a passion for plants

Alaster is a Wisley certified, horticulturalist, garden designer and landscaper. He trained in horticulture at Pershore and RHS Wisley whilst gaining further experience with Hilliers Tree Nursery, Bob Brown at Cotswold Garden Flowers and TRESCO Abbey Gardens. He has worked alongside some of the most influential names in the gardening world creating London's finest gardens. Alaster lives in Hampshire with Imogen and their three children.

Nina joined Alaster Anderson full time after completing a two-year advanced technical extended diploma in horticulture at Sparsholt College – but she'd already impressed the company! She had been working with us part time during her studies. Nina assists Al from sourcing plants to quoting for new projects. Nina is also responsible for all the technical drawings and plant passporting.

Florent trained in horticulture and landscaping at the School D’horticulture Et De Paysage, Roville-aux-Chênes in France and leads the on-site teams to deliver incredibly high standards. He has worked for Alaster Anderson for over six years and has been a director of the company for the past three. Florent was offered directorship because of his unique qualities that set him apart from the crowd. He has gone on to become an integral part of the business.

Leanne joined the company after a fruitful career in the health service and looking for a change. Her extensive project management and personnel skills help keep the on-site teams organised and on schedule. Leanne is currently studying part time for a BA(Hons) in Business Management: Leadership Practices. Leanne works remotely from Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

Mike joined the business in August 2021 as Project Administrator in our Fishguard office. Previously he worked in various finance roles for 15 years, in a wide range of industries from media to public finance. Mike has since progressed to Maintenance Accounts Manager, which enables him to continue to put his financial experience to excellent use, as well as his people skills and project management expertise.

Joe went straight from school to gardening college at Capel Manor where he acquired a great knowledge of plants but also realised he did not want to spend his career sitting behind a desk designing! He worked at a nursery in Highgate for four years, then moved into garden maintenance for six years before joining Alaster Anderson six years ago. He has been in gardening for 22 years and from day one knew he had found a job he loved!

Kris was a chef for a long time, showing creativity in the kitchen at the same time as enjoying growing his own vegetables and herbs to eat himself. This passion for gardening expanded until it became his profession – and for the last ten years he has been self-taught, acquiring ever more skills and knowledge as he has become an amazing asset to Alaster Anderson.

Before Lee joined Alaster Anderson he had gained 15 years of head landscaper experience. Lee assists Florent to ensure all jobs are completed on schedule and to a high standard. Always on site, Lee makes gardens from the ground up. That’s bringing in soil, plants, and trees, building up all the levels, installing the irrigation, and piecing everything together.

Valeria’s interest in gardening stretches back to her home farm in Italy, where she grew up working the land with her dad. Characterised by olive trees and a beautiful vineyard producing olive oil and wine. Valeria works alongside Joe ensuring our client’s gardens are maintained to the highest of standards and looking their very best all year round.

Jon joins the team with a wealth of project management experience across both private and public sectors. A highly organised individual with superb communication skills, Jon’s role at Alaster Anderson is to project manage our larger projects, working closely with the technical experts, designers and the team on the ground to ensure we deliver on time, within budget and to specification.