Garden Planning and Garden Design

Plants and Planning

Kate is equally at home developing new gardens in public or private landscapes and heritage gardens or planning, establishing, labelling and recording the Living Collections at Botanic Gardens.

Living Collection planning, plant records and labelling
Plant selection, structural dynamics of plant collections
Managing plant collections, including Plant Collection policies
Herbarium establishment and records
Ecologically compatible plants for distinct bioregions
Heritage gardens – investigations, records, reports, management plans
Garden design for large estates, public landscapes and botanic gardens

Testimonials

Feedback received from volunteers who worked with Kate in the SMART Gardener Program highlights Kate’s capacity to share her knowledge simply and generously with a wide variety of people.

Deb Olive Project Officer ACLH for SMART Gardener

It is rare these days for one person to have undertaken so many roles and with such great success in the development of a new botanic garden.

Dr Philip Moors OA, Immediate Past Director and Chief Exec. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne

Kate’s passion is underpinned by her unparalleled regional plant knowledge, industry leading horticultural skills…commitment to education and community engagement and ability to capture the enthusiasm of others – novice and professionals is internationally regarded.

Friends of GCRBG

….fulfilling the intent of the Master Plan through displaying bioregional species and consistently demonstrating and interpreting the value of the plant collection

Lawrie Smith OAM Landscape Architect and Botanic Gardens Master Planner

…a rare individual who can successfully combine vision, with the ability to deliver consistently superb results.

Nick Bloor, Chair, Project Control Group, Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens