Our Team
Brian Groom
Founder
Brian started as a horticultural apprentice at Regents Park in London and completed his Diploma in Horticulture at the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at Wisley. When he first came to Australia he worked in the nursery at Kings Park and Botanic Gardens then spent some time at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney before deciding to start Domus Nursery in 1973 on an old orchard site. Brian still actively works in the business with his focus on propagation and the growing schedule.
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Colin Groom
Managing Director
Colin was born into the industry, living on site and playing in the nursery as a kid, then helping out regularly during school and uni holidays for many years. He enjoy studying a Commerce degree at UWA to learn more about accounting and business operations before working as an auditor in Perth for a year. Following this Colin commenced fulltime work at Domus in 1998. Colin's responsibilities started in a small way, working in the potting team, then managing the potting team, and steadily moving up to the position of Manager. His role in the business now covers a large range of areas from staff recruitment & management to project development, plant sourcing & more. With two young children Colin now gets to enjoy his own kids playing in the nursery to share the love of growing so many different plants, plus tractors!
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Matthew Lunn
Business Development Manager
Matthew has worked in the horticultural industry for over 35 years and started his career as an apprentice at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden Wisley UK. In 1994 he moved to Perth from London and was appointed at Curtin University as their Grounds Curator and launched his media career with his Saturday talk back gardening program on Curtin Radio, 'let's Talk Gardening 'which he hosted for over 15 years. In 2006 he then joined the University of Western Australia to oversee the management of their grounds before embarking on his own landscape design business 'Lunnscapes'. Word continued to spread of Matthew's horticultural knowledge through the media and by 2016 he was appointed as the Executive Officer for the Nursery & Garden Industry WA as well as supporting the Landscape Industries Association WA as their EO too. Matthew joined Domus in February 2024.
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Julie Kerr
Sales Coordinator
Julie commenced with Domus Nursery in 2009, coming to us with a strong administration background and has over 20 years experience in the horticultural industry. She has owned and managed both wholesale and retail nurseries as well as a landscaping/garden maintenance business. Julie's main role is co-ordination of sales, providing customer service and processing of quotes.
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Fiona Manning
Sales
Fiona joined Domus Nursery in March 2011 to assist Julie with sales enquiries, orders and quotes. Fiona has had past retail nursery experience.
Jan Mason
Sales
Coming from a long history in the industry including time working at Dawsons Garden World Jan has been with Domus Nursery since mid 2015 and works with Julie to process day to day sales plus stock pre-ordered by customers.
Brad Hill
Sales Representative
Brad joined Domus as a sales representative covering the southern suburbs Bunnings stores and Garden Centre clients in mid 2019. He comes to Domus with good plant knowledge and customer service from his years in retail garden centres
Alyssa Van Rysinge
Sales Representative
Alyssa joined Domus as a sales representative covering the northern suburbs Bunnings stores and Garden Centre clients in mid 2015. She comes to Domus with good plant knowledge and customer service from her years in retail garden centres.
