Jennifer Watson Biography

Jennifer’s interest in the environment began as a child, growing up in the bush and nature of the Waitakere Ranges in West Auckland, NZ.

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Her horticultural career began at seventeen when she worked in several plant nurseries in Auckland prior to attending Lincoln University for a Diploma in Horticulture leading to the establishment of her own organisation, Jenny Watson Garden Maintenance.

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At 21 years of age Jennifer travelled to the UK to pursue her passion for motor racing. She found a job with Brands Hatch Racing Circuit as a driver. Part of the package involved preparing the circuit’s gardens for the Malborough British Grand Prix.

Jennifer then became a Garden Designer for a large landscaping company in the Royal Triangle, Gloucestershire. Working with the Civic Society of Cirencester, Jennifer prepared landscape plans, quotations, planting plans and oversaw site work for a wildlife corridor surrounding the town. Then came a 5 year spell in the UK with her own garden design company.

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She then returned to New Zealand gaining a mind changing Certificate in Permaculture at Tiki Tiki Marae on the East Cape of NZ, and subsequently developed a 5 hectare property using permaculture as the principle design tool. She also attained a degree in Iwi Environmental Management and qualified in level 3 and 4 Autocad Engineering and Architectural Design and Drafting.  Since then she has landscaped and maintained properties in Northland including remodelling a 12 hectare Kerikeri property.

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Jennifer now is developing her own property at Ahipara, selling plants and providing eco-scape solutions for people of the Far North of New Zealand.

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