andrew halksworth

managing director

About

Multi-disciplinary degree training lead to working as a Landscape Architect in UK and Germany. Developed into design/build landscape contracting including working at forefront of large scale tropical/atrium installations ('85-'91). Saw niche opportunity to develop a plant nursery specialising in specimen plants (late 80s). Expansion and development of Tendercare Nurseries with specialist partners and 120 UK, European and Australasian growers and nurseries. Tendercare has added to its portfolio of specialist horticultural products with the sole UK agency of a green/vertical wall system manufactured in France and a freestanding, green barrier and noise-reduction product developed in Holland.

Country

united kingdom

City

denham

Industry

architecture & planning

Skill

horticulture, garden, garden design, landscaping, landscape design, sustainability, nursery, tree planting, gardening, landscape architecture, trees, sustainable design

Experience

managing director

paramount performance

1996-12 - 2007-11 · 11 yrs

Bespoke performance and refinement of modern Jaguar cars . Highly acclaimed by the motoring press, Sunday Times, Autocar. Much admired, appearing at Goodwood Festival of Speed, as a pace car at Isle of Man TT races, for enhancement and modifications to the Jaguar V8 sportscars and saloons of the period.

managing director

paul temple

1983-1 - 1987-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

founding partner

viridian landscape studio llp

2014-3 - Present · 12 yrs 7 mos

A design consultancy practice with specialist skills in landscape construction, garden history, planting design, tree advisory services and ecologically sound landscape estate management.