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Grower

Maple Farm Kelsale
Kelsale, Suffolk

Posted: 14 Jan 2026

Deadline: 21 Feb 2026

Compensation: £13 per hour

Paid Part-time Fixed term / contract

Job description

We are a small but steadily growing team of experienced growers, coming from various backgrounds and with many ideas! It is essential that you have a passion for organic, sustainable food production and a desire to pursue a livelihood in it. The ideal candidate would have at least one years’ experience of horticultural work in food production.

We work outdoors in all weathers, so the job is physically demanding. Therefore, enjoying physical work is a must. There will be periods of time where you will be working in a team, with volunteers or alone. Due to the job being hands-on and very busy during the height of the growing season, a positive attitude to our work makes the day much more enjoyable!

Your duties will include:

• Seed sowing and general propagation, pricking out etc
• Planting, weeding, irrigation, organic pest control of field and polytunnel crops
• Harvesting and preparing fruit and veg ready for our shop or orders
• Keeping harvest records
• Working to the Soil Association Organic standards
• Using machinery to mow or rotovate, possibly tractor work
• Working either alone, as a team and also working and helping to lead volunteer teams
• Re-stocking the shop and talking to customers about our produce and ethos

Full time April- October

Part time November- March (hours can be discussed with the right candidate) 

Typical working hours: 7-3pm Monday to Friday with weekend work during the growing season

Application information

If you are interested then please send us a covering letter and CV to growers@maplefarmkelsale.co.uk . We look forward to hearing from you!

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