Founder Member of the Register of Independent Professional Turfgrass Agronomists • Specialist in agronomy of golf courses, advising leading courses nationwide • Specialist in agronomy of cultivated turf & providing advice to turf farms • Production, quality & value of cultivated turf • Technical adviser to the Turfgrass Growers Association & author of their cultivated turf quality standards document • Identification of grasses, their pests & diseases • Turfgrass cultivars & their merit assessment • Experience ...

Agricultural & horticultural business analysis & management involving crops & livestock • Agronomy of arable crops, potatoes, soft fruit, vegetables, grass • Dairy, beef, sheep, pig husbandry • Training & safety on farms in relation to personal injury claims • Investigation of liability & quantum for litigation involving seed, plants, pesticides, feedstuffs, machinery, fertilisers, negligence, personal injury, pipeline & roadworks, poisoning, nuisance, consequential losses & loss of earnings, including ...

Farm management • Farm economics • Arable farming • Livestock farming • Farm staff recruitment • Agriculture, ancillary industries

Farm management • Horticultural economics • Arable farming • Livestock farming • Personal injury • Producer groups • Grants • Subsidies • Renewables • Environmental farming • Organic production • Quantum • Diversification

Agronomy • Single farm payment • Advice on implementation of organic & environmental schemes • Providing appraisals & assessments on the restructuring of estates & farming businesses • Providing business plans for agricultural businesses & operations • Agricultural machinery operation • Dairy parlour operation • Grain storage • Aspects involving the operation & running of agricultural businesses • Fertiliser recommendations

Expertise in the areas of sports pitches, golf courses, civil engineering sites, leisure & reclaimed areas • On new projects, services extend through from feasibility studies & documentation, to construction & establishment, with special emphasis on earthworks & drainage • On existing projects, services include detailed assessments, performance quality standards & maintenance management, & environmental hazards relating to sporting facilities & injury from irregular playing surfaces

Turfgrass species identification • Soil, grass, top dressing & rootzone quality for sports turf • Sports turf drainage, construction & project management • Playing quality characteristics • Design, management, construction procedures & materials in relation to all sports played on grass including golf, football, rugby, cricket, bowls, polo, hockey, croquet, racecourses & amenity • Turf quality (commercially produced) • Golf bunker quality (sand, construction & design) • Turf irrigation & water use • Golf course design, ...

The following is related to the subject areas of forestry, arboriculture & horticulture: • Educational requirements & quality assurance, national & European standards • Vocational training requirements & quality assurance, national & European standards • Health & safety matters & accidents related to trees & the workplace • Common & statutory legal issues related to trees & disputes • Planning appeals & tree preservation orders • Development site disputes related to trees • Insurance issues related to trees • ...

Farm management • Livestock farming • Arable farming • Horticulture, especially top & soft fruit, hops & stone fruit • Contract farming • Agriculture • Set-aside • Rent reviews • Diversification • Personal injury • Access disputes • Rural businesses • Equine & liveries • Subsidies & grants

Simon Quinton Smith has been providing property & business advice to the garden centre, horticultural & many associated industries, such as pets, aquatics, farm shops, vineyards, mushroom farms, etc., throughout the UK & into Europe for 25 years & is the leading expert in this field. Advice includes agency, valuation, rent review, lease renewal, rating, general business consultancy. Simon has been acting as an expert witness for over 20 years in rent reviews, lease renewals & generally ...