Accreditations & Qualifications


Current

Rick Bryson Tree Surgeon & Horticulturist - sole proprietor - fully insured

Australian Institute of Horticulture - member and Fellow

Horticulture Society of Canberra - member

Belconnen Garden Club  - member

Friends of the Australian National Botanic Garden - member

 

Horticultural

1996 - Cert Horticulture, Canberra Institute of Technology

1996 - Cert Arboriculture, Canberra Institute of Technology

1996 - Australian Institute of Horticulture - became a member

1996 - Started Rick Bryson business as a horticulturist & tree surgeon

2010 - Fellow of the Australian Institute of Horticulture

 

Offices held

Australian Institute of Horticulture:

  • National - Public Officer

  • ACT - Representative to AIH National (twice)

  • ACT - President (twice)

  • ACT - Secretary

  • ACT - Newsletter Editor (twice)

  • ACT - Events Chairman including organizing, chairing and speaking

 

Speaking

Australian Institute of Horticulture - ACT:

  • Plant Selection for Creating a Garden

  • Soils & Irrigation

  • Japanese Gardens

  • Petrol-powered garden tools

  • Organizer and/or moderator for talks on:

    • Creating Gardens for Beauty & Biodiversity

    • Brilliant Garden Designs from Around the World

    • Smaller Trees for Today's Smaller Urban Spaces

    • Vegetable & Herb Gardens

    • Biodynamidcs

    • Water Harvesting

    • Salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin

    • Armillaria in the Australian National Botanic Gardens

    • Exciting Gardens from China and Japan

    • Balinese Gardens

    • Feng Shui

    • Fuchsias

    • Water Features: Construction & Maintenance

    • Professional tours of Parliament House and Government House gardens

Garden clubs - Japanese Gardens