Experience

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  DE LANDSCAPE AND HERITAGE LTD

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Company Director, Landscape and Heritage Consultant

    • Jul 2015 - Present
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    I am a consultant Chartered Landscape Architect and a full member of IHBC specialising in heritage and conservation. I am a Trustee of The Gardens Trust and a member of the National Trust's Historic Environment Advisory Group.My recent and current work includes the provision of planning and ...

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  Cookson and Tickner Ltd.

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Associate Landscape Architect

    • Mar 2014 - Jun 2015
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    I joined Cookson and Tickner as an historic landscape specialist and contributed to the preparation of various conservation plans, including plans for Higher Level Stewardship schemes, for sites such as Stourhead Park, Wiltshire; Bradgate Park, Leicestershire and Montacute Park, Somerset. Durin...

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  Historic England

  • Cambridge, Northampton

  • Territory Landscape Architect

    • Jun 2006 - Mar 2014
    • Cambridge, Northampton

    I worked as Territory Landscape Architect for English Heritage (now Historic England) for nearly eight years working across the East of England and East Midlands. My role required the balancing of a heavy case load of planning and development applications. My work also included offering advice ...

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  National Trust

  • Tyntesfield, North Somerset

  • Head Gardener/Estate Manager

    • Apr 2003 - May 2006
    • Tyntesfield, North Somerset

    I was appointed as the National Trust's first Head Gardener at Tyntesfield following the purchase of the property grant-aided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund. As one of the early departmental appointments, I was responsible for the organisation and set up the garden and estate departm...

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  The National History Museum, Wales (Museum of W...

  • St Fagan's. Cardiff

  • Head Gardener

    • Dec 1998 - Sep 2002
    • St Fagan's. Cardiff

    I worked as Head Gardener restoring and revitalising the gardens of the museum while building up the public profile of the museum as a garden destination. Specific projects included the refinement of vernacular Welsh gardens created in association with the collection of relocated historic buildi...

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  Parklands Consortium Ltd.

  • Stoneleigh, Warwickshire and Nottingham

  • Landscape historian and trainee Landscape Architect

    • Apr 1998 - Dec 1998
    • Stoneleigh, Warwickshire and Nottingham

    I worked in this busy landscape office, helping to prepare projects funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund's Urban Parks Programme. My work included historic research, site surveys, tree survey, design and implementation at sites such as the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Manor Park, Glossop and Han...

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  Private consultant

  • Nationwide

  • Consultant landscape historian and surveyor

    • Sep 1994 - Apr 1998
    • Nationwide

    My clients included Cadw, where as sole contractor, I prepared the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest for the County of Powys; The Countryside Commission for Wales; The Royal Commission for Ancient Historic Monuments and Sites in Wales; The Hafod Trust and private clients ...