Plant Area Manager- Evesham Garden Centre

Position: Plant Area Manager

Location: Evesham Garden Centre, The Valley, Evesham WR11 4DS

Hours: Full-Time, 42.5 hours a week, including alternate weekends

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience 

An exciting opportunity has recently arisen at our Evesham Garden Centre. 

Are you passionate about plants and outdoor living? We’re looking for a Plant Area Manager who takes pride in healthy stock, strong displays, and high retail standards, and who enjoys leading a team to give customers the best possible experience in our plant area.

Why Join Us?
Evesham Garden Centre, we’re more than just a garden centre — we’re a community of gardening and retail enthusiasts dedicated to excellence, innovation, and providing our customers with an unforgettable shopping experience.

Evesham Garden Centre is also part of the Blue Diamond Group, the UK's largest Garden Centre Group in terms of turnover, having grown from a turnover of £187 million in 2019 to a turnover of over £400 million in 2025.

With 52 centres across the UK and Channel Islands, we are constantly evolving and expanding, and we want YOU to grow with us!

Our target demographic are AB1 customers, and we attract this calibre of customers by offering inspirational retailing with a point of difference: style, emotion and innovation for the home and garden, whilst providing exceptional customer service.

Our Managing Director, Alan Roper, has headed up the Group since 1999, and we pride ourselves on our exceptional staff retention and in empowering our staff to reach their full potential and enjoy a rewarding career.

About the Opportunity:

Blue Diamond Garden Centres are seeking an ambitious Plant Area Manager to take full commercial and operational responsibility for one of the most important areas of the business.

This is a leadership role with real ownership. You’ll control stock, space, standards, and sales performance within the Plant Area, ensuring the department is thriving, profitable, and delivering an outstanding experience for customers every day.

Whether you’re a proven manager or a strong supervisor ready to step up, this role offers genuine responsibility and a clear pathway for progression within a premium garden retail group.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Taking full ownership of the day-to-day performance of the Plant Area
• Managing plant stock, ordering, allocations, and volumes to maximise sales and reduce waste
• Using sales data and commercial insight to drive continuous improvement
• Ensuring excellent plant quality, availability, and presentation at all times
• Leading, coaching, and motivating a small team colleagues
• Delivering high standards of customer service through a hands-on leadership approach
• Supporting wider site operations and deputising for the Centre Manager when required

What We’re Looking For:

• Retail management or supervisory experience, within garden retail or plants
• Strong plant knowledge and a genuine passion for horticulture
• Confident working with data and systems; Excel experience essential
• Commercially focused, with the ability to turn insight into action
• A proactive, visible leader who leads by example

Why Join Blue Diamond?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• A key management role within the UK’s leading garden centre group
• Clear development and progression opportunities
• Staff discount, onsite parking, and additional company benefits
• A business that invests in quality, people, and long-term growth

Discover more at bluediamond.gg