Andrea Brunsendorf

{{Short description|Gardener, horticulturalist and landscaper}}

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Andrea Brunsendorf is a gardener, horticulturalist and landscaper. She was born in Thuringia in Germany, and gained a degree in Ornamental Horticulture in Erfurt. She was an apprentice at the seedbreeder N. L. Chrestensen in Erfurt und then worked for Kakteen-Haage in the same town afterwards. Ulrich Haage, https://cactusblog.de/andrea-turft-in-london/ She holds an MA in Conservation from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. She has worked at a variety of international gardens including Kirstenbosch in South Africa, Kew Gardens where she gained a diploma in botanical horticulture; the ancient gardens of the Inner Temple, where she was its first female head gardener in 2007; and Longwood Gardens where she became the director of outdoor landscapes. Since June 2022 she is head gardener of Lowther Castle in Cumbria,[https://cumbriacrack.com/2022/05/17/new-head-gardener-for-lowther-castle/ Giles Brown, New head gardener for Lowther Castle. Cumbriacrack, 17/05/2022 ] where she looks after the gardens designed by Dan Pearson in 2007.https://www.gardensillustrated.com/news/andrea-brunsendorf-gardener-lowther-castle Veronica Peerless, Andrea Brunsendorf appointed head gardener at Lowther Castle. Gardens Illustrated 18. May 2022

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{{citation |url=https://www.ft.com/content/95aff2a6-0bf4-11e8-8eb7-42f857ea9f09 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Financial Times |title=Inn good taste: Andrea Brunsendorf’s Inner Temple garden |author=Robin Lane Fox |date=16 February 2018}}

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{{citation |url=http://www.icomos.fi/media/Newsletter_48.pdf |editor=Gillian Mawrey |work=Historic Gardens Newsletter |number=48 |date=May 2018 |title=Longwood Diary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073303/http://www.icomos.fi/media/Newsletter_48.pdf |archive-date=2018-08-30}}

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Category:Landscape and garden designers

Category:Women horticulturists and gardeners

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:German gardeners

Category:British gardeners

Category:Living people

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