David Swinburne

Director and Company Secretary

David manages our Construction Division, he prices hard landscape tenders and site manages all construction division projects. David is also the Health and Safety Co- ordinator for the company.

Qualifications

1983 - National Diploma in Amenity Horticulture, (3 years) Askham Bryan College, York.

Work History

1981-82 - Local Authority
1983 - 12 months nursery and general horticulture at Hillier Nursery, Hampshire.
1983 - Kirkley Hall Agricultural College, Northumberland
1983 - SHS Founder

Jeremy Swinburne

Director

Jeremy manages our Maintenance Division, he prices soft landscape tenders and develops and co-ordinates complex landscape maintenance schedules for a wide range of clients.

Qualifications

1985 - National Certificate in Horticulture and Landscape Construction, Merrist Wood College, Guildford (1 year).

Work History

1982 - 84 - Hillier Nursery, Hampshire, specialising in commercial horticulture and nursery management.
1983 - SHS Founder

Michael Swinburne

Director

Michael manages our fencing division, he site manages every fencing division project and is highly trained and experienced in the use of heavy plant equipment.

Qualifications

1981 - National Certificate Amenity Horticulture, (1 year) Askham Bryan College, York

Work History

1982-83 - Local Authority
1983 - SHS Founder

Nigel Pearson

Area manager for Scottish Division

Nigel manages all our operations in Scotland for maintenance, hard landscaping and fencing including estimating, co-ordinating labour teams and site managing each project.

Qualifications

1985 - HNC in Agricultural Engineering, Elmwood Agricultural College, Coupar.

Work History

1988-92 - Own business in agricultural/motor engineering
1993-96 - SHS manager of fencing division
1996-99 - Farm manger near Glasgow
1999 - Area manager SHS Scotland

Brian Watson

Landscape Architect & Estimator

Brian is a key member of staff whose primary role is to assist in the design; implementation and costing of both works that we carry out directly to clients and works that require tendering for. Over the last 16 years Brian has worked on a wide range of projects from small scale Urban projects to Large scale Country Parks.

Qualifications

2006 - Ba(Hons) Landscape Architecture - Leeds Met
2008 - Pg Dip Landscape Architecture - Leeds Met

Work History

1996 - 2008 - Gateshead Council - Landscape Technician
2008 - Present - Swinburne Horticultural Services Ltd - Landscape Architect and Estimator