Project Management
Partnering with you to navigate complex challenges and achieve sustainable growth in diverse sectors.
New Plants for the North
€ 1.3 M project to identify climatically suited plants and varieties of horticultural and ornamental plant stocks suitable for the Northern peripheries of Europe, and to develop local, sustainable markets for the selected ornamental plants. Partners were Orkney, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. I was responsible for identifying and winning this contract for the Agronomy Institute in Orkney
NPP PelleTime project
€ 1.5 M 3 year project that investigated the agronomic and economic potential of wood and grass energy crops as a bioenergy resource in the northern regions of Europe: Partners were Sweden, Orkney and Finland. I ran the agronomic investigations (worth £150 K in Orkney) into how to grow and maximise Willow, Reed Canary grass, barley and forage grass for use as biomass energy in the Northern marine climates of Orkney and Shetland.
Willow Biomass energy Research Programme
Agronomic research programme investigating ways of improving biomass energy production in willow through field, environmental and economic investigations.
SNH and Crofters Commission project
Farm based project investigating the biodiversity potential of novel crops such as bere, echium, camelina and borage
Sustainable Urban Greening Project
I undertook site surveys of urban parks and greenspace created on brownfield sites to show the success and sustainability of brownfield to greenspace restoration schemes.
The project was run by Forest Research, which is the research arm of the Forestry Commission.
Landfill Restoration Projects and PhD
Managing research investigating the restoration landfill sites to arable agriculture, pasture and wildflower meadow using soil forming materials, concentrating on how to improve plant growth and soil formation using organic waste amendments and greenwaste compost. This was funded by Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (now Veolia) and Viridor Waste Management Ltd.