He has a degree from Frederiksoord Horticultural College and further education from ‘Muskauer Schule’, Bad Muskau, Germany. He has been working at Paleis Het Loo from 1983 – at first as a Deputy Head Gardener, the Head Gardener and now a Gardens Consultant. 
He has also been involved in the National Cultural Heritage Agency , participating in the project ‘Dutch gardens in Russia’ focus on the Summer Garden in St Petersburg, and the Peter and Paul park in Jaroslavl, from 2008-2019. In addition, collegial contacts and consultancy  at Hampton Court Gardens, The Danish Palace and Properties Board, (Frederiksborg and Fredensborg Palace) and Drottningholm Palace. He has also experience as a: 

• Member of the ‘Arbeitskreis Deutscher Orangerieën’ 
• Board member of ‘Cascade’, the Dutch garden History Society 
• Board member of the Dutch head gardeners Guild from 2008 – where he is still a member.