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Buckingham Palace Advertises Gardener Role With Exacting Qualifications as Highgrove Staffing Gap Persists

The new position sets exacting credentials including a botanical diploma as Highgrove Estate remains unfilled after mass gardener resignations

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