Roger is uniquely qualified to understand the convergence of Landscape and Forestry. On leaving school he spent a year in Norway working as a lumberjack and attending forestry school. On returning to the UK he worked for two years in Thetford Forest before gaining a National Diploma in Forestry [Distinction] at Newton Rigg and then went on to study Landscape Design in Manchester gaining a BA(Hons) degree [ 1st Class] and Post Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture [Distinction].
For two years Roger honed his skills as a Graduate Landscape Architect in private practice, before starting his career with the Forestry Commission, gaining Chartered status as both a Landscape Architect and Forester at the outset.
During his 28 years with the Forestry Commission Roger worked for FC Forest Services on policy, forest landscape training and supporting grant applicants; and with Forestry England on forest planning, recreation site masterplanning and urban fringe woodland creation.
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The wealth of knowledge and experience gained with the Forestry Commission spurred Roger to establish his own consultancy practice, Plan Vision. Through this he has provided bespoke service to clients including:-
"A massive thank you Roger for your invaluable contribution in providing the design work to support the Woodland Creation Planning Grant applications for our woodland creation projects in Devon and Somerset.
The experience, insight and patience that you brought to your designs were critical in getting these projects off the ground and to fully engage our private and regulatory stakeholders.
Your understanding of the operational needs of designs for projects of this scale in terms of practical implementation, supported our ability to present a business case for woodland creation by enabling us to more accurately forecast the carbon yields and project costs.
Thoroughly professional and supportive throughout, I couldn’t recommend you highly enough and look forward to working together again soon."
Roger is a keen cyclist and also loves adventures, one of which saw him doing a solo cycle trip to the North Cape of Norway thus bringing together two of his great loves, Norway and cycling! It helped that he’s fairly fluent in Norwegian. He also enjoys windsurfing and being in East Devon lives in a place where the sea and moors are both easily accessible.
Being a good citizen is important to Roger; he has had roles as a school governor and as a trustee, he regularly volunteers with a local homelessness project and has recently been involved with a school building project in Kenya.
Plan Vision is a supporter of Surfers Against Sewage, Sustrans & the Woodland Trust.
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