Meet the landscape gardeners and horticulturalists behind the quality work...

Chris is focused on the long term. What began with a Landscape Diploma grew into the business that he and Colin started over 27 years ago, and has now become one of Australia's leading providers of horticulture services and grounds maintenance management solutions. In the meantime, Chris has consistently exposed himself to innovation and inspiration in order to develop his managerial abilities and enhance the company's operations.

Chris has an active home life and enjoys the challenge of a good mountain bike trail – so much so that he's often training for an endurance event. He's is married to his high school sweetheart and is the very proud father of two girls.

Chris is focused on the long term. What began with a Landscape Diploma grew into the business that he and Colin started in 1991, and has now become one of Australia's leading providers of horticulture services and grounds maintenance management solutions. In the meantime, Chris has consistently exposed himself to innovation and inspiration in order to develop his managerial abilities and enhance the company's operations. He has undertaken diplomas in business management, and been involved with numerous organisations both here and around the world.

The garden landscaping industry has been Chris's passion for the past 27 years – and it continues to be so as he leads the company into the future. His guidance and commitment have directly led to the great team we have at Skyline, and his strategic vision has ensured we remain the industry's benchmark for quality garden landscaping services.

Colin is driven first and foremost by the desire to improve the quality of commercial landscaping and horticulture in Australia. In the process, he wants to make Skyline the country's premier landscape company. Continual improvement is at the forefront of both our business strategy and his own professional development.

With landscaping in his blood, Colin has been involved in the industry since he was a young teenager.

Colin approaches his home life and working life with equal passion and vigour, and likes nothing better than facing and beating a challenge! To relax, the very proud husband and father of two beautiful children enjoys plenty of water sport and most physical activities.

Colin is driven first and foremost by the desire to improve the quality of commercial landscaping and horticulture in Australia. In the process, he wants to make Skyline the country's premier landscape company. Continual improvement is at the forefront of both our business strategy and his own professional development.

With commercial landscaping in his blood, Colin has been involved in the industry since he was a young teenager. Together with Chris, he started Skyline in 1991, and he continues to be hands-on in all aspects of the company. Over the last 27 years they've assembled the industry's best and brightest to provide effective, tailored landscaping services to their clients.

Colin's expertise comes from decades spent learning the industry. He's spent extensive time with leading garden landscaping corporations around the world, and he continues to consult to industry organisations and government departments on guidelines and policy, workmanship reporting methods, rectification and implementation planning.

Colin's leadership provides a nurturing environment where people are encouraged to grow and reach their potential. He's committed to providing real career pathways to his staff members, and believes that people always do their best when they are supported and encouraged.

Under Colin's guidance and leadership, Skyline is always looking for ways to improve the value and delivery of our landscaping services. He's passionate, dedicated and customer-focused – he loves his job. As a result, Skyline is a world-class organisation, and we continue to be a benchmark for quality, cost-effective landscape solutions.

Michael is an exceptional tradesman and manager with more than 20 years' experience in landscape construction and maintenance. Since joining Skyline, Michael has quickly risen the ranks, from field team leader to Client Account Manager and now Operations Manager, where we take advantage of his vast field knowledge to organise and lead the field teams. In this role, he's in charge of all scheduling, resourcing, purchasing, training and mentoring, and supervisor support.

Family, surfing and football. These three things sum up Michael's passions outside work. With two sons growing up quickly and a supportive wife to keep him busy, he works hard to fit in an early morning surf whenever he can.

Generous and approachable, Michael is quick to share his skills and expertise, mentoring and training his staff members to be the best they can be. His knowledge and hands on experience are invaluable to clients, his eye for detail making him an ideal Operations Manager.

Michael's passion and forward thinking have been integral to Skyline's growth and development as a company. He's one of the key reasons we're at the forefront of the industry.

Certificate III, Horticulture

Advanced Diploma in Business

Advanced Diploma in Management & Leadership

Sean has over 13 years' management and consulting experience in the industry, consulting for local councils, government departments, facility managers and large developers. An invaluable member of the Skyline management team, Sean provides his clients with practical and cost effective outcomes for their horticultural needs.

With a background in land rehabilitation as well as horticulture, Sean's strengths are in optimising horticultural assets.

Sean is a dedicated family man – his wife and two daughters are paramount in every aspect of his life. However, if there's a cold Bundy rum going and a good game of cricket on, you'll find these playing an important part of Sean's relaxation time

Backed by the expertise of Skyline's ground crews, he uses best practice techniques to ensure we achieve desired presentation levels within agreed budgets.

Sean's interest is in achieving the best outcomes for a client and the long-term value of the services Skyline provides. He thrives on relationships that develop over time, on becoming more efficient in our delivery and on doing more with less.

Bachelor, Agricultural Science – University of Queensland

Aaron goes above and beyond to ensure that his clients receive the best service possible. He takes great pride in being responsible for many of the high-profile resorts and estates that Skyline cares for, and is focused on building lasting professional relationships.

Starting his career in the indoor plant industry, Aaron has diversified his talents over the last 20 years to include an extensive, hands on understanding of the entire landscape industry.

Outdoors, Aaron enjoys mountain biking riding and photography, but you would have to say that his passion lies in emerging technology. Landscape gardeners generally don't tend to be the most technologically advanced, but this is an exception when it comes to Aaron. Aaron is definitely up to date on technology and how it can benefit him in the workplace. Now as father to a beautiful son, he may have to create a little extra time for his parenting duties.

As a Client Account Manager, Aaron takes the time to truly listen to his customers and their stakeholders. He believes communication is the key to success, and he ensures his clients remain informed at every stage of the process.

Aaron's love of the industry and hardworking nature have ensured that his career has continued to grow in tandem with his value to clients. There are many reasons why prestige developments choose to use Skyline for their landscape management needs. Aaron is one such reason.

Advanced Certificate of Urban Horticulture

With a wealth of expertise in landscape maintenance, construction and irrigation, we feel privileged to have Brendan as part of the Skyline team. His extensive industry skills – honed over 20 years – are key to our success, allowing us to deliver a consistently high standard of service to our clients.

Brendan is process minded and has a natural affinity for organisation.

Brendan's enthusiasm for sport covers a wide spectrum, but currently focuses on his ambition to become a taekwondo black belt. Being the father of two girls and a new born also takes up much of his time – and considerably more patience and focus.

With his knowledge, first-hand experience and attention to detail, he guides our staff members and supervisors in every operational aspect of their duties.

Brendan enjoys being the operational backbone of Skyline, supporting our personnel and clients as best he can. His 'can do' attitude is typical of the Skyline management team, leading by example and striving to improve our services across the company.

Diploma, Business Management

Certificate III, Horticulture

Being in the industry for over 25 years has provided Gavin with incredible knowledge and expertise of landscape and grounds management. He currently cares for a number of premier clients across the Melbourne area for industrial and commercial properties, retirement villages, and government-owned sites.

As a Client Account Manager for Skyline, Gavin takes a personal interest in each and every one of his clients.

AFL, camping, Golf, Water skiing, horse racing, wine and good food. It can be hard to fit all of these into one weekend, but if Gavin can find a way, you know he will. He loves his social life – cherishing time spent with friends and enjoying the good things. At home is favourite room in the house is the kitchen enjoying the challenge of cooking inspiring food for his wife and three sons.

He performs all the reporting, pricing and recommendations for them, generating a tailored solution to meet their immediate and ongoing requirements.

Gavin's love of his work is chiefly apparent in the results on the ground. He supports his clients in every aspect of service delivery, bringing his wealth of industry experience to benefit them and Skyline in general. Our excellent reputation can be directly attributed to the dedication of people like Gavin.

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Sean has over 13 years' management and consulting experience in the industry, consulting for local councils, government departments, facility managers and large developers. An invaluable member of the Skyline management team, Sean provides his clients with practical and cost effective outcomes for their horticultural needs.

With a background in land rehabilitation as well as horticulture, Sean's strengths are in optimising horticultural assets.

Sean is a dedicated family man – his wife and two daughters are paramount in every aspect of his life. However, if there's a cold Bundy rum going and a good game of cricket on, you'll find these playing an important part of Sean's relaxation time

Backed by the expertise of Skyline's ground crews, he uses best practice techniques to ensure we achieve desired presentation levels within agreed budgets.

Sean's interest is in achieving the best outcomes for a client and the long-term value of the services Skyline provides. He thrives on relationships that develop over time, on becoming more efficient in our delivery and on doing more with less.

Bachelor, Agricultural Science – University of Queensland

Michael is an exceptional tradesman and manager with more than 20 years' experience in landscape construction and maintenance. Since joining Skyline, Michael has quickly risen the ranks, from field team leader to Client Account Manager and now Operations Manager, where we take advantage of his vast field knowledge to organise and lead the field teams. In this role, he's in charge of all scheduling, resourcing, purchasing, training and mentoring, and supervisor support.

Darren is a country boy at heart with horticulture in his blood. He grew up in Central Wheat Belt north of Perth on a family farm. When Darren is not enjoying time with his fiancée and four kids, you’ll find him riding quad bikes, playing golf and watching the Eagles play.

Darren is heading up Skyline’s Western Australia operations, where his blend of landscape management expertise and “can do” approach is ideal for the start-up contracts we are rolling into. He’s leveraging off a many years of business relationships across the WA landscape sector on Skylines behalf. Darren’s local profile and industry connections are an invaluable asset to Skyline as we expand our West Coast operations.
Darren started out his horticulture career working for over a decade on his family farm a few hours north of Perth. This gave him a love of the landscape and a desire to treat every landscape he works on as his own. He’s mastered a range of skills such as broad acre mowing, irrigation, fertilising, pest control and managing disease with spraying. Since then, Darren ran a large commercial and residential landscaping business for seven years,. His successful business specialised in hard and soft landscape construction and landscape maintenance.
A great communicator and active listener, Darren always takes the time to understand a client’s needs, ensuring our pricing, methodologies and tailored solutions provide them with the best possible outcomes. As WA Operations Manager, he’s heavily involved in all new contracts and business proposals. Darren has a practical hands-on approach to his position; high level of mechanical aptitude; great problem solving skills and a positive outlook.

Country-music loving Tim is an avid body boarder, having grown up in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire surfing some of the world’s best breaks. He is driven by goals and achieving them. Tim’s thirst and excitement for new adventures sees him often pushing the limits and finding new waves to conquer, be it Phillip Island, the Mentawais or the Cook Islands.

Tim is heading up Skyline’s Victorian expansion, where his “can do” approach and service-driven philosophy is perfect for the start-up contracts we are rolling into. Be it managing a field crew of 20 people across a multimillion dollar harbour side landscape projects, or firing up big-budget greenfield site developments, Tim’s excelled in every facet of operations management and business development over the last decade.

Warm and easy-going, Tim takes the time to understand his client’s requirements, to listen, and to ensure that he will tailor a program to deliver the outcomes they want. He’s committed to creating and maintaining productive, long-term relationships and knows how to get the best out of his teams and suppliers.

Tim is working hard to raise the national profile of Skyline Landscapes, with a particular focus on developing the business throughout Victoria. He is always open to connecting with new people from various industries so that Skyline can tailor solutions to benefit each individual client and site.

By constantly looking at ways to grow personally and provide existing clients with an executive service, Tim is actively enhancing the Skyline experience for new and existing clients. Qualifications

► Horticulture Landscape Construction Certificate III

In his 10 years with Skyline, Matt has been key to the company's growth and success. A genuine people-person with natural communication skills, Matt always takes the time to understand a client's needs, ensuring our pricing, methodologies and tailored solutions provide them with the best possible outcomes. As Senior Client Accounts Manager, he's heavily involved in all new contracts and business proposals.

Whether he's cycling, surfing, fishing or camping, Matt's love of the outdoors is always keeping him active. In addition to mountain bike races and early morning surfs, his family and social life provides him with a much-needed counterpoint to work. He's always making the most of weekends and school holidays.

As Senior Client Accounts Manager, he's heavily involved in all new contracts and business proposals.

Before joining Skyline, Matt had spent 14 years working in the industry, in both, retail and wholesale horticulture as well as commercial landscape management. His mild demeanour and practical approach allows him to support our other account managers, using his valuable experience and horticultural knowledge to offer advice or a second opinion.

He's helped build depth in the Skyline management team and creates a warm, supportive environment for his staff to operate in.

Matt's dedication to continuous improvement in our organisation is supported by his commitment to ongoing self-improvement. On top of his industry experience and previous qualifications, he recently completed a Diploma in Business Management, adding to the list of credentials he offers to our clients.

Skyline's industry-leading reputation and dedication to client satisfaction is undoubtedly the result of having this kind of experience and guidance behind our contracts and submissions.

Diploma, Business Management – Australian Institute of Management

Associate Diploma of Applied Science _ Landscape – Ryde (TAFE)

Certificate in Marketing – Seaforth (TAFE)

Brett has over eighteen years of industry experience in both Bush Regeneration and Natural Area Maintenance, he has also been involved with the Supervision and Management of Nurseries and Open Space within local Government. After serving his apprenticeship with a smaller Sydney based landscape firm he achieved his Certificate 3 in Parks and Gardens and then furthered his qualification by gaining Certificate 2 in Bush Regeneration.

Brett came to Skyline in 2010 after having worked with Strathfield Council for ten year's. Over this time he was involved with many projects and also served as Supervisor and Senior Horticulturalist within Council. His role also allowed him to work on a diverse range of proects where he coordinated and oversaw the work. Some of these included specific qualifications in re-vegetation management.

After working with Skyline since 2010 Brett has developed a deep knowledge and understanding of extremely complex environmental parkland contract's which is an extremely valuable asset to be able to share with our clients .

Certificate 111 Horticulture (Parks & Gardens)

Certificate 11 Bush Regeneration

Working at Heights Certified

Certificate 11 Chainsaw Operation

Chem Certificate

First Aid/CPR

Traffic Control Certificate

Implement Traffic Management

16 Years Industry Experience

Sean has over 13 years' management and consulting experience in the industry, consulting for local councils, government departments, facility managers and large developers. An invaluable member of the Skyline management team, Sean provides his clients with practical and cost effective outcomes for their horticultural needs.

With a background in land rehabilitation as well as horticulture, Sean's strengths are in optimising horticultural assets.

Sean is a dedicated family man – his wife and two daughters are paramount in every aspect of his life. However, if there's a cold Bundy rum going and a good game of cricket on, you'll find these playing an important part of Sean's relaxation time

Backed by the expertise of Skyline's ground crews, he uses best practice techniques to ensure we achieve desired presentation levels within agreed budgets.

Sean's interest is in achieving the best outcomes for a client and the long-term value of the services Skyline provides. He thrives on relationships that develop over time, on becoming more efficient in our delivery and on doing more with less.

Bachelor, Agricultural Science – University of Queensland

Sean has over 13 years' management and consulting experience in the industry, consulting for local councils, government departments, facility managers and large developers. An invaluable member of the Skyline management team, Sean provides his clients with practical and cost effective outcomes for their horticultural needs.

With a background in land rehabilitation as well as horticulture, Sean's strengths are in optimising horticultural assets.

Sean is a dedicated family man – his wife and two daughters are paramount in every aspect of his life. However, if there's a cold Bundy rum going and a good game of cricket on, you'll find these playing an important part of Sean's relaxation time

Backed by the expertise of Skyline's ground crews, he uses best practice techniques to ensure we achieve desired presentation levels within agreed budgets.

Sean's interest is in achieving the best outcomes for a client and the long-term value of the services Skyline provides. He thrives on relationships that develop over time, on becoming more efficient in our delivery and on doing more with less.

Bachelor, Agricultural Science – University of Queensland

Matt's enthusiasm for the industry is obvious. He became a fully qualified teacher before relinquishing that career to follow his true passion: horticulture. He doesn't regret it for a second either.

Now Matt is a highly experienced Client Account Manager with a detailed understanding of the landscape industry.

Tennis, cricket, surfing – these are the activities that Matt somehow manages to fit around the most important thing in his life: his family. Matt and his wife are proud parent to two lovely girls.

He is completely open and honest in his communication, providing clients with clearly defined strategies for achieving value-oriented results.

Matt gladly shares his expertise and knowledge with clients, believing that professional, knowledgeable service leads to customer loyalty. And it works, too. It's managers like Matt that help ensure client satisfaction across the board at Skyline and maintain our position as an industry leader.

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