Ry Nguyen

Four Seasons Tenure

• Since 2016
• First Four Seasons Assignment: Current

Employment History

• Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, Hoi An; Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa; Montgomerie Links Vietnam; Dai Ngan Greenery Co., Ltd.

Education

• Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry

Birthplace

• Da Nang, Vietnam

Languages Spoken

• English, Vietnamese

Long before guests arrive to stroll beneath swaying coconut palms or admire the resort’s tropical gardens, the landscape has already been months — sometimes years — in the making. At Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, that quiet transformation is led by Landscaping Manager Ry Nguyen, whose work extends far beyond cultivating beautiful gardens to restoring ecosystems, enriching biodiversity and creating spaces where nature and people flourish together.

Raised in Dai Loc, Da Nang, by farming parents, Ry discovered her calling early, choosing to study agriculture with the belief that caring for the land was one of the most meaningful ways to give back to her community. Since joining the resort in 2016, she has overseen the resort’s 35-hectare landscape, nearly 80 percent of which is dedicated to gardens and green spaces.

Combining agricultural expertise with a deep respect for natural systems, Ry has transformed the resort’s horticultural practices through sustainable, science-led solutions. Within her first two years, Ry led the landscape team in significantly reducing the resort’s reliance on chemical pesticides, introducing biological alternatives that support healthier soil, richer biodiversity and a more resilient landscape.

Among Ry’s most significant achievements is the development of the resort’s closed-loop composting program. Launched in 2019 on a modest scale, the initiative gathered momentum following the resort’s reopening in 2021, when the team expanded and refined the composting process as part of a broader commitment to reducing organic waste and restoring soil health. Today, the program diverts more than 1,000 tons of garden waste, fruit and vegetable scraps, and coconut husks annually, producing approximately 630 tons of nutrient-rich compost that is returned to the landscape. Used across the resort’s gardens and green spaces, the compost improves water retention, reduces reliance on chemical fertilisers and strengthens the long-term resilience of the landscape.

Alongside sustainability, preserving the original design philosophy of The Nam Hai remains central to Ry’s work. Every coconut palm, flowering shrub and open lawn is carefully considered, creating the quiet harmony and understated elegance that have long defined the resort. She continues to broaden the gardens’ role within the guest experience through initiatives including an expanding orchid nursery, which preserves regional varieties while supplying blooms for floral arrangements across the resort, and a future biodiversity-focused beekeeping programme that celebrates the relationship between pollinators, healthy ecosystems and sustainable hospitality.

Her work is guided by a simple philosophy: landscapes reward patience. “Gardens teach you to think ahead,” she says. “The flowers guests enjoy today were planned many months ago. Every season begins long before it can be seen.”

Bringing that philosophy to life is a team that shares the same quiet dedication. Many of the resort’s gardeners have spent decades caring for the grounds, expressing their passion not through words but through thoughtful, everyday acts of stewardship - some even returning on their days off simply to see how the gardens are doing. For Ry, the resort’s greatest strength is not its collection of trees and flowers, but the people whose care allows them to thrive.

Together, they create more than a beautiful landscape. They create the feeling it leaves behind. More than remembering a particular tree or flower, Ry hopes guests depart with a lasting sense of calm — a quiet connection with nature that stays with them long after they leave Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai.