Experienced Market Gardener, South West
Experienced Market Gardener, South West
- Land size: 2-3 acres
- Type of Farming: Market Gardening -Veg/soft fruit & Cut flowers
- Accommodation Required: Yes
- Type of Agreement Preferred: To be negotiated
- Readiness: Immediate
Meet Danielle, a regenerative grower looking to bring increased biodivesity to the land. She has level 2 in work based horticulture and level 3 in community orcharding. In 2023 she completed a year long traineeship at Organiclea as a grower supplying the community and restaurants and fulfilling veg bags. She took part in the DEFRA funded New Entrant Start Up Scheme (NESS), and took up a traineeship at Organic Blooms in South Gloucestershire practicing sustainable, organic farming techniques, floral design and business. More recently she has completed an internship with SAGE flowers in London and continues to work for them freelance.
Danielle is looking to move out of London to a rural location to start her own market garden. She understands that to increase resilience she must build diversity into her business plan and she intends to do that through the sale of both veg and cut flowers as well as some herbs, high value salad leaves and tomatoes. She aims to produce a weekly veg box, a summer flower subscription service and supply local restaurants, grocers and wholesale. She will also attend the local farmers markets. Danielle is looking for 2-3 acres horticultural land with electricity, and alternative water source. Ideally there would be a community on site or nearby and she would need to live on site.
This opportunity would suit a landowner looking for an experienced market gardener running their own organic veg and cut flower business.
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