Scott Mpondo

I Scott Mpondo grew up in Eastern Cape from small town called MacLear. I did my primary and high school between 1995 to 2007 at Thomas Ntaba Senior School where I found the senior certificate. Then to further my education I applied at Cape Peninsula University of Technology since I wanted to prove my knowledge in science developments and being responsible in individual as a Horticulturist.

I managed to achieve the goals I set for me by focusing on studies and making use of lectures as to guide me through the duration of the course then I graduated for National Diploma 2012 at CPUT Cape Town campus. I am a responsible person who respect and love plant production. I am aware that the business without clients or customers is doomed, good communication skills and being responsible with honest is the best I have.co

Landscaping Student Learner at The Nature Censer Corporation (2010-02 – 2010-07)

• Ensuring the maintenance and general upkeep of green spaces in residential, public, and private areas.
• Overseeing group of workers to ensure projects on sites are completed properly and on time.
• Responsible for a wide range of maintenance activities, such as pest control, pruning, and soil maintenance, as well as factors for determining plant health.
• Ensuring the training of new employees, requiring dedication and patience.
• Performing administrative tasks, such as price estimates and reviewing contracts.

Horticulturist Student at Starke Ayres Garden Centre (2012-01 – 2013-12)

• Associates help customers make purchases by recommending, describing and demonstrating products.
• Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges.
• Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
• Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
• Sell or arrange for delivery, insurance, financing, or service contracts for merchandise.
• Estimate and quote trade-in allowances.
• Ensuring cost of repair or alteration of merchandise.
• Ensuring quantity and cost of merchandise required, such as paint or floor covering.

Horticulturist/supervisor at Cavalli Wine Estate (2014-03 – 2020-06)

Maintaining garden programs with products that are tasty, exciting, unique and useful. Assist in our winery farming programs; ensure our Green protocols are followed. Coordinate the careful monitoring of disease and pest pressures.

Collaborate with Winery Chef on garden planning. Ensure weekly meeting with senior management to communicate project progress for season. Recommendations to management on aesthetic improvement to grounds and execute projects.

Creating special projects as assigned by senior management. Providing seasonal tours to guests with education incorporated. Collaborates with the Director of Hospitality to update content to keep current.

Managing and work directly with the landscape maintenance team, to oversee operations of the landscape on the Estate. Ensure that the rules with regards to contractors are enforced. Ensure that the building sites are clean and tidy before the contractor leave, communicate on a regular basis with the residents to keep them informed of what is happening in the Estate.

Draw up a budget for the running of the security, maintenance and gardening, purchasing of approved maintenance and repair requirements, Control of all maintenance and gardening stock, Reconciliation of petty cash, leave, over time and

Junior Horticulturist at Vergelegen Wine Estate (2020-06 – Present)

• Researching and managing the collection of indigenous and exotic trees as well as woody plants for conservation.
• These projects range from creating backyard of biodiversity hubs and urban community green space to large scale.

Senior Certificate in General Education – Thomas Ntaba Senior School (1995 – 2007)

National Diploma in Horticulture – Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2012)