Horticultural Services

CONSULTANCY
  • Professional garden consultations including plant selection, site analysis & care
  • Plant, pest & disease identification & recommendations
  • Garden maintenance & holiday care (including watering)
  • Pruning & shaping, fruit tree maintenance
  • Organic pest control & soil improvement
  • Planting, feeding, potting, weeding & watering
  • Guest speaking

DESIGN
  • Garden and Landscape Design
  • Sensible plant selection, eg. hardy, easy care, suitable to your region
  • Diverse design themes that are individual and unique. Examples:
    • FUN: Colour themed, Bold modern, Children's, Maze, Fairy, Quirky
    • CLASSIC: Cottage, Country, Formal, Heritage, Parterre
    • NATURAL: Permacultural, Informal, Native, Desert, Forest, Tropical, Seascape, Coastal
    • PRACTICAL: Edible, Easy care, Fauna friendly, Functional, Private, Child friendly
    • GLOBAL: Japanese, Tuscan, Tribal, Chinese, Gothic, French, Mediterannean
    • COMBINATION: Your garden can be a combination of any of these themes or of your choosing
  • Presentation formats available:
    • Virtual video tour (wmv)
    • Virtual elevation views/stills (jpeg/png/pdf/hard copies)
    • Plan views (jpeg/png/pdf/hard copies)

Qualifications & Experience

  • Certificate III in Horticulture, Parks and Gardens and Nursery (2000) Kurri Kurri TAFE, NSW
  • Certificate IV in Horticulture, Nursery Industry (2001) Charlestown TAFE, NSW
  • 2 years of 3, Diploma in Landscape Design (2006-7) Kurri Kurri TAFE, NSW
  • Horticulturist in a nursery:
    • 2001-2 Heritage Gardens Nursery (retail), Ashtonfield (Near Maitland NSW)
    • 2002-3 Old Farm Nursery (retail & wholesale), Medowie NSW
    • 2003 Heritage Plants Nursery (wholesale), Ashtonfield NSW
    • 2003 Plantrade Nursery (retail), Salt Ash NSW
    • 2008-13 Tamworth Nursery (retail), Tamworth NSW
  • Horticulturist as a sole trader:
    • 2002-3 in the Maitland & Newcastle area, NSW
    • 2006-8 as above
  • Horticulturist and Landscape Designer
    • 2003-6 in the Maitland & Newcastle area in a partnership trading as “The Backyardeners”
    • 2013-present in the Tamworth area, NSW
  • Horticultural Adviser
    • 2011-now Tamworth Community Organic Gardening Group
      Acting as: President, Vice president and currently Treasurer