
Tony Richards
Managing Director
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Tony grew up in Southport, Lancashire and then studied Horticulture at Bath University. Since then, he’s enjoyed a diverse horticultural path from house plant importation to fruit farming in America, all of which led him to set up his own business in 1990, when Graduate Landscapes was formed. The company has grown in size and reputation, whilst still remaining a family-run business at heart. Tony plays a prominent role in all aspects of the business and is very proud of now employing around 60 very capable staff.
Married, with four children, Tony always encourages the best in people with his ‘can-do’ attitude. He is the positive one in the office, always ready to offer his support when needed it.
He plays and coaches at Haslemere Hockey Club and is always seeking a new adventure.

Patrick McTernan
Commercial Manager
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Patrick has grown his career over the years working across a wide range of industries, from automotive to financial services. He joined Graduate Landscapes in the marketing department and has since progressed through the business to become Commercial Manager.
Patrick now oversees all aspects of the business and works closely with the Managing Director to support continual improvement and strengthen what the company offers. He plays an active role in shaping how the business operates, with a focus on efficiency, consistency and long-term growth.
He is also closely involved in implementing company policies and procedures, helping ensure projects are delivered safely and that teams are supported to work effectively.
Outside of work, Patrick is a keen videographer and enjoys travelling. He spends much of his spare time working on creative projects or visiting new places.

Diana Cleminte
Accounts Manager
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Diana graduated with a Bachelors degree in Economics, before beginning her career in accounting. She is working at an impressive speed to gain qualified status, studying for her AAT qualification whilst working full-time at Graduate Landscapes as Accounts Manager.
Having worked within the hospitality and service industries, she holds extensive knowledge of accounting procedures, regulatory requirements, advanced systems capabilities, cost & variance analysis, and accounts preparation. Since joining the company she has transformed the finance function and effectively absorbed tasks from across multiple roles. With a can-do attitude, she faces every obstacle with enthusiasm, finding a solution and keeping staff, suppliers, and clients happy.
As an integral part of the Accounts department, her work not only allows all other functions within the company to operate smoothly but her diligent, attention to detail allows KPI and Management Accounts functions the integrity of data to accommodate the ever-growing business demand.
Diana enjoys an active and social time outside of work. Spending evenings and weekends on active pursuits with her partner and friends, enjoying long walks and gym sessions. A lover of fireworks, sweet things, and new adventures!

Arran Collinge
Soft Landscaping Manager
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Harriet Kingsford
Garden Designer
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Professionally trained at the prestigious Inchbald School of Design, Harriet obtained a Garden Design diploma with a distinction in 2015. Since then, she has worked for two award winning design-and-build companies in South West London and the Home Counties. Treating every garden as completely unique, Harriet enjoys taking her clients through the garden design process, helping them to better understand the wider benefits of building a garden within our fabulous climate. It’s not only about the aesthetics!
Whilst Harriet has designed a vast number of gardens, for her it’s all about the plants, drawing on her previous experience of her many years gardening professionally. It all started with a career change to Horticulture at Pershore College in 2012 (from event management – also crucial in the build process!). Taking inspiration from the wider environment, she likes to weave plants together to create a tapestry that will better connect each house uniquely with its surroundings. In using plants in this way, she encourages a range of emotions and creates atmospheres in the various rooms within a garden.
With a fond love for the great outdoors, in Harriet’s spare time, she can often be found hiking with her Sproodle, gardening or flower arranging. She has occasionally been found testing out various landscaping techniques in her own garden too!

Landscape Team
Soft & Hard Landscaping
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Graduate Landscapes employ a qualified team of over 40 landscape gardeners who from an early age have made landscape gardening and design their chosen profession. Many of our staff have been to either Merrist Wood College in Guildford or Spasholt College Winchester. There is a bewildering array of related courses to choose from, but the majority of our staff now possess NVQ level 1 and 2 in both hard and soft landscaping, and various BTech qualifications up to full University degrees. We take great pride in our ongoing apprentice scheme with two of our youngest staff on day release courses from Merrist Wood . It gives them a chance to learn the theory alongside the day to day practical on site work, giving them a solid base to learn the profession. We have also for a number of years taken both French and Austrian students in their final year of horticultural training at their regional universities.
Ongoing training is a vital part of our companys progress . Each member of staff has a tailor made programme of training to equip them for the projects they will have to undertake. These include courses for chainsaw works felling and crosscutting. Training in disc cutting is vital for the hard landscaping teams, and anyone using such a cutter will be qualified with the relevant certificates. A number of our staff also have PA1 and PA6 qualification in use of knapsack sprayers, now a legal requirement, while it takes up to a week to qualify our staff to drive diggers or dumpers.
This level of training allows us to adhere to the strict health and safety criteria laid down by successive administrations, and gives us the confidence to take on projects full in the knowledge we gave the right individuals with the right skills to bring them to a happy conclusion.