Our Team
Our specialist skill set combines landscape architecture with permaculture design, native ecology and organic horticulture. We offer a range of services from initial site assessment through to built completion.
Carl is supported in the studio by a talented design team. He works with many trusted landscape specialists and has his own experienced in-house team of planting contractors.
Tracey Chalmers / Landscape Designer
Tracy Chalmers is a Landscape Designer with a strong horticultural background and the newest team member at Carl Pickens Landscapes. She has over 10 years’ experience in landscape design in the Auckland and Northland bio-regions. Tracey, quite simply, has an exceptional broad-based plant species knowledge which pairs well with Carls strengths in site planning, native ecology and permaculture-related implementation.
Beyond her technical expertise Tracy excels at building strong client relationships. Her communication skills and personalized approach make her easily approachable and very relatable. Tracey ensures clients feel heard, valued and excited about their dream garden.
Judy Keats / Horticultural Specialist
Judy is a Permaculture
& Regenerative Agriculture practitioner & Educator who has spent the
past 12 years establishing & managing community garden projects such as Triangle
Park Community Garden, Orakei Marae mara, Ruapotuka Marae mara and Kelmarna
Community Farm in Auckland (where she had a lead role implementing operational
systems and expanding farm production for shop sales).
Judy is a key team member particularly with regard to horticultural implementation works, productive landscape plant-outs and tree-care. Along with Carl she has the skills to ensure plants are given the attention and care they need in order to thrive under our often-challenging conditions here in Aotearoa NZ.
Judy also runs the Green Sister Education program which includes teaching organic growing skills for new gardeners, weed ID & management, seed saving, fruit tree pruning / care and a production planning masterclass.
William Batchelar / Landscape Contractor
Will is a dependable, practical and skilled landscape contractor. He is capable on all types of heavy machinery including diggers, loaders and post-hole borers. Simply put there isn’t much Will can’t do and his consistency and cheerful disposition is always appreciated on the job site. Will is also experienced at putting plants in the ground having been involved with multiple large-scale plant-outs at Carl Pickens Landscapes. Be it amenity planting or orchard / food forest projects, Will is an essential part of the planting team.
When Will isn’t busy on the job site he is even busier at home caring for his energetic family of 3 young girls.