The Team
Administration
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CHAIRWOMAN
Sara Stewart |
COWDEN MANAGER
Sarah Reynolds |
ADMIN ASSISTANT
Megan McNamee |
EVENTS COORDINATOR
Rachael McGaffney |
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Nicola Dibley |
COWDEN HISTORICAL RESEARCHER
Lucy Stewart |
FUNDRAISING
Becca Logan |
Outdoor Team
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ESTATE GARDENER
Rob Grindrod |
ASSISTANT GARDENER
Connor Robertson |
APPRENTICE GARDENER
Frazer Leighton |
HORTICULTURAL CONSULTANTMichael Innes |
Ticket Sales and Shop
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SUPERVISOR
Aileen Graham
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SUPERVISOR
Anna Hunter |
SUPERVISOR
Gillian Rule |
SUPERVISOR
Robert Reynolds |
Tearoom
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SUPERVISOR
Janet McIlroy |
SUPERVISOR
Robyn Hennessey |
SUPERVISOR
Fionna Logan |
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TEAROOM HOST
Guy Lindsay |
TEAROOM HOST
Rebecca Martin |
TEAROOM HOST
Emily Fisher |
Catering
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HEAD CHEF
Richard Martin-Leafe |
CATERING ASSISTANT
Andrea Webb |
Restoration
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CHIEF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Professor Masao Fukuhara |
ARCHITECT
Hugh Stewart |
GROUNDWORK MANAGER
David McCulloch |
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Ai Hishii |
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Junya Matukawa |
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Daijiro Mizuno |
“David McCulloch was the only groundwork contractor my father trusted to work at Cowden. In 2012 he was appointed to dredge the pond to locate stone lanterns which had been pushed into the water during a night of vandalism in 1963. My father knew the machinery would be guided with surgical precision and as a result many fragments were recovered and later repositioned in the garden. On one occasion he was tasked with placing the largest stone in the dry garden; the professor directed the positioning in increments of one centimetre over several hours. It required immense patience and skill. The McCulloch team have been instrumental in the speed and success of the restoration and I can not recommend them more highly”. Sara Stewart, Chairwoman of The Japanese Garden at Cowden Castle SCIO
