Meet The Team

Graeme Carpenter and Ramon Lawal Directors

Graeme and Ramon have been working together for over fifteen years, growing Outdoor Creations from a team of five site staff to the Company it is today. Over the years, as a result of growing a successful and skilled team, we are proud to have received many industry awards, from BALI, the APL and the RHS by delivering some wonderful gardens for our clients.

Samantha Administration Manager

Sam keeps us all organised in the office. With her extensive IT experience, bookkeeping skills and an eye for detail, Sam ensures the efficiency of our office operations. From client liaison to managing our compliance and HR, Sam wears a number of hats and keeps things running smoothly.

Alex Landscape Manager

Alex has a degree in garden design and over 30 years of industry experience prior to joining us as our Landscape Manager. Alex is largely responsible for our project estimating, with project management and occasionally garden design keeping him busy.

Nathan Project Manager

With a wealth of experience from running his own landscaping business and working as part of our team, Nathan has been one of our most experienced site supervisors. With his great landscaping experience and exceptional client management skills, Nathan has moved into a new role as one of our Project Managers.

Dermot Landscape Designer

Dermot is that rare thing – a designer who has been ‘on the tools’. Prior to joining us, Dermot had his own design and build business in London. A qualified Landscape Architect, his focus lies in providing our design services – working with our clients to create some wonderful and inspirational schemes.

Mark

Mark has been with Outdoor Creations since its inception. He’s a highly skilled hard landscaper, with exceptional site management experience. Over the years, Mark has worked on countless projects, helping us deliver some outstanding schemes.

Paul

Paul is another long standing member of the team. He is now an experienced landscaper with an ever growing skill set, particularly on the hard landscaping side.

Lee P

Lee is one of our longest serving employees, leading his site teams and helping them to develop their skills along the way. As a motivational team leader, Lee has passed on much of his experience to many members of the team.

Matt K

Angus

Angus joined us in 2018 and since then, he’s been learning the basics of both hard and soft landscaping. His skill set has grown immensely and he’s proving to be a very capable member of our team.

Lee G

Joining us in 2019 from another landscape company, Lee has fitted in quickly and seamlessly, bringing his varied skill set which includes a Diploma in Countryside Management. Lee’s experience in Forestry is invaluable for tree work, together with his hard landscape skills

Cameron

Having grown up of a farm and with a love of the outdoors, Cam is keen to develop his career in landscaping and we’re keen to provide that opportunity to a promising landscaper.

Ian R

Ian started landscaping with a local authority providing a solid grounding in commercial landscaping. A move to Hever Castle saw Ian develop his career over a 12 year period as Senior Gardener. Wanting to expand his hard landscape skills, Ian has joined us, bringing an extensive background in both horticulture and landscaping.

Ross

One of our newest members of the team, Ross has joined us and is keen to progress. Bringing both hard and soft landscape experience and having worked in both the UK and Australia, Ross has a varied skill set and studied horticulture in South Australia, broadening his knowledge.

Sam

Since he joined us, Sam has become a great asset to the Outdoor Creations landscaping team. Keen to learn, Sam is always looking to enhance his skills and has learned a lot in a relatively short time. Always enthusiastic (whatever the weather!) his developing skill set is allowing Sam to move into a supervisory role.

Chad

Joining Outdoor Creations from a landscaping company in Kent, Chad has proved to be another excellent team member. His versatility has enabled him to work across all of our teams, winning the praise of colleagues and a special mention from clients.

Jon

Jon has been with us for a number of years, during which time he’s been involved in lots of successful projects, winning praise from clients and appreciation from his colleagues. His extensive background in soft landscaping has been supplemented by increasing hard landscape experience, making Jon an excellent contributor on any of our projects.

Matt

Matt joined us from a respected competitor, where he’d worked for some years. An excellent landscaper, his skills enable him to deliver projects efficiently and to the highest standards. His level headed approach is much appreciated by clients and colleagues alike.

Ian B

Ian is one of Outdoor Creations’ longest serving employees after the Directors and has been with us for well over a decade. In that time, he’s progressed from a Junior Landscape Assistant to a fully fledged, highly skilled landscape supervisor. Several of our awards have been won for projects under Ian’s stewardship.

Andrew

Andrew joined Steve to form our dedicated soft landscaping team in 2018 having previously worked for a large nursery where he gained horticultural experience that has proved invaluable to us and our aftercare clients.

Nolan

Formerly a landscaper with us, Nolan was promoted to our Yard Manager in 2018, where his excellent organisational skills have created an environment that truly works for our business. His methodical supply and storage systems help us maintain the levels of stock and equipment that keep our business functioning efficiently.

Steven

Green fingered Steve joined us when we formed our dedicated soft landscaping team. Supplemented by his RHS training, there’s not a lot Steve doesn’t know about soft landscaping and his horticultural expertise is superb. With his assistant, Andrew, Steve’s kept busy managing a very happy portfolio of After Care clients and ensuring that our planting services are second to none.