Staff and Trustees

Staff:

Peter Campbell - Environment Centre Manager

Sonya Sedgwick - Trees for Hawke's Bay Nursery Manager

Sonya has been with the nursery since March 2008. She has a Bachelor of Resource Studies in Ecology from Lincoln University and can provide Landscape Ecology assistance.

 

Trustees:

  • Chairman: Erin Simpson

Since finishing with formal education in the early 80's I have worked with or around horticulture my entire working life, starting first with Kiwifruit where I completed an apprenticeship in Sub tropical fruit production and
then moving on to Avocados and finally to Apples in the early 90's. After completing 4 years of international travel where I worked in horticultural management positions in the UK  and Australia and casual fruit picking in Canada . My partner Clare and I moved to the Hawkes Bay at the beginning of 2000 and it was here that Biodynamics and Organic growing systems became an important part of my life , over the last 10 years Clare and I have converted 4 properties to Biodynamic and Organic  management and have certified them all under the Demeter Biodynamic and Bio Gro organic
Standards, some of these properties are solely Apple Orchards for export to Europe and the rest of the world and some are mixed properties where Apples as well as other fruit and veg are grown in unison with animals and wild nature and supply the domestic market in New Zealand.
I have had roles within the National Biodynamic Assoc council and the national Organic organisation OANZ here in New Zealand  and I lecture and talk about Biodynamics and sustainable Organic management systems to students at schools and universities around the country and enjoy passing on knowledge at fieldays and workshops when time allows. Clare and I have 3 small boys who keep us very busy and they are all involved within the Steiner education system which they enjoy hugely and which we are firm believers in .

Cheers
Erin

  • Royston Gillett M.Ed.

Royston has 25 yrs experience in teaching, managing international schools in Africa and SE Asia and the last 7 years auditor of the international school exams for the regions Africa and South East Asia. He has a wide range of knowledge on chemicals in our daily environment, the effects they have on human health and analytical procedures. Over the last years Royston has also worked on many aspects of chemicals affecting daily living of residents in Hawkes Bay and with the sustainability of an organic farm and farm stay business leading marketing and advertising campaigns

  • Marion Thomson

Marion is one of the founding members of SHBT.

 

  • Terry Kelly

An American expatriate recently named Manawatu’s Environmental Champion. Dr Kelly has moved to Hawke’s Bay where he is set to continue his life’s push for sustainable living and improved farming practices. Dr Kelly, who has also lectured about sustainability at Massey University is now an entrepreneur of a small-scale organic vege production enterprise called “Akeake Organics.” 

  • Craig France

Since completing a Horticultural Science degree at Lincoln University in the mid 1990's Craig France has had a number of management roles with well known food and horticultural companies including Watties, McCains, LeaderBrand Produce Limited and Riversun Nursery.  Craig and his family shifted to Hawkes Bay in 2009 to take up his current role as the New Zealand Sales Manager for the international vegetable seed brand, HMClause. Craig is currently tutoring the Sus'd Vegetable Gardening Workshops at the Environment Centre.

  • Richard Peach

 

  • Chris Perley