Landscaping with precision care and passion 

If you ask me where I’m from, I’d probably tell you it’s a mix of places but it all really started in Germany. 

That’s where I learned the trade. I did a three year apprenticeship in landscaping and horticulture, built on a dual system, half my time spent working in a company, getting my hands dirty every day, and the other half in school, learning the theory behind what I was doing. It gave me both sides of the craft: the physical work and the deeper understanding of how landscapes actually function.

On top of that, I took multiple specialised courses, each one sharpening a different skill. 

But at some point, I knew I wanted more than just staying in one place.
 

So I left and went to New Zealand on a one year work and travel visa. That year changed everything. It was there that I realised I didn’t just want to be a landscaper, I wanted to combine landscaping with travel and work in places that felt extraordinary. 

I ended up in the rainforest of Franz Josef and that’s where things really began. The environment there is alive in a completely different way, raw, unpredictable and a lot of rain. You don’t shape nature there, you learn to read it. That experience taught me patience, respect and attention to detail on a whole new level. 

From there, I kept moving. 

In Austria, I worked in the mountains, where the summer is short and the winter intense. The alpine environment doesn’t forgive mistakes.

Then along the Baltic coast in northern Germany, I faced harsh, exposed conditions, wind, salt and shifting weather. That’s where I learned resilience and reliability. You show up, you do the work properly, no matter what. 

Later, in Switzerland, I stepped into a different world of luxury Gardens around the lake, where everything is refined and intentional. There, it’s all about detail, presentation, and maintaining a certain standard. That’s where I realised how much I enjoy working on high end gardens, places where quality really shows. 

By that point, I had built not just skills, but a way of working and thinking shaped by all those environments. 

Today, I’m based in Queenstown, New Zealand, working as a Senior Landscaper, looking after premium gardens. It’s a place that brings everything together, Mountains, Lakes, Native plants and that sense of space I’ve been drawn to from the beginning. 

After 15 years in this work, I don’t see landscaping as just maintenance. For me, it’s about understanding a place, how it grows, how it changes and creating spaces that feel calm, structured and naturally right. 

It’s not just what I do. It’s how I move through the world.