16/02/2021
ABOUT ME (ROBIN) & MY GARDENING COMPANY
https://eco-garden-bristol.business.site
Eco Friendly Garden Services. £25 per hour. Free consultation.
Contact Robin: [email protected]
No fossil fuels / no power tools / no chemicals / no noise / no fumes / sustainable / resourceful / vegetarian / ...
Hi, I'm Robin. I have over 12 years of experience working as a gardener. I specialise in eco friendly garden maintenance and soft landscaping. My aim is to look after your garden while minimising its carbon footprint.
How do I do that? By using good old fashioned, tried and tested methods; mixed with a modern awareness of sustainability and ecology.
I walk or cycle to my gardens, use only hand tools, don't use chemicals, I exchange and propagates plants, source materials locally and responsibly, compost, ...
It sometimes takes more elbow-grease but that's fine because the food that fuels me is also vegan or vegetarian!
A little bit more about my background:
I was born and raised in the Belgian countryside from Belgian/British parents. I grew up living next to a farm and spent a lot of time playing music or walking the dogs in the Ardennes forest.
After finishing school, I completed a 9 month landscaping course then found a job working as a gardener on the estate of a castle in the south of Belgium (www.chateaujemeppe.eu) where I learned so much more on the job. After over 2 years, I became the head gardener and worked there for another 14 months before deciding to move to the UK.
I moved to Bristol in 2011 and worked for almost 3 years as a grounds maintenance operative for a small gardening company, taking care of private gardens in and around the city. After another year working as a subcontractor for 2 other local companies, I decided to start my own business in 2015.
Since then, I have been looking after over 40 gardens in and around Bristol, providing the most eco friendly garden services possible.
Qualifications:
- Belgian equivalent to Science and Modern Languages A levels.
- 9 months landscaping course certificate (government training scheme).
My last employers in the UK considered my level of theory-based qualification to be equivalent to a Royal Horticultural Society level 2 (if that gives you any kind of reference). With my practical knowledge exceeding that.
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