A BRIEF WORD FROM THE FOUNDER
MustardTree Landscapes has been creating beautiful outdoor living spaces since 2013. We believe that it is our duty to revive Your Garden Your Way. Our productive team is very passionate about creating and maintaining your outdoor living spaces. They have been professionally trained and work under constant personal supervision.
Meet the Team
Welcome to the heart of our organisation! Here, you'll get to know the passionate minds driving our mission forward. Each member of our team brings a unique blend of expertise, creativity, and dedication to the table.
Founder and Landscape Designer
Chrisne Myburg
With a lifelong passion for creating beautiful outdoor spaces, Chrisne completed her formal training as a landscape designer at the Irene School of Garden Design in 2015. She established MustardTree Landscapes the same year.
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Since 2016, Chrisne has been on the editorial staff of the online garden and home magazine, Virere, bringing her expertise on plants to the article: "Plants that work". Chrisne has served on the executive committee of the Pretoria Garden Club since 2014.
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Having lived in Canada and USA, Chrisne's design style displays international flair. "I am not only designing exceptional gardens. I am creating extraordinary outdoor lifestyles."
Co-owner, Cape Town Design Studio Manager
Rado Ratsima, MA, MM
Rado is a young designer and entrepreneur. He is the Managing Director of SAINT-CASSIEN Landscapes, a subsidiary company operating in Johannesburg.
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Rado decided to labour in the field of landscape design and entrepreneurship after successfully completing a Masters of Arts in Landscape Studies, at the University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. A Honours degree in Landscape Management awarded by University of Mauritius, a professional certificate in landscape design from Irene School of Garden Design, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and a Masters of Management in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation awarded by Wits Business School are some of the other scholastic achievements adorning his shelf.​
Awards
2015
Gold Medallist - Plantland Garden Design Show
Our landscape designers Chrisne Myburg and Rado Ratsima, teamed up with a fellow, Sunday Felix, to design and build a garden exhibit during a garden design show organised by Plantland nurseries. The jury awarded them a gold medal for their pioneering work in the field of ecological design.
2014
Jury Merit Award - IFLA Student Design Competition
As a collegian, our landscape designer Rado Ratsima partnered with two of his mates, Chihiro Hagiwara and Roberta Chu to take part in a design competition organised by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). Hundreds of participants from all over the world were competing with them. A high opinion from the jury honoured their work with a meritorious award.