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Meet  Our Staff Team

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Colin Crosbie
INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
River Garden Auchincruive

​Colin   has been a long time supporter of River Garden, having initially served on the board in the early days of the project.  He has now come on board as CEO and brings a wealth of experience, drive and passion to the project. 

Colin  has worked across the horticulture "field"  throughout his career including as Curator  for RHS Wisley  and also  as Head Gardener at the Royal Lodge for the Queen Mother.  He is also  a volunteer for Bethany Christian Trust, and  enjoys using his  skills to help empower  disadvantaged people  to  make positive changes to their lives.
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Mikael Heddelin
operations manager
River Garden Auchincruive

Mikael  is not only Operations Manager but was also one of the founding Board Members here at River Garden.  He joined the Board in 2015 and has been a driving force in shaping the way the project functions every day. 

Mikael has worked in the recovery sector for 11 years. Prior to his role at River Garden, Mikael worked for SAMH in Glasgow, supporting people with mental health issues and  those in recovery.  Before moving to Scotland, Mikael both lived and worked at Basta in Sweden, a similar project  offering rehabilitation through social enterprise and community, where  he managed one of the facilities.

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Christine Jones
head gardeniser
River Garden Auchincruive

​Christine is our Head Gardeniser here and also manages a large part of the volunteer programme.  Previously she set up and ran the Education Garden at Dumfries House - running the garden to meet food-education needs on any level, including 5000 primary children a year all getting hands-on experience.  

For 14 years Chris also ran an Organic smallholding producing and delivering a veg box scheme throughout Glasgow and Ayrshire. She's also worked as a care-worker for the elderly and has good experience of dementia care.   Chris loves her time working at River Garden and is certainly kept on her toes by the residents!
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Tam  Mitchell
SESSIONAL PEER WORKER
River Garden Auchincruive


​Tam has worked as a Sessional Peer Worker at River Garden from the very early days of River Garden. He  has in-depth experience   of working with people in recovery and takes a lead role in supporting the residents here at River Garden. 
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Billy McLeod
SESSIONAL Peer worker
River Garden Auchincruive


​Billy   has spent his  career  supporting those in need through both psychiatric nursing and then latterly  while helping develop & run mental health services in Ayrshire.
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