A Lifetime Commitment to Good Design

Simon was born, the son of an architect and the great grandson of a professional gardener, on a 45-degree hillside in Northern England. He understands how to build and grow things well.

Coming to Canada, he worked as a landscape supervisor while putting himself through art college where he learn't the design business. He owned a graphic design and draughting company in Toronto for 25 years, before returning to his roots in gardening and landscaping at the turn of the millenium.

In 2004, Simon married longtime Whitewater resident and horticulturalist, Lawrie Barton, and decided to stay in the Valley where they started landscaping together. Lawrie plans the beds and Simon coordinates increasingly larger projects and does the grunt work.

Besides working, Simon is a member of the Beachburg Horticultural Society and has given tallks on garden design and terraforming. He is a volunteer with the Whitewater Historical Society, the Cobden and District Civitan Club and the Cobden Legion. He also writes gardening columns for the Cobden Sun Newspaper.

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