Blooming
Gardeners

Providing Horticultural Training for Adults with Learning Disabilities.

Vacancy Notice

We currently have a vacancy for a part-time horticultural trainer to join the Blooming Gardeners team. If you’d like to know more, you can find a full job description, person specification and HT application form on the Downloads page.

Closing date 28th October 2026. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 9th November 2026.

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Together we will…

make a positive lasting improvement to the well-being of adults with learning disabilities

A gardening project in Easter Ross offering adults with learning disabilities a meaningful work-like experience in all aspects of horticulture in a safe and supportive environment.

Our professional horticultural trainers guide our gardeners in a wide range of activities including plant production, fruit and vegetable growing, soft landscaping and garden maintenance.

Our gardeners come from all parts of Easter Ross and work at sites in Barbaraville, Invergordon and Alness.

Who Attends

Our gardeners include adults of all ages who have a range of learning disability, and others who are Autistic.

Some gardeners attend with their support worker, others independently. We endeavour to help with transport when we can.

Not all of the gardening tasks are suitable for people with significant physical difficulties but an assessment can be made of individual support needs and whether an adapted programme of work might be possible

Support Received

Blooming Gardeners has received support from the Port of Cromarty Firth. We have been able to make up lovely planters that make the port area attractive to visitors as well as being able to continue to grow plants for the summer fetes. In this video our Horticultural Trainer Fiona Grant gives more of a flavour about Blooming Gardeners and what the kind support from the Port of Cromarty Firth means to us.

Ross-shire Journal

Invergordon’s Blooming Gardeners hosted a ‘lovely’ open day filled with activities, music and food