About Petstra Gardens
Hello and thank you for visiting my website. My name is Jan Meinsma, son of avid gardeners, born in the Netherlands, land of tulips, windmills, dykes, dairy cows and cheese. And some great garden designers off course!
Gardening, crop and flower production runs a bit in the family so it had to catch up with me eventually and so, after a long career in sales, publishing and construction, I had an opportunity to do a full time study Diploma Horticulture (Landscape) at Holmesglen in 2011/2012. This put a solid foundation under my business and strengthened my passion for gardens.
Since then I've done numerous landscaping and garden projects for my clients, building gardens and outdoor spaces that suit the owners.
Subjects studied:
Special Projects I have done:
Gardening, crop and flower production runs a bit in the family so it had to catch up with me eventually and so, after a long career in sales, publishing and construction, I had an opportunity to do a full time study Diploma Horticulture (Landscape) at Holmesglen in 2011/2012. This put a solid foundation under my business and strengthened my passion for gardens.
Since then I've done numerous landscaping and garden projects for my clients, building gardens and outdoor spaces that suit the owners.
Subjects studied:
- Garden & Landscape Design
- Manage Landscape Projects
- Garden Restoration
- Monitor & Manage Soils
- Weed, Pest and Disease Control
- Plant Identification
- Design, Irrigation, Drainage and Water Treatment
- Construction OH&S
Special Projects I have done:
- Garden design project for native garden at Holmesglen, Glen Waverley
- Heritage garden restoration project in Power St, Williamstown
- Playground redevelopment for 3yo at kinder and daycare centre, Spotswood
- Garden make-over rural hobby farm, Gisborne South
- Project management and landscaping of a redevelopment of a preschool playground in South Kingsville
- Recently I designed and build a small garden for my sister in, the Netherlands for her birthday!
- Concept design for Stella Maris Primary School in Point Cook
- Restoration of gardens at an equine estate in Macedon
