How did you get started in the industry? I worked in the landscape yard of a local garden centre while I was at college studying business. I decided that the industry was for me and started a landscape construction and horticultural course at Merrist Wood, Guildford. I then joined London Lawn Turf...
How did you get started in the industry? I was a florist in the US and every Tuesday the plant guy came to deliver and I found myself getting more and more passionate about that side. I had studied art and thought I would get into garden design and England was the place to do that. Moving over was...
How did you get started in the industry? I'm self taught and started work with my father-in-law, Oliver Bird, a designer and landscaper in the East Midlands for 25 years. I have taken over the business and carried on ever since. How is business at the moment? Business has been a lot quieter...
- How did you get started in the industry? My grandfather was a gardener and I have fond memories of him always being busy in the garden, so I suppose that set me off on finding my niche. That search brought me firstly to Otley College in Ipswich and on to Writtle College in Essex. From Writtle,...
How did you get started in the industry? I wanted a career change and to be outdoors. My dad mentioned horticulture and I found courses at the Rodbaston campus of the South Staffordshire College that interested me. I decided on an apprenticeship - learning and earning at the same time. I am now deputy...
How did you get started? I first studied design and business studies, then went on to study horticulture. After that, I incorporated a limited company that designed, built and maintained landscapes. What advice would you give to others starting out? Be bold, aim for the impossible. I always try...
- How did you get started? I became interested in landscaping while at college studying art and the built environment. I was always more practically-minded rather than academically - I preferred more hands-on subjects. Although I did not do so well on the academic side, it definitely got me interested...
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- What made you choose to study horticulture? My father, a keen gardener, sparked my interest for working outside and with plants at a young age. Later, I gained some experience with Appleby Landscape Gardens. Then I chose forestry at Bangor. - What advice would you give others starting out?...
- How did you get started? Fred Dibnah, or one of his lads, brought down a redundant brick factory chimney behind our house. The quarry was reclaimed as a park. The environmental transformation of this redundant eyesore became a lifetime inspiration. I joined a golf design practice in the late 1980s...
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