Junior Landscape & Garden Maintenance Assistant

Location: Marrickville + Inner West
Type: Casual / Part-Time (2–5 days per month)
Pay: Above-award, based on experience

About the Role

We’re expanding our landscape and garden maintenance crew and looking for reliable, hands-on workers who want consistent paid work outdoors. This role suits students (TAFE / Uni), young adults, or anyone interested in horticulture, landscaping, or practical trade work.

About the Property

Large backyard on the Cook’s River with established gardens, native plants, hedges, and ongoing landscape projects. The block slopes down toward the river, so the work is outdoors, hands-on, and varied.

Key Responsibilities

Planting new ground covers

Assisting in developing a native plant garden

Caring for specialty and unique plants

Hedge trimming and general garden maintenance

Mulching, weeding, soil prep, and clean-ups

Light landscape labour (nothing structural like retaining walls)

Occasional help with irrigation, shaping beds, and seasonal tasks

Garden maintenance: mowing, trimming, planting, mulching, weeding

Basic landscape labouring and site preparation

Clean-ups, green waste handling, general outdoor tasks

What We’re Looking For

Ages 16–27 preferred (no experience required)

Enjoy working outdoors and doing physical work

Reliable, punctual, and willing to learn

Drivers licence ideal but not essential

Suitable for TAFE horticulture / landscaping students, landscape architecture students, or anyone looking to enter the industry

What We Offer

Stable, flexible hours (work around study)

Paid training on tools, equipment, and safe work practices

Pathway to apprenticeship or increased responsibility for the right person

Strong team culture, straightforward expectations, no micromanaging

Work based out of Marrickville with jobs across Inner West & surrounding areas

How to Apply

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