Ruth Eadie
Kilwinning,North Ayrshire
Summary
Passionate gardening professional with knowledge to cultivate and maintain stunning outdoor spaces. Develops cost-effective, impactful solutions to meet bespoke client requirements. Uses meticulous attention to detail for quality results.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work history
Maintenance Gardener
Various
Stirling, Stirlingshire
2020.03 - Current
- Skilfully performed wide range of garden-related tasks including weeding, mowing, strimming, pruning, hedge trimming and planting.
- Managed implementation of integrated weed management strategies including preventing seed return and depleting seedbank.
- Completed project work on 12 private and communal residential gardens since 2020.
- Discussed long and short term plans directly with clients, offering invaluable advice relating to raised beds and planting long term ie perennials and shrubs in borders
- Trimmed trees and shrubs to create neat and accessible outdoor spaces.
- Delivered projects in line with budget and timeframe requirements.
Self Employed Gardener
Lord and Lady Stirling
Buchlyvie, Stirling
2021.04 - 2022.11
- Cleared weeds, leaves and snow, applying salt to hard surfaces when necessary.
- Planned and executed solo projects to improve garden design capabilities.
- Maintained and serviced garden machinery, increasing average equipment lifespan.
- Improved herbaceous borders through weeding, seasonal pruning and cutting back.
- Understood and encouraged wildlife diversity to give wild flora and fauna best care possible.
- Used wide range of hand tools, horticultural machinery and powered hand tools.
- Completed planning, digging and weeding of flower beds and borders.
- Managed seasonal maintenance of flowers, shrubs, walled gardens, woodland gardens and parks.
Education
Attendance Certificate - Horticulture
Concrete Garden Workshop
Glasgow, Glasgow City 2019.05 - 2019.06
WRAGS certificate - Training in Horticulture
Women's Farm and Garden Association - WFGA
Trull, Tetbury 2019.09 - 2020.11
Skills
- Raised vegetable bed maintenance
- Planned and reactive garden maintenance
- Formative and seasonal pruning
- Soil cultivation
- Flowerbed landscaping
- Bed cultivation
- Weed control
Languages
Italian
Fluent
German
Fluent
Timeline
Self Employed Gardener
Lord and Lady Stirling
2021.04 - 2022.11
Maintenance Gardener
Various
2020.03 - Current
WRAGS certificate - Training in Horticulture
Women's Farm and Garden Association - WFGA
2019.09 - 2020.11
Attendance Certificate - Horticulture
Concrete Garden Workshop
2019.05 - 2019.06