looking for a career in the garden centre industry and/or within a thriving family business.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Seasonal Replenishment Assistant (Part-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be opening our brand-new garden centre in 2025. To support our opening, we need to recruit seasonal team members.
Working within our retail area supporting our sales assistants; we are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions, work at pace and communicate with customers. You will support our mission to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving employees, customers, suppliers and community a reason to smile.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant (Garden Sundries) (Part-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be opening our brand new garden centre in 2025. To support our opening, we need to recruit seasonal team members.
We are looking for individuals with proven retail experience who can take responsibility for specific product areas; driving sales and delivering excellent customer service.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Plant Area Expert (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our Plant Area team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
We are looking for someone who can combine an impressive knowledge of plants and gardening with excellent customer service skills. You will mostly be working outside – moving and displaying plants, plant care & maintenance. We are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions and communicate with customers.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Plant Area Assistant (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our Plant Area team as we look forward to opening our brand new garden centre later in 2025.
We are looking for someone who can combine an impressive knowledge of plants and gardening with excellent customer service skills. You will mostly be working outside – moving and displaying plants, plant care & maintenance and of course delivering great customer service.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Stores Person (Part-time) - Sudbury
We are recruiting for a Logistics/Stores person within our busy garden centre. You will be working predominantly within our goods delivery, goods in, and warehousing areas: customer deliveries, store-to-store transfers, unloading deliveries, checking off and storing stock, and assisting the retail team in picking and displaying stock. We are looking for a motivated individual who is looking for a career in the garden centre industry and/or within a thriving family business.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Garden Centre Assistant (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our Retail team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
Working with our retail area supporting our sales and till assistants; we are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions and communicate with customers. You will support our mission to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving employees, customers, suppliers and community a reason to smile.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Till Assistant (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our Retail team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
We are looking for a Till Assistant to join our friendly Shop Floor team working
in our retail areas. As well as serving customers with plants and products, you
will be gift wrapping and stocking up. We are looking for motivated and
cheerful individuals who are looking for a career in the garden centre industry
and/or within a thriving family business.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Retail Sales Assistant (Gifting/Seasonal) (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our Retail
team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
We are looking for individuals with
proven retail experience who can take responsibility for specific product
areas; driving sales and delivering excellent customer service.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Retail Sales Assistant (Garden Sundries) (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our Retail team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
We are looking for individuals with proven retail experience who can take responsibility for specific product areas; driving sales and delivering excellent customer service.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Chef de Partie (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our kitchen brigade as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025. This will be a very busy and demanding job, and we are looking for chefs that are able to multitask and work at speed whilst remaining focused on consistently delivering to our high standards.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Sous Chef (Full-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be looking for a Sous Chef as we gear up to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025. You will be passionate and have enthusiasm to grow with the business. Our food is freshly prepared on site using the highest quality ingredients from local suppliers wherever possible. As a company we have a keen interest in free from and special dietary menus.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Front of House Assistant (Full-time or part-time) - Sudbury
Are you passionate about customer service? We are excited to be expanding our Front of House team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
This will be a very busy and demanding job, and we are looking for team members that are able to multitask and work at speed whilst remaining focused on consistently delivering to our high standards.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Coffee Shop Assistant (Full-time) - Sudbury
Are you passionate about customer service? We are excited to be expanding our Front of House team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
This will be a very busy and demanding job, and we are looking for team members that are able to multitask and work at speed whilst remaining focused on consistently delivering to our high standards.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Weekend Chef (Part-time) - Sudbury
We are excited to be expanding our kitchen team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
This will be a very busy and demanding job, and we are looking for weekend chefs to support our brigade. You should be comfortable working at speed whilst remaining focused on consistently delivering to our high standards.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
Weekend Coffee Shop Assistant (Part-time) - Sudbury
Are you passionate about customer service? We are excited to be expanding our Front of House team as we look forward to opening our brand-new garden centre later in 2025.
This will be a very busy and demanding job, and we are looking for weekend team members that are able to multitask and work at speed whilst remaining focused on consistently delivering to our high standards.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
If you are applying for a job at Perrywood Sudbury, please visit their website for other information.
Perrywood Sudbury WebsiteApplication Process
Please email your CV and a short covering letter detailing the position you are applying for and why you feel you’re appropriate for the role, outlining any relevant experience. Please be very clear about which position you would like to apply for. Please email jobs@perrywood.co.uk.
We will respond to successful applications within 2 weeks of the closing deadline. We apologise but it is not possible for us to respond to applicants who are not successful.
Perrywood is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please inform us as soon as you are able so that we can make the appropriate adjustments.
We are always interested in hearing from candidates with proven horticultural or retailing experience. Even if a relevant vacancy is not listed, please send your CV in if you think you have experience we would be interested in.
We reserve the right to close an advertised vacancy early due to a particularly high response rate.
Unfortunately, we are unable to employ students until they have completed their GCSE’s.
Careers at Perrywood Gallery
Working at Perrywood
Perrywood Tiptree is a family-owned garden centre and nursery run by the Bourne family. Alan Bourne is the MD and Plant Buyer. Karin Bourne has retired from day to day business operations. Their three children – Hannah Powell (Communications & HR Director), Simon Bourne (Retail Director) and Tristan Bourne (Operations Director), make up the rest of the board.
We are a Disability Confident organisation.
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Part-uniform provided
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Paid holiday
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Annual Christmas bonus
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From the start of your employment, you will receive 10% discount on specific items. Following a successful probation period the discount increases up to 20% discount on specific items and after one years service up to 40% discount on specific items.
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Retail discount scheme
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Employee assistance programme
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Workplace pension
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Free parking
Perrywood Tiptree is 5 minutes from the A12 and easily accessible by car from much of Essex including Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Mersea Island, Coggeshall and further afield. There is also a bus service which stops at our entrance but it is not a regular service.
Perrywood Sudbury is our second centre which we took over in September 2018.
Perrywood Buckhatch is our third centre which we took over in September 2024.
It’s an exciting time to join!
Supporting the Community
We have signed the Mindful Employer charter – this is a national initiative supporting employers to take a positive approach towards mental health at work. By signing the Mindful Employer charter employers can make a public declaration of their ambition to support the mental wellbeing of their staff.
The Armed Forces Covenant is a pledge that together we acknowledge and understand that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, should be treated with fairness and respect in the communities, economy and society they serve with their lives.
We are a Disability Confident organisation.
Recognition & Awards
Our Tiptree store has been recognised for the work we do, nationally, regionally and within the garden centre industry:
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Garden Centre of Excellence
1st in the Garden Centre Association (GCA) league table of ‘top 100 garden centres in the UK’ 2024
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Best Destination Garden Centre in the North Thames Region
Garden Centre Association Regional Awards 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
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UK’s Best Plant Area
(in the destination garden centre category) at the Garden Centre Association Awards 2025
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Best Indoor Plants Retailer
(in the destination garden centre category) at the Garden Centre Association Awards 2025
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Best Garden Centre Restaurant
(in the destination garden centre category) at the Garden Centre Association Awards 2024
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Best Indoor Lifestyle Retailer
Garden Centre Association Regional Awards 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024
In recent years we have also won, or been shortlisted, for other awards in catering, customer service,
food & drink, gifts retailing and more!
Work Experience
If you are interested in work experience at Perrywood, please email jobs@perrywood.co.uk