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Garden Design Team

Tony Richards

Managing Director

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Tony grew up in Southport, Lancashire and studied Horticulture at Bath University. Since then, he’s enjoyed a diverse horticultural path from house plant importation to fruit farming in America, all of which led him to set up his business in 1990, when Graduate Landscapes was formed. The company has grown in size and reputation, whilst still remaining a family-run business at heart. Tony plays a prominent role in the business and is very proud of now employing around 60 very capable staff.

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Chris James

General Manager/Garden Designer

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Chris joined Graduate Landscapes in 2010 as a Garden Designer and has since worked his way up to become General Manager and overseeing all areas of the business. Working alongside Tony (managing director) he implements the policies and procedures of the company, keeping a close eye on the private side of the business. From estimating department, supporting the designers through the production teams, Chris makes sure everything is spot on.

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Julia Ciucur

Marketing & Operations Manager

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Julia graduated in Fine Arts with First-class Honours at West University of Timisoara, Romania. She completed her CIM Certificate in Professional Marketing at London Metropolitan University in 2012 when she joined Graduate Landscapes. Julia has a good cosmopolitan attitude and has a working background in cultural and educational environment, marketing, fundraising, social media, event planning including art exhibitions, concerts and theatre.

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Diana Cleminte

Accounts Manager

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Diana graduated with a Bachelors degree in Economics, before beginning her career in accounting. As an integral part of the Accounts department, her work not only allows all other functions within the company to operate smoothly but her diligent, attention to detail allows KPI and Management Accounts functions the integrity of data to accommodate the ever-growing business demand.

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Jesse Morris

Garden Designer

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Jesse has been in the horticultural industry his entire working career. He has helped developed and maintained top tier gardens and landscapes such as Cambridge University’s Clare College gardens, UHNWI Villas in the south of France and has built and designed many of his own gardens. Jesse loves to build strong connections with those he works with and likes to make the process of discussing, designing, and presenting a garden an exciting and enjoyable process.

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Harriet Kingsford

Garden Designer

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Professionally trained at the prestigious Inchbald School of Design, Harriet obtained a Garden Design diploma with a distinction in 2015. She has worked for two award winning design-and-build companies in South West London and the Home Counties. Treating every garden as completely unique, Harriet enjoys encompanying her clients through the garden design process, helping them to better understand the wider benefits of building a garden within our fabulous climate.

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James Delstanche

Soft Landscaping Manager

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James has been a manager in our soft landscaping division for over 10 years. His knowledge and experience are evident in the respect he has generated amongst his expert team and the glowing terms used by our clients to describe their experience working with James. It is in the trifecta of high standards of work, strong relationships with our clients and managing a well-oiled team that James finds his rewards.

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Paul Tomlinson

Senior Landscape Estimator

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Paul qualified in Landscape Technology and is the magician behind the scenes making sure our clients luxurious projects deliver above budget quality. He is focused on delivering aspirational garden designs, whilst understanding value for money does not need to get lost in the equation. In Paul’s words, ‘It is great to be part of the Graduate’s team providing high quality landscapes for our valued clients and meeting the client’s expectations for value and quality.’

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Patrick McTernan

Commercial Estimator

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Patrick has grown his career over the years working in a vast array of industries from the Automotive to financial Industry. Patrick has a vast experience in sales and marketing. He started at Graduate Landscapes working in the marketing department, and since then he worked his way up to become our Commercial Estimator.

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Ross Donaldson

Assistant Estimator

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Grew up in the North of England where I Graduated from Northumbria University with a degree in Quantity Surveying followed by a masters achieving a First Class in Construction Project Management with BIM. Ross works in our estimating department alongside Paul (senior estimator). He also helps Julia (operations manager) to manage all aspects off operations within the business, especially the H&S requirements for ISO acrediatation.

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Rob Ellis

Customer Care Manager

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Rob is responsible with all aspects of customer care issues, especially in the commercial department. He works closely with James and Patrick making sure that any problems are dealt with as quickly as possible and clients are happy. Rob also works closely with our Yard manager, overseeing the fleet management, managing Hilti software, staff workwear and helping Julia with managing the ISO H&S standards.

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Landscape Team

Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Graduate Landscapes has a team of over 40 landscape gardeners who have turned their passion for landscape gardening in to a profession. Our staff are graduates of both Merrist Wood College in Guildford and Spasholt College Winchester. We take great pride in our ongoing apprentice scheme with two of our youngest staff on day release courses from Merrist Wood. This them a chance to learn theory alongside real world practice.

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Garden Design Team

Tony Richards

Managing Director

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Tony grew up in Southport, Lancashire and studied Horticulture at Bath University. Since then, he’s enjoyed a diverse horticultural path from house plant importation to fruit farming in America, all of which led him to set up his business in 1990, when Graduate Landscapes was formed. The company has grown in size and reputation, whilst still remaining a family-run business at heart. Tony plays a prominent role in the business and is very proud of now employing around 60 very capable staff.
Read More...

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Chris James

General Manager/Garden Designer

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Chris joined Graduate Landscapes in 2010 as a Garden Designer and has since worked his way up to become General Manager and overseeing all areas of the business. Working alongside Tony (managing director) he implements the policies and procedures of the company, keeping a close eye on the private side of the business. From estimating department, supporting the designers through the production teams, Chris makes sure everything is spot on.
Read More...

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Julia Ciucur

Marketing & Operations Manager

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Julia graduated in Fine Arts with First-class Honours at West University of Timisoara, Romania. She completed her CIM Certificate in Professional Marketing at London Metropolitan University in 2012 when she joined Graduate Landscapes. Julia has a good cosmopolitan attitude and has a working background in cultural and educational environment, marketing, fundraising, social media, event planning including art exhibitions, concerts and theatre.
Read More...

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Diana Cleminte

Accounts Manager

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Diana graduated with a Bachelors degree in Economics, before beginning her career in accounting. As an integral part of the Accounts department, her work not only allows all other functions within the company to operate smoothly but her diligent, attention to detail allows KPI and Management Accounts functions the integrity of data to accommodate the ever-growing business demand.
Read More...

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Jesse Morris

Garden Designer

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Jesse has been in the horticultural industry his entire working career. He has helped developed and maintained top tier gardens and landscapes such as Cambridge University’s Clare College gardens, UHNWI Villas in the south of France and has built and designed many of his own gardens. Jesse loves to build strong connections with those he works with and likes to make the process of discussing, designing, and presenting a garden an exciting and enjoyable process.
Read More...

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Harriet Kingsford

Garden Designer

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Professionally trained at the prestigious Inchbald School of Design, Harriet obtained a Garden Design diploma with a distinction in 2015. She has worked for two award winning design-and-build companies in South West London and the Home Counties. Treating every garden as completely unique, Harriet enjoys encompanying her clients through the garden design process, helping them to better understand the wider benefits of building a garden within our fabulous climate.
Read More...

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James Delstanche

Soft Landscaping Manager

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James has been a manager in our soft landscaping division for over 10 years. His knowledge and experience are evident in the respect he has generated amongst his expert team and the glowing terms used by our clients to describe their experience working with James. It is in the trifecta of high standards of work, strong relationships with our clients and managing a well-oiled team that James finds his rewards.
Read More...

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Paul Tomlinson

Senior Landscape Estimator

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Paul qualified in Landscape Technology and is the magician behind the scenes making sure our clients luxurious projects deliver above budget quality. He is focused on delivering aspirational garden designs, whilst understanding value for money does not need to get lost in the equation. In Paul’s words, ‘It is great to be part of the Graduate’s team providing high quality landscapes for our valued clients and meeting the client’s expectations for value and quality.’
Read More...

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Patrick McTernan

Commercial Estimator

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Patrick has grown his career over the years working in a vast array of industries from the Automotive to financial Industry. Patrick has a vast experience in sales and marketing. He started at Graduate Landscapes working in the marketing department, and since then he worked his way up to become our Commercial Estimator.
Read More...

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Ross Donaldson

Assistant Estimator

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Grew up in the North of England where I Graduated from Northumbria University with a degree in Quantity Surveying followed by a masters achieving a First Class in Construction Project Management with BIM. Ross works in our estimating department alongside Paul (senior estimator). He also helps Julia (operations manager) to manage all aspects off operations within the business, especially the H&S requirements for ISO acrediatation.
Read More...

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Rob Ellis

Customer Care Manager

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Rob is responsible with all aspects of customer care issues, especially in the commercial department. He works closely with James and Patrick making sure that any problems are dealt with as quickly as possible and clients are happy. Rob also works closely with our Yard manager, overseeing the fleet management, managing Hilti software, staff workwear and helping Julia with managing the ISO H&S standards.
Read More...

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Landscape Team

Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Graduate Landscapes has a team of over 40 landscape gardeners who have turned their passion for landscape gardening in to a profession. Our staff are graduates of both Merrist Wood College in Guildford and Spasholt College Winchester. We take great pride in our ongoing apprentice scheme with two of our youngest staff on day release courses from Merrist Wood. This them a chance to learn theory alongside real world practice.
Read More...

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