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Bore Place Market Garden
Chiddingstone, Kent
Posted: 6 Jan 2026
Deadline: 12 Feb 2026
Compensation: Minimum £13.60 per hour or negotiable
Paid Full-time Part-time Fixed term / contract
Job description
2 - 3 seasonal paid jobs at Bore Place Organic Market Garden. (April – October) 2026
The Market Garden at Bore Place is 6½ acres (mostly outdoors) and supplies box schemes, a wholefood shop as well as attending a farmers’ market in London. We grow a wide range of vegetables and do most of the propagating ourselves.
For the coming season I am looking for motivated people with at least a basic understanding of medium scale market gardening for wholesale and direct marketing. People who have done this before know how hard it is to make a living this way so please don’t underestimate the job.
We harvest to order so you need to be able to work fast, precise and with deadlines, be physically fit and self-motivating. See the work, be flexible and happy to work as a team as well as work on your own.
One role is assistant head grower, first four later 5 days a week. Basic seasonal accommodation is available for 1 person if needed. Basic tractor driving skills are essential for this position. Some previous experience needed. Start date is middle of April. Pay according to experience. Being self-employed is preferred.
The other positions are for seasonal workers. You will be involved in propagating, planting, weed control and harvesting. The work starts beginning of May/beginning of June . Pay according to experience and being self-employed is preferred. You have to find accommodation nearby.
Main working days are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. I can be flexible in the number and days people work if we get the work done
Application information
Please send a short cover letter and CV to; xmetske@icloud.com and metske.laan@boreplace.org
Deadline 12 of February.
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About Bore Place Market Garden
The Market Garden at Bore Place is 6½ acres and supplies box schemes as well as some wholefood shops. I am looking for someone with experience in market gardening for the period May – October. The work is paid and our working week is on average 40 h a week. Please send an email/ CV to me for more information - Metske van der Laan metske.laan@boreplace.org - and tell me something about yourself and the experience you have. We are recruiting again for 2022. Interviews will be held mid-January.
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