I have had more than seven years experience in all phases of a project from the design to the application. I have supervised a work force of at least a dozen people. I know very well how to design and plant gardens, big or small. I worked with a team of 10, comprises a mixture of UK and Turkish Landscape professionals.

I went to the USA to study business principles, which will greatly help my professional future. I learned at Georgetown University how to operate the Business, which is necessary for the installation and completion of my design.

Çigdem ALTIN

EDUCATION

2001-2002 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY-Washington DC/USA
Business Administration Master program
Business Administration Certificate for professionals in business.
1994-1998 ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY Landscape Architecture. / Istanbul-Turkey

RESUME OF WORKING EXPERIENCE
2002 Owner of the Garden Love landscape company.
1998 to 2001 English Gardens Landscape Company Ltd. Istanbul/Turkey
Landscape Architect, Design Development, project Management and Sales Management.
Design and Management of Quality landscapes.
Designed private villa gardens, marinas, and holiday resort villages.
Management and maintenance of the designed open area recreation spaces.

MAJOR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS INCLUDE

SAKLIBAHÇE KONAKLARI –ÇAMLICA Private garden at Çamlıca. Design and application. softscape design, irrigation, lighting and drainage designs and application for Yalçın Terimer /Istanbul. (2005)
NISSAN Altunizade general office garden 600m2. Design and application./Istanbul (2005).
POLONEZKOY Private garden at Polonezkoy concept design, softscape design, irrigation, lighting and drainage designs and application for Prof Dr. Harun Ozkan /Istanbul. (2003-2004)
ORTAKOY Advertising company Be2Do, Interior garden design and application for
Banu Ipeker / Istanbul (2004
WASHINGTON DC, GEORGETOWN Private House Garden design and application for Ellen Maxweel Washington DC, Georgetown/USA (2002)
DEVONWOOD HOMES 6 Private House garden lawn area and planting trees for an American constructor Steven Rossi in Philadelphia/USA (2001)
ARDIÇLIEVLER Private Garden at Ardiçlievler-Bahçesehir, concept design, softscape design, irrigation, lighting and drainage designs and application for Prof Dr. Isik Akgun /Istanbul. (2001)
WITH ENGLISH GARDENS;
AKHISAR Softscape design and mature tree planting for private vineyard house.
Orchard layout & planting for Akin Ongor / Istanbul-Turkey (2001)
U.S. CONSULATE Landscape consultant to U.S. government for New Office Building, Istinye-Istanbul (2001)
GUZELSEHIR Show house and Sales Center Landscape design for Ihlas Holding /Istanbul (2000)
GOCEK SWISS INN Hotel Garden, concept design, softscape plans & details, site control and
Management for Enternasyonel (1999-2000)
KEMERBURGAZ Country Garden design and Project Management for Alev Kadioglu, Istanbul (2000).
KEMER COUNTRY Private Garden at Kemer Country; concept design, softscape design, irrigation,
Lighting and drainage designs for Ayca Dinckok Sandikcioglu /Istanbul. (2000)
US CONSULATE Local facilitator for US based Landscape team for (Edaw in Alexandria/VA) (1999-2000).
KANDILLI Historic Garden Restoration of an original Ottoman Palace for Hasan Colakoglu
(1999-2000).
ISTANBUL-ISTANBUL Concept design, documentation and quality control, show house garden design and Application for Yapi Kredi-Koray / Istanbul.
GOCEK MARINA Landscape consultant, design and project management for Anadolu Turizm (1999)
SABANCI HOUSE Private property design and development with New York Architect, Amanda
Brooks. Yenikoy 35.000m² for Sevil Sabanci /Istanbul. 1999
BEBEK Private development of 15th century Palace Garden design and restoration dating
From 1470. Site control and management.(1998) for Bayraktar Holding /Istanbul.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL Design and application of playground area and site supervision. (1998) Istanbul.

SKILLS & ABILITIES
Special knowledge: Music, planting large plants, long-term management of plantings.
Languages English; fluent, German; intermediate.
Computer skills, Auto-cad 2000, Photoshop. MS Word, Windows, Windows 95/98, PowerPoint, MS Excel, outlook, editing experience.

PERSONAL
Sports; scuba diving, jogging, swimming. Enjoy; Music, DIY, Gardening, Reading, Dancing. Organization of promotional parties. Interested in Architecture, History, Plants, Environmental Management and Protection. Disc Jockey in several radio stations 1993-1998. Making sound recording for cast agency 1996-2001 Commercial Video Acting for a cast agency 1996-2001.