How did you get started in the industry? I did part-time work after school at the age of about 12 at a local nursery. Slowly, the job developed, and so did my interests in plants and machinery and the love of working outside. When I left school I went to Pershore College to gain various qualifications....
How did you get involved in the industry? I started measuring trees when I was 14 - my parents gave me a hypsometer for my birthday. By the end of that year I'd found enough notable trees for Alan Mitchell - the famous tree recorder of the later 20th century - to visit me to see the trees for himself,...
How did you get started? We moved back to the UK from Italy in January and started a small arboriculture and horticulture business in the Cotswolds, as well as acting as agents for Bellwood Trees and JA Jones. That came about by chance through a friend of a friend and we're now trying to get both...
How did you get started? I started work at Wyevale Nurseries shortly after I left school. I then went on to study at Pershore College, finding open ground production to be my forte. I was given the opportunity to specialise further when I was offered a post at Wyevale Transplants. What advice would...
How did you get started? My first job was a university placement as a trainee forester in Greece. I wanted to travel and when an opportunity arose to do a masters, I chose Edinburgh and environmental management. Since graduating I have looked to continually develop new skills by volunteering for...
- How did you get started? I never considered arboriculture or forestry as an option when I was at school. I wish I had - it would have saved me two years trying out university courses I knew I was never fully committed to. On leaving university and feeling rather sheepish, I started working for a...
This July, Lord Howick was one of three individuals presented with the RHS's most prestigious award, the Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH). The other two recipients were Lady Skelmersdale and John Humphris.
- What does your typical day involve? I have three roles. For two days of the week I'm the National Trust's ancient tree adviser, for two days I'm its forestry adviser for Devon and Cornwall, and for the remaining day I'm woodland projects manager, which right now means preparing a feasibility study...
- What does your typical day involve? I start early. I'm up at five and out by half past. Then I have at least an hour's drive before I get to work. I'm working long days - including the travel to work I'm doing about 12- to 13-hour days. I spend the day felling trees and pruning and planting as...
- What is your typical day? It differs between summer and winter.Right now it's mostly inspections. My day starts at 7.30am, when I draw up a plan of work for the day with the team, then go out inspecting individual trees in response to requests from tenants. These could be to do with issues of light...
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