About Tilia Services
Amanda Davey started Tilia Services in 2004, offering freelance services to clients who have included:-
- Arboriculturalists
- Landscape architects
- Landscape historians
- Ecologists
- Planners
- Plus others who may need extra resources.
The services are designed to assist anyone that may need experienced and reliable help at any stage of a project in the completion efficiently and on time. The main emphasis is on calm friendliness, competence and communication.
Amanda Davey is a member of the Federation of Small Businesses. She is also a member of the Gardens Trust.
About Amanda Davey
BSc. BA. DipLA
With a training as a geographer and landscape architect I find this brings a breadth of understanding to the projects I'm asked to work on. With a wide appreciation of the issues of the landscape and the diversity of skills they are used to interpret and research both the designed and natural British landscape.
I have been a keen photographer since childhood, with a diverse portfolio of images of landscapes, gardens, international sites and wildlife.
After studying at Exeter University under Brian Harley and William Ravenhill, I worked with maps for several years in museums and archaeology and then for four years as Map Curator at Sussex University. Then I trained as a landscape architect at the University of Greenwich, while working in a practice on a mixture of:-
- Large infrastructure schemes
- Roads
- Historic parks
- World Heritage Sites
The increased diversity of experience and interests included working on key projects such as The Good Roads Guide and The National Map of England (now known as the Joint Map of England). I worked as the graphic designer for the successful Nomination Document for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew World Heritage Site application.
In 2004, I set up Tilia Services to continue to work on diverse projects and to sharpen the research skills in a more directed manner. This has given the opportunity to work in a number of different teams including on many historic parks and environments and trees in urban and rural settings. I was also married to an ecologist for many years, from which I soaked up a considerable amount of knowledge and information as we worked on projects together. I might mention lichens, for example!