Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Timeline
Generic
Ruth Eadie

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
03.2020 - 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
04.2021 - 11.2022
  • 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
05.2019 - 06.2019

WRAGS certificate - Training in Horticulture

Women's Farm and Garden Association - WFGA
Trull, Tetbury
09.2019 - 11.2020

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
04.2021 - 11.2022

Maintenance Gardener

Various
03.2020 - Current

WRAGS certificate - Training in Horticulture

Women's Farm and Garden Association - WFGA
09.2019 - 11.2020

Attendance Certificate - Horticulture

Concrete Garden Workshop
05.2019 - 06.2019
Ruth Eadie