Our Team
Graham Biss BEM DL Managing Director
Graham manages the whole of Natural Enterprise and all its projects. Graham is passionate about the Isle of Wight, its communities, rural economy and countryside. He’s also pretty keen on football.
Carol Flux Project Manager
Carol is the host of the Island Rivers Partnership. This involves co-ordinating the work of the organisations working on the Island’s watercourses to enhance outcomes. In addition, she leads a Non-Native Invasive Species Project focusing on plants along the Island’s watercourses. She also works on Gift to Nature and other projects.
Danny Horne Countryside Ranger
Danny is our Senior Ranger so you are most likely to find him out on one of our sites. Danny does a lot of work managing and supervising our fabulous volunteers who are out there loving our countryside in a very practical way.
Jon Jewett Countryside Ranger
Jon works with Danny managing the Gift to Nature sites. With a passion for woodlands and wildlife, he makes the sites safe for their human visitors whilst protecting the valuable habitats that they support.
Emma Bloomfield Royal IW Agricultural Society Membership Secretary
Emma manages the RIWAS membership to include signing up new members, annual renewals and day to day membership enquiries. She assists the Show Secretary at the Royal Isle of Wight County Show and looks after the Members' Pavilion at the Show.
Sian Grove Office Administrator and Royal IW County Show Secretary
Sian deals with the day-to-day running of the Natural Enterprise office. She also manages the Gift to Nature tree nursery, provides support for the Gift to Nature shop sales on Ebay and covering shifts in our Newport store. Sian is the Secretary for the Royal Isle of Wight County Show, managing social media, organising traders and entertainment for the show.
Estee Phillimore Wight Rural Hub Administrator
With a wealth of experience from previous roles in administration in the Island rural sector, Estee coordinates and administrates the work of the Wight Rural Hub and offering support and signposting to Island farmers and land managers.
Shara Ouston Shop Manager
As our shop manager, Shara, alongside a fabulous team of volunteers, provides a friendly and unique shopping experience at our beautiful charity at 12 Holyrood Street, Newport, where we sell plants, garden ware, gifts, cards, and quality preloved merchandise. Shara loves to chat to our valued customers about shared interests such as gardening, wildlife, conservation, and our beautiful Island countryside. She is mad keen on houseplants too!
Rachael Ardley Engagement Officer
Rachael creates events and activities for both Gift to Nature and the Appley Tower Heritage Project, finding different ways for the community to get involved. You might spot Rachael out and about, whether it’s on a stand at Wolverton Fair, leading a bee hotel workshop on a Gift to Nature site or chatting to people around Ryde about the restoration work at Appley Tower.