Overview
- Buckingham Palace’s gardener role offers £32,000 per year, accommodation, pension benefits and free meals
- Applicants must hold a botanical diploma, demonstrate advanced horticultural skills and possess a driving licence for left-side traffic
- Highgrove Estate has not posted new vacancies despite losing eleven of twelve gardeners since March 2022 over workplace grievances
- Former staff accuse the king’s handwritten directives for minute garden details of creating a toxic environment that led to physical injuries
- The palace has stayed silent on Highgrove complaints while the King’s Foundation asserts that employee satisfaction remains high