AILA CINAR

Born 		1974
Nationality: Finnish
Languages: Fluent English, German, Finnish and conversational French
 
Scholastic / Educational Background

High School / College

1981 - 85                                                 Primary School
                                                                Scharmbeckstotel, Germany
1985 - 87                                                 Orienteering School
                                                                Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany
1987 - 94                                                 Secondary School (Grammar School) 
                                      	 	             Gymnasium Lilienthal 
                                                                Schoofmoor
                                                                28865 Lilienthal
                                                                Germany
                                                               Abitur Certificate (A levels)
                                                                 Art, Biology, Geography, Literature
University

1996 September – June 2001                    University of Greenwich / Hadlow College
                                                                 BA (Hons) Degree in Garden Design 
                        Dissertation subject: 
                        Historic garden conservation
                        with the example of the
                        Pfaueninsel, Potsdam, Germany
 				                       Final year project: 
                                                               Masterplan for private garden
                                                               on Bermuda

1997 July - 1998  September                      Industrial Placement in Finland 
                                                                  and France (see below*)

1999 October - July 2000                           Technische Universität Berlin 
                                                                International Student Mobility Program  
                                                                with an EC scholarship; 
                                                                Landscape Planning and Landscape Architecture  

         
Related Work Experience

October 2004 – present 		Freelance garden design and maintenance enterprise working in West London mainly for private and communal gardens, also churches, schools and bars

November 2002 – October 2004	EurAm Centre, Abbaye de Pontlevoy
                                                  Mr Roger Seijo (University of Greenwich, London), 
                                                  ELEE (European Landscape Education Exchange)
Location of project: Pontlevoy, Loire Valley, France
General maintenance, management and some design and implementation of the gardens; organisation of the project and preparation of the site for the opening of the international school at the abbey in September 2002. The work included managing interns to assist me in the maintenance of the 13 hectare grounds.


September 2001 	Private garden of Mr Jonathan Green
	9, Bonchurch Road, Kensington, London
	Design and implementation 

August 2001 	Private garden of Mr and Mrs Speirs
	2 Amherst Road, Sevenoaks, Kent
	Design	 

Juli 2001				Private garden of Mrs Ocean Lowe
					Washington Mansions, 20 Basil Street, Knightsbridge, London
					Design and implementation

April 2001                                    One Dog Bar
Loaded Dog Bars, Mr Giles Knight, New Kings Road, London
Planting design, sourcing of materials and implementation

March 2001 – present                   Private garden of Jill Pazowski and various others 
                                                  Pillarbox Lane, Hadlow, Kent Pruning, planting 
                                                  and general maintenance 
					
January 2001 – June 2001            Private garden of Mr Scott Tucker 
                                                  Herons Watch, Paget / Bermuda
                                                  Survey / Appraisal, Research and Design 
                                                                 
1998 October - June 1999             Private garden of Mr and Mrs Roberts
                                                    Callenders Cottage, Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
                                                   Pruning, planting and creating new planting schemes
                                                                                
1998 October - June 1999             Private garden of Jill Pazowski
                                                   Pillarbox Lane, Hadlow, Kent
                                                   Pruning, planting and general maintenance 
                                                                
1998 March - September               * Industrial placement no.2
                                                    Jardin de Chateau de Villandry
                                                   Mr. H. Carvallo, Villandry, France
                                                   General maintenance, planting  and various other tasks
                                                                
1997 July - December                   * Industrial placement no. 1
                                                    Botanical Gardens / University of Joensuu
                                                   Mr Markku Huttunen, Joensuu, Finland
                                                   General maintenance, primarily pruning in the outside
                                                   garden and in the glasshouses. I also participated in the
                                                   international seed exchange of botanical gardens worldwide
                                                   (collecting seeds and preparing them) and took
                                                   part in the annual meeting of Finnish botanical gardens.
                                                   I verified and corrected the identifications of
                                                   the entire woody plant species.
                                                                 
1997 March - June                        Hampton's Nursery  
                                                   Jill Pazowski, Pillarbox Lane, Hadlow
                                                   Potting and general maintenance of the nursery stock
                                                                 

1996 August – December               Flower stand in Kings Road, Chelsea
                                                   Arranging the display, designing and making of bouquets,
                                                   selling of pot plants, bouquets and Christmas trees


1995 July - 1996  December          Private garden of M. Heron and various others
                                                    in Kensington, London
                                                   General garden maintenance, planting 
                                                   and designing new planting schemes
                                                                 
1994 October  - 1995 March          Garden Centre Ziegeler
                                                   in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany
                                                   Assisting in the horticultural zoological department

1994 February - July                     Private garden of Mrs Stahn
                                                   in Bremen, Germany  
                                                   Creating new planting schemes and maintaining them                                                                 

1988 – 1995                                 Private garden of  Mr. and Mrs. Saathoff
                                                   In Worpswede, Germany
                                                   General maintenance, design and implementation 
                                                   of the 3500  qm grounds





Other Interests:                     I also like travelling, plant and garden photography, 
                                                    painting and sports.

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