Landscape Designer and Managing Director/Owner of RollingStone Landscapes.

Dean has designed and constructed many award winning show gardens. He lists his other achievements as being awarded Best in Woodwork in Year 6 at school.

Home: Sydney
Partner: Bernice Herald
Children: Nixon and Bryson
Pets: A dog named Zak
Hobbies: Building Show Gardens and Knitting
Travel Experience: London, Spain, Canada
Fears/Phobias:
Worst habit: Not enough space to list them all
What will you miss most while you are away? Bernice, Nixon and Bryson
How would you describe yourself? In words
How would others describe you? Also in words
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? A mix of art and culture
What will be the first thing you pack? Phone
Favourite Food: Prawn Cutlets
Favourite Drink: Coffee and Coke
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Music: U2
Favourite Movie: Wiggles
Favourite Magazine: Architecture and garden magazines
Favourite Tree: Dracaena draco
Favourite Number: 1

Wes Fleming

Manager, Fleming’s Nurseries (Role in the team is amusement value)

Wes has been at Fleming’s Nurseries for 26 years.

Home: Melbourne, Victoria
Children: Jessica, Jake and Todd
Pets: Racehorses
Hobbies: Fashion, horse racing and trees
Travel Experience: A bit
Fears/Phobias: Age
Worst habit: race horses
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? Shoe shopping
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? English food and their forward thinking
What will you miss most while you are away? Australian wine
How would you describe yourself? Tall, dark and handsome
How would others describe you? Short, bald and funny lookin’
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? I wish!
What will be the first thing you pack? Laptop – have to keep in touch with the rest of the world
Favourite Food: Thai
Favourite Drink: Bubbles
Favourite Colour: Yellow
Favourite Music: Not lollipop
Favourite Movie: Field of Dreams
Favourite Magazine: Winning Post
Favourite Tree: Acer x freemanii Autumn Blaze
Favourite Number: 10

Mark Heath

Construction Manager, Rolling Stone Landscapes

Mark has been in the industry for 12 years and with Rolling Stone Landscapes for 10 years. During this time he has been involved with Gold Medal winning gardens at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Sydney in Bloom and is hopeful of further success at Chelsea.

Home: Castle Hill, NSW
Partner: Ami Turner (fiancée)
Pets: Jess (Border collie)
Hobbies: Surfing, fishing, camping, travelling
Travel Experience: England (3 times), Wales, Paris, New Zealand, Australia and will soon be going to Fiji for his wedding and honeymoon
Bad habits: gets grumpy very easily
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? Seeing family and friends, working in a different country and winning a gold medal
What will you miss most while you are away? Ami, Jess and home
How would others describe you? Very Nasty!
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? No-one ever sees it – puts a hat on as soon as he gets up
What will be the first thing that you pack? Ami always does the packing.
Favourite Food: Everything
Favourite Drink: Beer! (Stella)
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Music: Pearl Jam
Favourite Magazine: Motor

Grant Kriss

Sub Foreman, Rolling Stone Landscapes

Grant has been in the industry for 8 years and with Rolling Stone Landscapes for 7 years.

Home: Glenmore Park, NSW
Partner: Eve
Pets: None
Hobbies: Going to the beach
Travel Experience: Migrated from the UK to Australia in 1981.
Bad habits: Scared of taking on new commitments, such as going for a truck licence
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? Seeing another country
What are you dreading about going to Chelsea? Missing family and friends
What will you miss most while you are away? Girlfriend
How would you describe yourself? Friendly and outgoing
How would others describe you? Same
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? Fine
What will be the first thing that you pack? Undies
Favourite Food: Veal Parmagiana
Favourite Drink: Beer
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Movie: East and the Furious
Favourite Tree: Christmas Tree
Favourite Number: 69

James Caruso (aka Jimmy)

Designer, Rolling Stone Landscapes

Jimmy has been in the industry and with Rolling Stone Landscapes for 3 years. He was third in the Boral Student Design Competition at Sydney in Bloom in 2005 and was short-listed in the Fleming’s Student Design Competition in 2006. James has also involved in all of the gold medals that Rolling Stone have won at Sydney in Bloom and the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.

Home: Beecroft, NSW
Partner: Single
Pets: a dog, Sophie
Hobbies: Socialising, swimming, bike riding, poker, spear fishing
Travel Experience: Italy and Greek Islands, New Zealand and parts of Australia
Fears/Phobias: Being totally out of control
Worst habit: Never knowing when to shut up!
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? The experience, giving hell and showing up the poms (ie winning!)
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? Not much, if anything the long hours.
What will you miss most while you are away? My own bed
How would you describe yourself? Awesome, best person you’ll ever come across, hilarious, good looking, caring.
How would others describe you? Same as above, well probably, except for the caring bit.
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? Awesome – the best it will look all day.
What will be the first thing you pack? Undies and camera
Favourite Food: Seafood, Steak, Chips
Favourite Drink: Water, Alcohol
Favourite Colour: Green, Blue
Favourite Music: Anything
Favourite Movie: Oceans 11 and 12
Favourite Magazine: Urbis
Favourite Tree: Ornamental Pear
Favourite Number: 21 and 27

Michael Lillyman (aka Mick)

Site Foreman, Rolling Stone Landscapes

Mick has been in the industry and with Rolling Stone Landscapes for 6 years. In 2005 Mick was announced as Landscaper of the Year. He has been involved in all of the gold medals that Rolling Stone have won at Sydney in Bloom and the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.

Home: Winston Hills, NSW
Partner: Angela Wyatt
Pets: 2 Blue heelers – Boof and Buo
Hobbies: AFL football, cricket, watching TV, drinking
Travel Experience: Contiki tour of Europe in 2005
Fears/Phobias: Embarassment
Worst habit: Farting
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? To work in another country and the excitement of building the stand.
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? Nothing
What will you miss most while you are away? Spending time with my girlfriend and having a cold VB in my backyard.
How would you describe yourself? Easy going, always up for a good time, funny, reliable.
How would others describe you? Easy going, always up for a good time, funny, reliable
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? In a position where I think “how the hell did my hair get like that?”
What will be the first thing you pack? Passport and money
Favourite Food: Steak
Favourite Drink: Beer, Coke
Favourite Colour: Green
Favourite Music: Liza Minelli, Daryl Somers, Barbara Streisand
Favourite Movie: Gladiator
Favourite Magazine: Who
Favourite Tree: Gum
Favourite Number: 11

Luke Passaro (aka Darko)

Foreman, Rolling Stone Landscapes

Darko has been in the industry and with Rolling Stone Landscapes for 7 years and was part of the winning team in all of the gold medals that Rolling Stone have won at Sydney in Bloom and the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.

Home: Quakers Hill, NSW
Partner: Kelly
Pets: One dog
Hobbies: Golf, Cricket, Rugby league, Beer
Travel Experience: Turkey, Egypt and Greece
Fears/Phobias: Being buried alive
Worst habit: Talking too much rubbish
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? Winning and the experience
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? Rooming with Will
What will you miss most while you are away? Foxtel and my girlfriend
How would you describe yourself? Approachable, easy to get along with, good worker and great bloke.
How would others describe you? Hopefully as above.
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? Thinning
What will be the first thing you pack? Underwear and passport
Favourite Food: Steak
Favourite Drink: VB and creaming soda
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Music: Pearl Jam and Neil Diamond
Favourite Movie: Rocky 1-5
Favourite Magazine: Rugby League Week
Favourite Tree: Gum Tree
Favourite Number: 6

Matt Denton

Construction Manager, Rolling Stone Landscapes

Matt has been in the industry for 20 years and with Rolling Stone Landscapes for 10. He lists his achievements as constructing award winning show gardens and landscapes and reaching 10 years of service with Rolling Stone Landscapes.

Home: Glenhaven, NSW
Partner: Sandra
Children: Jackson (12), Madison (11), Hudson (8).
Pets: Dog (Tex)
Hobbies: Hunting, tennis, riding motorbikes
Travel Experience: NZ, Canada, USA, Spain, Italy, Mexico, London, Fiji
Fears/Phobias: Not a big fan of heights
Worst habit: Passing wind (although not as bad as Mick), crazy driving.
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? Winning
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? Missing my family
What will you miss most while you are away? Wife
How would you describe yourself? Quixotic, consistent
How would others describe you? Depends who you talk to.
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? Better than average
What will be the first thing you pack? Running shoes
Favourite Food: Thai
Favourite Drink: Ice coffee thickshake
Favourite Colour: chocolate
Favourite Music: Loud (whatever it is)
Favourite Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favourite Magazine: Readers Digest
Favourite Tree: Ulmus parvifolia ‘Louis Van Houtte’
Favourite Number: 8

Will Clayton-Thomas (aka Billy, Wilma, Grimace)

Labourer, Rolling Stone Landscapes

Matt has been in the industry and with Rolling Stone Landscapes for 2 years.

Home: Schofields, NSW
Partner: Stacey
Pets: 2 dogs and 1 cat
Hobbies: sport, computer
Worst habit: Smoking, making annoying noises subconsiously
Travel Experience: I’ve been to Queensland
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? The experience
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? All work and no play
What will you miss most while you are away? Girlfriend
How would you describe yourself? A gumby
How would others describe you? A gumby
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? stylish
What will be the first thing you pack? MP3 player
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Drink: VB, Coke
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite Music: Anything
Favourite Movie: Black Hawk Down, Zoolander
Favourite Magazine: FHM
Favourite Number: 13

Scott Wynd (aka Guru)

Proprietor of Total Landscape and Construction (TLC).

Scott has worked in the landscaping industry for 17 years and owned TLC for 13 years. He lists his achievements as winning the National Worldskills competition, receiving the Beasley Award of Excellence for landscape apprentices. He has built medal winning show gardens at The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Sydney in Bloom and of course a gold Medal winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2005.

Home: Warrandyte
Partner: Dani
Children: 0
Pets: Hershey - a golden Labrador x retriever
Hobbies: snowboarding, jetskiing, workaholic, golf, squash
Travel Experience: Chelsea 2005, through Europe to Greek Islands, New Zealand several times
Fears/Phobias: Working with people who know more than me, tin foil
Worst habit: overworking
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? Beating the Poms in yet another competitive activity.
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? Making sure that I come home to a business and drinking warm beer.
What will you miss most while you are away? DANI and building my house.
How would you describe yourself? Very boring and incapable of answering simple questions like this.
How would others describe you? The same way!
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? Big
What will be the first thing you pack? My Mills and Boon novels
Favourite Food: Chicken
Favourite Drink: Most things alcoholic
Favourite Colour: turquoise
Favourite Music: Lenny Kravitz, John Butler, etc
Favourite Movie: Spice Girls – the movie
Favourite Magazine: Anything architectural
Favourite Tree: Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’
Favourite Number: 4

Brett Greene

Nurseryman, Fleming’s Nurseries

Brett has been with Fleming’s and in the horticultural industry for 3 ½ years.

Home: Narre Warren South
Partner:
Children:
Pets: Still see my old housemates dogs (Angel, Bella and Zoe)
Hobbies: Wakeboarding and camping (both as much as possible)
Travel Experience: USA West Coast in 1999 and a P&O Cruise in 2005
Fears/Phobias: Waking up next to Wes
Worst habit: Sleeping in when I am supposed to be at work.
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? The entire experience and working in another country
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? Copping abuse about the loss of the 2005 Ashes series
What will you miss most while you are away? Mates, wakeboarding, camping, my ute and Blitz Nightclub
How would you describe yourself? Easy going, good Aussie bloke, fun to be around
How would others describe you? Hopefully as above
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? If not styled the night before, laughable. If styled the night before, the same as the night before.
What will be the first thing you pack? My Australian cricket shirt
Favourite Food: Subway, Caesar salad
Favourite Drink: Canadian Club and Cola, Dr Pepper
Favourite Colour: Salmon, light blue, avocado
Favourite Music: Linkin Park, System of a Down, AFI
Favourite Movie: Basketball, Dumb and Dumber
Favourite Magazine: Deals on Wheels, Melways
Favourite Tree: Lagerstroemia indica x L. fauriei ‘Tuscarora’, Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’
Favourite Number: 24

Leanne Gillies

Event Manager, Fleming�s Nurseries.

Leanne has been with Fleming�s for 12 years, undertaking a range of roles from propagation to container production and now research and development.

Home: Monbulk
Partner: Cooch (Adrian)
Hobbies: Currently addicted to Jigsaws, cooking, gardening, dreaming
Travel Experience: New Zealand, Norfolk Island, London and USA and frequently to Tasmania
Fears/Phobias: Snakes, dogs
Worst habit: Nagging (although I think that�s a reflection of the people around me more than me!)
What are you most looking forward to about going to Chelsea? Working with the Rollingstone Landscapes crew and watching the atmosphere of the Chelsea Flower Show.
What are you most dreading about going to Chelsea? Sitting in the laundromat doing washing for the whole crew.
What will you miss most while you are away? Cooch and his birthday on May 15.
How would you describe yourself? Annoying
How does Cooch describe you? Professional, hardworking, chicken obsessed, very caring, moralistic and always right!
How would you describe your hairstyle in the morning? Gravity defying
What will be the first thing you pack? Alarm clock for Brett!
Favourite Food: Cooch�s chocolate mousse
Favourite Drink: Coffee
Favourite Colour: Purple
Favourite Music: The daggy stuff from the 80�s and whatever happens to be on the radio.
Favourite Movie: Stormboy and Apollo 13
Favourite Magazine: Any that have good recipes and pictures
Favourite Tree: Changes regularly, but at the moment Cercis �Forest Pansy�
Favourite Number: 13