BBC Gardeners’ World, the UK’s best-loved gardening programme, is looking for Horticultural Researchers.

Providing specialist horticultural support, your responsibilities will be exciting and diverse, including independent research, unearthing suitable locations, liaising with presenters and contributors, sourcing plants and props, providing support for the edit, ensuring factual accuracy, and contributing gardening ideas for future episodes.

Passionate about horticulture, you will have a relevant qualification and a strong working knowledge of plants and all aspects of the gardening calendar. The ideal candidate will be a great communicator with exceptional research skills, a good nose for a story, excellent organisational abilities, and experience of working to deadlines.

You will be a confident driver, with a clean driving licence, and be prepared to travel regularly to filming locations across the UK.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked a series of horticultural and relevant skill-based questions in order to ascertain their suitability for the role.

Contract Dates: April – September 2027 subject to greenlight.

Base: Bristol with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

Closing Date: 4th of November 2027 (midnight)

Contract Type: Freelance PAYE

BBC Studios is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourages applications from individuals from under-represented backgrounds.