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Your tutor Murray has a background in architectural design, and has also studied at Ryde Collge of TAFE, gaining an ‘Advanced Certificate in Urban Horticulture’ (Hons).

Murray operated a soft landscaping for many years in Sydney. Presently he has a horticultural consultancy business specialising in industrial and domestic landscapes. He has been teaching horticultural courses for about 18 years at The Parramatta College and he has taught also at other community colleges.

• Murray is the Co-ordinator of ‘Professional Garden Judges Group’ who judge gardens in the Sydney metropolitan area and in country NSW.
• He is a member of The Beecroft Garden & District Club Inc. and was a former Vice-President of that group.
• Murray was a Selector of gardens for 'Australia’s Open Garden Scheme' and he was also a committee member of the now defunct NSW Branch.
• He is a Co-Ordinator and Horticultural Tour Leader
• He is a member of ‘Australian Garden History Society’ and he served as the Treasurer for the Sydney Branch.
• Murray was a foundation member of the Lilian Fraser Garden committee in Pennant Hills.