Meet the team
Customer accounts, pricing, sales, service
“A keen plantsman at heart, I’ve been in the Horticultural industry all my working life, encompassing Arboriculture, Landscaping, Growing and Sales, working for some of the leading industry names. Always plant orientated and with a desire to deliver top class customer service.”
Purchasing, production and dispatch
“After over 20 years working in the banking industry, I wanted a complete career change. Plants and horticulture have always fascinated me, so Robin Tacchi Plants was the perfect fit. After a brief time as a nurseryman and 1 year as the dispatch supervisor, I then joined the commercial team, then moving up to Operations manager before taking on my current role as Head of Operations in 2023”
Commercial sales, contracts and negotiations
“My family have been in the Horticultural industry for 3 generations, so it was always destined to be my career. Before joining Robin Tacchi Plants I ran my own businesses for over 35 years including a large wholesale nursery, landscaping and construction companies.”
Managing contracts, communication,systems
“Drawing from a professional background encompassing horse racing, sales operations, and agricultural youth charities, I offer a versatile skill set for any endeavour. Complementing these experiences, my deep appreciation for plants is matched only by my fervour for crafting meticulously organised spreadsheets.”
Overseeing production across both nursery sites
“I started work at the nursery in 2008, and shortly after became the Potting Supervisor, overlooking the running of the potting machine at Hall Farm. As well as being responsible for estate maintenance, working my way up to my current role”.
Production planning and procurement, Key customer accounts
“The business has always been part of my life, I spent my school and university holidays on the nursery and worked on other nurseries in New Zealand and France. I decided my future would be in the landscape and horticulture industry. I joined the commercial team in 2010 and became a director in 2016”
Plant advice, consultancy, CPD training, soft landscape design, sales
“I have been a passionate plantsman all my life. After running my own retail nursery and design practice for 10 years I joined Robin Tacchi Plants in 2016. I aim to offer a unique and fresh approach to the role and I look to develop new areas for the company.”
Stock control, procurement and production planning
“I have always been interested in plants and this interest took me to take a BSc (hons) in Commercial Horticulture. I worked at a number of nurseries before joining Robin Tacchi Plants in October 2001. I have fulfilled various roles within the company and have been in this role now for 5 years”
Plant husbandry at Hall Farm
“I have spent all my life working with plants both outside on nurseries and under glass. I joined the nursery team at our Hall Farm site as Husbandry Supervisor in 2015.”
Dispatching orders, booking transport liaising directly with customers
“I have been with Robin Tacchi Plants for over 7 years and I have learned so much about this industry. This was a complete career change for me. Every day is different with challenges and changes, particularly in organising deliveries but I find my job so rewarding. I have a wonderful and friendly team I work with and I enjoy all aspects of the role.”
Finance and marketing
“As a family member, I joined Robin Tacchi Plants to help out with administration, marketing and finance. I was soon drawn into not only this company, but the wider industry working to promote landscaping as an enormous benefit to our environment. I am very proud to be a part of such an exciting and rewarding industry”
Principle grower and advisor
“I started Robin Tacchi Plants from scratch in 1983. It gives me great satisfaction to have gathered together the team we now have whose enthusiasm and talent will lead the company to even greater heights in the future.”
Plant Production, Plant Healthy, Biosecurity and Horticultural Trials
“Growing up surrounded by horticulture from an early age. My unwavering passion for this field led me to graduate with a B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture degree from Navsari Agricultural University, India. Following the completion of my degree, I spent a couple of years overseeing production at our family business. I earned an M.Sc. in Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement from the University of East Anglia, UK, before joining the team at Robin Tacchi Plants in 2022.”
