trees associates

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  Tim Rees

  Tim founded trees associates in 2003. For ten years previously, he had worked, with Brita von Schoenaich, as a partner of Schoenaich Rees Landscape Architects. Tim has a strong background in plantsmanship. His gardening career began with a five year stint working in the Oxford University Botanical Garden, followed by study at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, where he graduated in 1982.

  After he left Kew, Tim won a travel scholarship to collect alpine plants & orchids in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. He returned to the UK to work on the restoration of a Gertrude Jekyll-designed garden in the Cotswolds. It was at this juncture that he met the garden designer and writer Rosemary Verey, who became an important professional influence, friend and mentor. Tim has also served as Course Director for Garden Design at the Inchbald School of Design, London, where he established the first full time one year course for garden design in the UK.

  Tim has worked on landscapes and gardens across the UK and abroad - primarily in France, Italy and the Mediterranean, as well as the USA. His work has been featured in a number of publications.

  When not working, Tim enjoys (in no particular order) walking his dog Mango on Wormwood Scrubs, gardening under Italian skies, and listening to Opera.

  
  
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  Matteo la Civita

  Landscape architect Matteo works as a design assistant for trees associates. He lived a double life as plantsman and student of civil engineering in his native Trieste for some years, then made the move into landscape design with a masters in landscape architecture at the Politecnico in Turin in 2004-5. Subsequently he moved to England and completed an internship at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.

  As a lover of complicated things, he is attracted to species Paeonies particularly the almost unpronounceable Paeonia mlokosetischii from the Caucasus, and twiddly eighteenth century Italian opera. From time to time the less rarified pleasures of television, clubbing and sport beckon.

  
  
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  Rowland Byass

  Rowland is a trainee landscape architect who works for trees associates as design assistant and sometime copywriter. Starting out with a degree in English literature and a passion for eighteenth century literary landscapes, he has worked in journalism, copywriting and landscape construction and management. He is currently studying for a master's degree in landscape architecture at Sheffield University.

  Rowland enjoys gardening, rowing amidst the scenic grandeur of the Peak District, and finding excuses to go to India.

  
  
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  Darien Morgan

  Darien provides web, technical and IT support for trees associates. After studying art and design at Chelsea College of Art, he blazed a trail in the early days of the internet, designing some of the first web pages seen on the world wide web. His portfolio of work includes 3D animation, architectural visualisations, web design and programming. Darien also provides Apple Mac IT support to several private clients and companies around London.

  Darien's hobbies include running and his collection of antique jackets and socks in muted tones. He's also an intrepid traveller - most recently to Columbia, where his adventures involved swimming under a tropical moon, strip joints and baby pigs.

  
  

Architectural

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  Boyarsky Murphy

  Boyarsky Murphy is a London-based RIBA charted firm of architects who have collaborated with trees associates on a number of projects. Founded in 1994 by Nicholas Boyarsky and Nicola Murphy, the firm has gained an international reputation for carefully thought out, impeccably executed work on projects ranging from housing (both new build and renovations), listed buildings, urban design and public architecture.

  Nicola and Nicholas met while students at the Architectural Association. They worked for a number of practices, including Zaha Hadid's, before establishing their own practice. They have been featured in a number of publications and journals including London: A Guide to Recent Architecture (2005) and the Asian design and aesthetics journal IW Magazine. A recent project was also selected as one of seven emblematic houses of 2007 by Architectural Record (USA).

  
  

Media

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  Cassie Rees

  Cassie provides client liason and internet strategy input for trees associates. She also currently works for the Football Association as their content and media manager, working on communications, education and event co-ordination. She is also editor-in-chief of Insight journal, published by the FA. Since she graduated in Planning and Management from Oxford Brookes University, she has worked in event management, organising what she describes as 'whopping great parties' for Ferrari, BMW, MTV and the National Film Theatre, amongst others.

  Cassie's extracurricular interests include dancing, snowboarding and travel to far-flung shores, like Tarifa in Morocco. During the summer months she can also be found on Brixton beach (Brockwell Lido), in deepest south London.

  
  
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  Isaac Pinnock

  Isaac is an interaction designer and information architect. He has worked on brand and interface development for a number of clients including Virgin Digital, Reuters, the Daily Telegraph and - back in the 90s dot com boom - the world's first global online poultry marketplace. Isaac's forte is the 'transformation of business requirements into a viable and desirable customer experience.'

  Outside work Isaac enjoys trips to the seaside in his huge military Land Rover 101 Forward Control, West Country scrumpy and adding to his collection of fine t-shirts - acknowledged as some of the most effortlessly stylish in London. He is currently working on a poster displaying every model of Land Rover ever made.