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Kate joined Cowden Castle SCIO in October 2016. Her qualifications include Royal Botanic Garden certificates in Horticulture and Plantsmanship and Practical Field Botany as well as a diploma in Garden History. In 1999 she gained a BSc in Crop and Soil Science from the University of Wales.
Her work placements include:
Gardens Assistant: Plant Records, National Trust for Scotland
Horticulturalist, Rock & Woodland Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Adult Education tutor (PT), Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Historic & Botanic Garden Bursary Scheme Placement, Leith Hall, Huntly, National Trust for Scotland
Horticultural Bursary Student, Cruickshank Botanic Garden, University of Aberdeen
Botanic Garden Horticultural Trainee, Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand
Architect
Independent Architectural practice pursuing contextual architecture
Green Lloyd Architects, Bedford Row, London
Gilmore Hankey Kirk, London
Surveyor to British School of Archaeology, Jerusalem
B.Arch (Hons), Edinburgh University
Dip Arch, Heriot–Watt University, Edinburgh
Educated: Dollar Academy, Clackmannanshire
Professor of Design and Environmental Planning Faculty and Architecture Faculty, Osaka University of Arts.
Author of Japanese Gardens built around the World (Gakugei Publishers)
Created Japanese Garden at Rothschilds Museum of Art, South of France
Won Gold and Best in Show for Japanese Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show UK
Won Gold and Best in Show for Japanese Garden at the RHS Tatton Flower Show
Created Japanese garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew
Director at Momiji Design Ltd.
Chartered member of Landscape Institute (UK).
Japanese garden management in a private garden in London
Created a private Japanese garden in Belgravia, London
Worked for Groundwork London as a Landscape Architect
Worked with communities; designed and created public parks in London
Professional gardener specializing in Japanese gardens.
1st grade in landscape management and construction (Japan).
Created a private Japanese garden in Belgravia, London
Created landscape garden for Inzai Building, Chiba-ken, Japan
Created private Japanese tea garden in Kyoto
Site foreman for garden management at Chion-in, Kyoto
J Rose Carpentry www.jrosecarpentry.co.uk
Employed at Carpenter Oak and Woodland, Scotland
Trained as a green oak framer at Carpenter Oak and Woodland, Oxford