| Sarah Hart Dyke |
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| The driving force behind the House, Mum is truly inspirational. |
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| Granny |
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| Tom’s late Granny is his horticultural inspiration. |
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| Mario |
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| Mario has been with us since the beginning of 2010, turning his hand to anything tom throws his way, including all the mowing, strimming and even building the Alpine World Garden. He takes on all the hard graft and heavy physical gardening jobs. |
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Andrea |
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| An all round team member, Andrea gives Garden tours and is always up for a laugh. |
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| Marcus |
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| Helps out on the back gate directing all the cars so we don't get choc-a-block on busy days. |
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Jo |
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| Jo is an all round helper in the Garden and is always accompanied by her lovely dog. |
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Helen |
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| The World Garden's first ever Apprentice, Helen was working full-time at Lullingstone March-September 2012. We miss her! |
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| Guy Hart Dyke |
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| The Estate Manager and responsible for the day-to-day running of the Castle, Dad carries the stress of it all. |
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| Jim Buttress |
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| Holder of the RHS Victoria medal of honour – Jim is literally a foundation stone in the development of the World Garden, working alongside Tom since 2005. |
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| Jo Ebner |
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| Jo is a great team member who chips in enthusiastically, and is a champion potter-upper of prickly plants. |
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| Iris and Alan Chapman |
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| A great couple who have worked enthusiastically alongside Tom in the garden since 2006. Iris researched, designed and project managed our entry to exhibit Tom's National Collection of Eucalyptus in the Plant Heritage Marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2011, for which we were awarded a Silver Gilt Medal. Alan does a great deal of carpentry construction and maintenance around the garden, as well as helping to bring to life Iris's original ideas for our recent project The Moroccan Blue Room. |
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| Ben |
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| The youngest member of the gang, Ben is willing to sweat it out, getting covered in mud as he quite literally gets ‘stuck in’. |
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| Laurence |
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| One of my oldest friends, a tree surgeon extraordinaire, responsible for the dead wooding in the historic cedar trees. |
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Paul and Carol |
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| Our star caterers who serve up delicious cake and sandwiches on site. |
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