Eden Project
Morecambe - Horticulture Curator
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Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum.
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
Ready to grow something extraordinary?
This is a rare opportunity to shape one of the UK's most exciting new horticultural destinations from the ground up.
At Eden Project Morecambe, we're creating far more than a garden. We're creating a living landscape that inspires curiosity, celebrates the relationship between people and nature, and demonstrates how we can build a more sustainable future together. As our Horticulture Curator, you'll play a leading role in bringing that vision to life.
As the leading voice for horticulture at Eden Project Morecambe, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership for our gardens, landscapes, and living collections, helping to create a world-class visitor experience that inspires, educates, and delights throughout the seasons.
Working alongside the Director of Horticulture and the wider project team, you'll help guide the site through its transition from construction to opening, ensuring exceptional horticultural standards from day one and laying the foundations for long-term success.
You'll lead the development of ambitious horticultural plans, oversee the curation and management of plant collections and landscapes, champion sustainability and biosecurity, and ensure our gardens become a powerful platform for storytelling, learning, and engagement.
This is a highly visible leadership role, offering the opportunity to act as an ambassador for horticulture, inspire audiences through talks, events, and media engagement, and help demonstrate Eden's mission of growing a movement that works with nature to respond to the planetary emergency.
You'll bring:
- A horticultural qualification to Master of Horticulture (MHort) level, or equivalent professional experience.
- Extensive knowledge of plant husbandry, garden curation, landscape management, and environmental sustainability.
- Experience leading, developing, and inspiring horticultural teams, volunteers, and learners.
- A proven track record of delivering significant horticultural projects and managing operational budgets.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and inspire a diverse range of audiences.
- A passion for education, sustainability, and the role horticulture can play in addressing global challenges.
Why Eden Project Morecambe?
At Eden, horticulture is about so much more than plants. Our landscapes are spaces for discovery, inspiration, and change. They help people understand the natural world and their place within it, while inspiring action for a healthier future for people and planet.
Join us, and you'll become part of a passionate, collaborative, and innovative organization committed to connecting people with nature and creating positive change. You'll have the opportunity to shape a landmark destination, develop your career within a globally recognized charity, and leave a lasting legacy for generations of visitors to come.
What we offer
- Salary circa £50,000 per annum
- The opportunity to help create a landmark new Eden destination
- The chance to shape world-class gardens and landscapes from the very beginning
- A collaborative and purpose-driven culture
- Professional development within an internationally recognized organization
- The opportunity to inspire communities through nature, learning, and sustainability
Join us
If you're ready to create extraordinary landscapes, inspire people through the power of plants, and help shape the future of Eden Project Morecambe, we'd love to hear from you.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 27th September at midnight. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are excited to become part of the Morecambe community and contribute to a project that will have lasting environmental, social, and cultural impact.
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Job Description: Horticulture Curator – Eden Project Morecambe
Job Title: Horticulture Curator
Department: Horticulture
Reports to: Director of Horticulture with dotted line to EPM Head of Site
Direct Reports: On completion of the project: 2 Garden Managers, and the Plant Procurement Officer.
Job Family Definition
Roles within the Horticulture job family (Cultivation, Living Landscapes, and Education) are dedicated to understanding, developing, designing, cultivating, protecting, sharing, teaching about, and managing Eden's living collection of plants, in a landscape environment where visitors and students are encouraged to experience and learn about plants, habitats, and ecosystems and their vital role in providing a sustainable future. The Living Landscapes provide a stage on which to inspire, demonstrate, and communicate the Eden Project mission: Growing a movement, working with nature to respond to the planetary emergency. The Eden Project practices regenerative horticulture and shares narratives about respecting, protecting, and repairing nature and growing crops sustainably - taking human and planetary health into account.
Role Purpose
The Horticulture Curator will lead on the horticulture and landscape implementation at Eden Project Morecambe, creating an exceptional visitor experience utilizing the garden’s displays, landscape, and collections to inspire, educate, and delight our visitors throughout the seasons.
This role will be instrumental in supporting the project delivery team, as well as contributing to the organization and planning of the horticultural components of the project. Seeing the site transition from one of construction to operational. During the construction phase, this role will build and develop the horticultural team to meet the needs and requirements to ensure the site has world-class horticulture from day 1 of opening.
The Horticulture Curator role is one of the most senior roles in the on-site management of Eden Project Morecambe. It is a very high-profile position within the Eden Project, that comes with many opportunities for both career development and personal growth. The role acts as both a ‘leading’ figurehead and key ambassador for horticulture and the garden at EPM.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and Vision
- Lead on the development and management of a five-year, rolling, horticultural development plans (in tandem with Director of Horticulture and wider strategic teams) to further develop and enhance future horticultural offers at EPM in line with Eden Projects strategic plans and to develop deeper visitor engagement.
- Support the Director of Horticulture whilst leading on-the-ground team activities.
Horticultural Excellence
- To lead on the horticulture and landscape at Eden Project Morecambe, creating an exceptional visitor experience utilizing the garden’s displays, landscape, and collections to inspire, educate, and delight our visitors throughout the seasons.
- Lead on managing consistently excellent standards of curation in terms of plant husbandry, design, plant diversity, plant recording, and environmental sustainability to fulfill visitor expectations and maintain the high reputation of the garden and organization amongst all stakeholders.
- Lead on protecting, enhancing, and sustaining Eden’s living theatre as a leading green destination, focusing on human plant interdependencies.
- Collaboratively lead on the communication and education programme for Eden Project Morecambe, including delivering formal education both internally at EPM and externally, including tours and written work - covering plants, landscapes, and ecosystems and specific topics.
- Lead on managing biosecurity for the horticulture department with support from the Director of Horticulture to ensure the highest standards of compliance.
- Responsible for engaging and collaborating with the Horticulture teams across the Eden Project to ensure knowledge and skills sharing for the long-term benefit of the Charity to deliver the best for the Eden Project.
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People Leadership and Culture
- Lead a team in the effective and successful delivery of practical horticulture to produce world-standard plantings, landscapes, interpreted displays, and gardens.
- Responsible for staff, learner, and volunteer training, development, and succession planning within the Horticulture department to help foster and support a positive ‘growth’ culture.
Operational Responsibilities
- To represent Eden Project Morecambe and the wider charity, sharing your passion for our work across our media platforms working in collaboration with our communications and marketing teams, across fundraising activities, and to lead and inspire groups at our Events.
- Support the wider, EPM management team in a leading role as a site ‘Duty Manager’ ensuring a better, safer, more consistent visitor experience.
- Support the delivery of projects and wider site operations with colleagues in: Marketing, Operations, Event, Food and Beverage, and Retail to deliver a more coordinated, joined-up visitor experience for all.
- Support other initiatives and duties as may be reasonably expected - including shows (i.e., Eden Session) as and when required.
Finance Governance and Risk
- Control and management of the Horticulture operating budget of over £500,000 p.a., propose and justify cases for Capex expenditure and for all funded horticultural projects.
- Coordinate all activity associates including health & safety, staffing, procurement, pest and disease control, record keeping, short, mid, and long-term planning and programming, communication with stakeholders, third-party interaction, and technical research.
- To be accountable for delivering a high-quality visitor experience within the Garden, ensuring the Horticulture team is well equipped and motivated, maintain excellent standards of horticulture and curation, and operate efficiently and safely within a public garden setting.
Values and Behaviours
The Horticultural Curator will embody and promote the Eden Values:
- Connecting people with nature and sustainability
- Curiosity, innovation, and continuous learning
- Inclusivity, kindness, and collaboration
- Accountability, integrity, and commercial responsibility
- Positive, inspirational leadership
Person Specification
Essential
- Horticultural or related qualification to Master of Horticulture (MHort) level or equivalent.
- Professional horticultural expertise with a strong passion for plants, gardens, and cultivated landscapes.
- Working knowledge in sustainability, conservation, plant propagation, eco-restoration, entomology, hydrology, and ethnobotany.
Desirable
- Membership of relevant professional horticultural bodies and networks.
- Additional specialist knowledge in areas such as sustainability, conservation, plant propagation, eco-restoration, entomology, hydrology, or ethnobotany.
Knowledge and Skills
- Extensive horticultural knowledge across plant husbandry, garden curation, landscape management, and environmental sustainability.
- Proven ability to lead large-scale horticultural projects from planning through to delivery.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Highly motivated, self-directed
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