I am an experienced, formally educated and skilled gardener with extensive plant knowledge and design and management experience. I am looking for new roles with clients looking for prestige garden services
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
January 2022 until present time:
Large Private Garden Landes, France
-Working as a self employed Gardener in a prestigious well known large private garden.
-Currently designing and building a 2 hecatre garden as a personal project.
May 2018 until September 2021: HEAD GARDENER AND GARDEN DESIGNER (Supervising 1 person)
Chessetts House (Solihull)
-Design and build of a 2 hectare garden including project managing.
May 2018 until September 2021: HEAD GARDENER (Supervising 3 people)
Garsington Manor (Oxfordshire)
-Hands on role of the Management and maintenance of a grade 2 listed historical Garden
-Design/ plantation/ maintenance of border schemes
-Opening Garden for NGS and Private groups
-Producing/arranging cut flowers and seasonal bedding schemes for the house
-Growing organic vegetables
-Consulting with and managing contractors, ecologists, tree specialists, plant pathologists, pest control, and organisations such as the woodland trust and environment agency
-Purchasing and ordering materials and plants to a budget
-Making large scale organic compost, leaf mould, loam, mulch and organic preparations
-Using varied horticultural machinery including toppers, compact tractors, 2 wheel tractors, strimmers, mowers, ride on mowers
-Pest and disease diagnosis, control and management on diverse plant groups
September 2016-May 2018: SENIOR GARDENER (Supervising 4 people & seasonal staff)
Caversfield House (Oxfordshire)
- Management and organisation of a 75 acre organic estate
-Creating schemes of work, strategies, research and projects
- Maintenance and management of a varied range of areas including: Borders of varying themes and plant groups, formal gardens, courtyard garden, rose garden, croquet lawn, tree plantations, winter garden, veteran trees, woodlands, ornamental and wildlife focused lakes, ponds and streams, 18 acre wildflower meadow, spring and summer wildflower areas, Victorian walled garden, plant propagation, soft fruit, old fashioned orchard, trained top fruit, crop production, cut flowers, glasshouses, succulent and pot plant collections
December 2015- September 2016: GARDEN LANDSCAPER
Lafitte Paysage (Mendionde, France)
- Creation of gardens to plan
- Garden renovation and installation of diverse landscape features
- Plantation of mature specimen trees and shrubs
2012- 2015: SKILLED GARDEN SUPERVISOR (Supervising 3 people)
The University of Warwick (Warwickshire)
Maintained and developed diverse landscapes on 40acres of land
2010-2012: GARDENER & HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INTERN
Ryton Organic Gardens at Ryton on Dunsmoor (Warwickshire)
- Characterization of crop productivity and sustainability
- Study of pests and diseases
- Collection and processing of data on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Plant propagation
- Planning, development and maintenance of gardens and plantations
- Consultations with other organizations, community groups and botanical gardens
2008-2010: GARDEN LANDSCAPER
‘‘Progressive Ground care landscape design and maintenance” (Coventry, West Midlands)
- Design, development and maintenance of gardens for individuals, community areas, local councils, private customers, estates
QUALIFICATIONS
- 2011/2013: Higher National Certificate LV4 in Professional Gardening; Pershore, Royal Horticultural Society, Centre of Excellence; verified by The University of Worcester:
Knowledge and use of plants, Horticultural science, Plant propagation, Garden design, Mechanization and finance, Plant use and design, Garden management and maintenance, The production garden
- 2009/2010: Edexcel LV3 in Plant Use and Cultivation; Moreton Morell:
Horticultural skills and plant knowledge, Plant establishment and maintenance, Plant use and protection
2008/2009: NVQ, Level 2 in Amenity Horticulture, Moreton Morell:
Establish plants outdoors, Maintenance of turf, Establishment and development of decorative amenity areas, Operation and maintenance of equipment and machinery, Monitoring and maintaining health and safety
DIVERSE:
- Languages: French (C1) References supplied on demand*
