Russell Sweetman
Company Director / Business Owner
Years in the industry: 15 years
Areas of interest: Design & Functionality along with beautiful planting
Favourite Plant: Coral Leaf Hydrangea
Favourite Season: Spring
Most memorable moment: Very hard to pick as there has been many! -Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2015 – constructing the Award-Winning Boutique Garden Design by Alison Douglas
Craig Jones
Manager
Years in the industry: 15 years
Areas of interest: Turning our client’s wants & needs into reality
Favourite Plant: Dichondra Silver Falls
Favourite Season: Late Spring – Early Summer
Most memorable moment: Having the “courage” to make the career change to landscaping from an already successful career in IT!
Mark Kader
Landscape Design & Construction Supervisor
Years in the industry: 21 years
Areas of interest: The cohesion of all elements that define the landscape
Favourite Plant: Too many but really like Grass trees & Boab trees
Favourite Season: Spring
Most memorable moment: My own garden
Mark Kidner
Residential Landscape & Pools Supervisor
Years in the industry: 13 years
Areas of interest: High end finishes!, water features, detailed paving setouts, complex automatic irritation systems
Favourite Plant: Frangipani
Favourite Season: Summer (holidays with the fam)
Most memorable moment: Winning national recognition (through SPASA) for a water wall I designed n built.
Andrew Chapman
Garden Maintenance Manager
Years in the industry: 30 years
Areas of interest: Horticulture in general, as we are always learning.
Favourite Plant: Gardenia , Daphne , Liriodendron ,Daffodils Tulips, just a few but so many more depending on the season
Favourite Season: Spring
Most memorable moment: Any job where you can walk away from a completed job and the client is totally blown away with the end result. The smile on their faces makes it all worthwhile.
Simon Pickering
Residential Landscapes Forman
Staff Members
Office Team:
Abbey Sweetman – Marketing Officer
Sonya Simpson – Administration
Kristy Dahan – Bookkeeper
Garden Maintenance Team:
Steve Zander – Garden Maintenance Leading Hand
Landscape Team:
Dan Stone – Landscape Gardener
Daniel McConcchie – Qualified Landscaper
Currently studying Certificate III in Landscape Construction
Sam Baker – Mature Age Landscape Apprentice
Rob Macey – Landscape Apprentice
James Wood – Landscape Apprentice
Brent Patterson – Landscape Apprentice
Josh Baker – Landscape Apprentice
Toby Billington – SBAT / School based Apprenticeship Training