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Staff

Dean Boone

Dean is the director of distinctive LIVING DESIGN. While managing his team of design professionals he is also a design spokesperson within the industry. His media work includes television presenting, radio interviews, regular magazine articles and public speaking engagements throughout Australia.

• Sydney based Landscape Designer, Interior Designer and Horticulturalist
• B. Hort.Sc. (Land. Des.) AAILDM
• Media Spokesperson
• Vice President AILDM
• Director of Camden Practice
• Winner of the National AILDM Landscape Design Awards including Best Residential Design
• Guest International Garden Judge at the Ellerslie Flower Show in NZ, 2004
• Guest speaker and exhibitor at Gardening Australia Live 2005 in Sydney & Melbourne
• Sydney Design Week 05 - Guest Speaker - Interior Design Panel
• Designer for the Botanic Gardens Trust
• Contributor for Universal Publications including Good Garden Design, Backyard Design Ideas and Outdoor Design & Living
• Contributor for Australian Industry Journal - Landscape Outlook
• Contributor to Landscape Contractor, Home Review & Your Garden
• Public Speaking Engagements including Delfin Lend Lease
• Member of the Horticultural Media Association - HMA

 

Vanessa Picone

Vanessa Picone is Senior Landscape Designer and Horticulturalist at distinctive LIVING DESIGN. Vanessa also teaches Landscape Design principles and fundamentals and basic garden construction at St George and Sutherland Community College.

• Landscape Designer and Horticulturalist
• Member of Australian Institute of Horticulture (AIH)
• Diploma Horticulture - Landscape Design (Ryde)
• BA Visual Arts - Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
• Editorial Assistant for development of Outdoor Design Source
• Residential and Commercial Garden Designer with over 5 years industry experience
• Nursery Manager and Designer for 'Greenshades Nursery at Galston'