Jon Davies
With over 15 years experience as a gardener and designer Jon is passionate about connecting people and nature for an optimistic, green future.
Jon is an RHS Gold Award Winning designer and his team were presented with the prestigious Best Garden For A Changing World medal in 2017.
He works on domestic and public space design with his design partner Steve Williams at London Glades Ltd and enjoys gardening with his growing team in and around London.
Natasha
With a background in Arts, Natasha brings a creative touch in helping forge the culture of gold and wild. Natasha’s passion for wellbeing and experience in Human Resources creates a dynamic and forward thinking work environment, creating a positive experience for our Gold & Wild team and our clients.
Harry
Harry is responsible for looking after the day to day maintenance of over 100 special spaces across London. He is equipped with 15 years knowledge and the valuable experience of getting stuck into the gardening with his mum while growing up.
Harry recognises the beauty within every plant and is passionate about creating wild spaces with nature at the forefront.
Chris
Chris has been working alongside Jon for a long time and has supported the business growth from strength to strength. With a background in illustration and joinery, Chris’ craftsmanship, passion for nature and his eye for landscape detail.
Andrea
Andrea’s family own an Olive farm in Italy and farming and working with the land runs deep in his blood. With a background also in high end restaurant management Andrea understands what it takes to deliver quality from the heart. He loves plants and creating the perfect conditions for them to thrive in the gardens, and has a strong sense of pride on delivering beautiful, healthy spaces. He’s been an integral member of the G&W installation team now for 5 plus years and is currently training RHS level 2 Horticulture.
Chris
Chris K’s background is in music management and with a life long love for the outdoors, ecology and gardening he has found himself quickly at home in the G&W installation team. The landscaping industry gives Chris plenty of opportunities to flex his creativity with both artistic expression and problem solving with an optimistic energy that is contagious. He is currently training in RHS level 2 Horticulture
Sam Harding
Sam’s Grandmother taught and inspired his love for gardening and wildlife from the age of 3. He attended Writtle College and won award for ‘Most Outstanding Student on Level 2 Horticulture Course’. With 15+ Years experience across a range of sectors from maintenance, landscaping and Nursery growing Sam applies horticultural & scientific knowledge, along with an artistic eye and creative approach to make and shape outdoor spaces. He celebrates self sufficiency, sustainability and positive nature connection in every project
Steve
Steve has a wealth of experience integral to the hard landscaping team with over 10 years of private residential landscaping, a further 6 years of full internal refurbishment and 3 years working for the Royal parks. He has a conscientious, attentive approach which clients love and a passion for the quality details of any installation.
He loves to transform spaces from unloved to life affirming and always brings good vibes to each project.
Antonio
Antonio, has a background in photography and the arts and comes from a family that have both art and working with the land in their blood. Both his Father and Grandfather have always been an inspiration and taught him how to be engaged in the manual works while being passionate about what he does.
Antonio, loves to be working outdoors using his hands and brings a originality, artistic vision and a true love for nature to Gold and Wild.
Alex W
Alex gave up the corporate world for greener climes and joined the G&W gang with a commitment to nurture his love for gardening towards specialist expertise. He is a sensitive, heart-centred gardener, passionate about naturalistic approaches and a light touch. Alex is currently training in RHS Level 2 Horticulture
Alex
Alex loves a natural and relaxed approach to gardening. Having trained at re-wilding estate on the West Coast of Scotland, he cares deeply about incorporating habitats for wildlife into the gardens he manages.
Outside of gardening, Alex loves cyclings and working on bikes.
Tina
Tina has an excellent range of qualifications and experience in the industry and was “student of the year” at Capel Manor where she both trained and worked. Her passion is for sustainable gardening practices and growing fruit and vegetables organically, both personally and for the G&W community. She is committed to the highest level of gardening and enjoys the finer tuning and details required to get there. Her knowledge and enthusiasm is shared by our younger gardeners who she nurtures from budding to bountiful!
Alix
Alix previously managed a record shop with his love for music, Dj’ing and collecting records being a welcomed addition to the creatives at Gold and Wild.
Alix enjoys the outdoors and being in nature and was an important decision for him to make the lifestyle change of moving into another profession where he now specialises in surface treatment and irrigation while covering all areas on our garden maintenance team.
Alexander
Alex A’s passion for the natural world stems from a young age of wildlife exploration and a fascination with plants. Seeing gardening as a therapy, and with an ethos of “Nature is everything, “ Alex’ purpose is to inspire others to share the soulful benefits of nature connection and bio diversity building. He has built a wealth of experience over the years and is qualified as a professional gardener level 2 at Capel Manor
Laura Hogg
Laura is a trained garden designer who shares the G&W ethos of nature centred garden creations with a light touch, environmentally conscious approach. Working alongside the gardening team Laura has developed her skills as a fantastic gardener in her own right and is now a vital team player, helping offer a designer’s eye to our gardens and gaining a deep understanding of the fundamental techniques required for planning better outdoor spaces from an after-care point of view