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02 Apr 2010

How did you get started? I've always loved growing things so when I left the RAF I started out by doing the RHS General Certificate in Horticulture at night school, where I received a distinction. During this time I completed a three-month voluntary internship at RBG Kew and volunteered at the Chelsea...

Curtis Allen, product manager, Charterhouse Turf Machinery

26 Mar 2010

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Me & My Job: Rob Ward, founder, Food Marketing Network

19 Mar 2010

How did you get started? I was brought up on a farm that sold soft fruit direct to the general public, so from a very early age I was interested in horticulture and selling to the public. I opened my first farm shop in 1991 and gradually grew the business, then separated it into a major supermarket...

Me & My Job - Scott Rusch, global product manager, Pan American Seed

12 Mar 2010

How did you get started? I always loved being in the landscape and my parents were in agriculture so I liked it from early on.

Me & My Job - Lucy Boyd, head gardener, Petersham House

05 Mar 2010

How did you get started? I trained as a cook but horticulture was in my family.

Me & My Job - Sarah Dean, manager of Deans' Garden Centre, Essex

01 Mar 2010

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Me & My Job: Leigh Hunt, horticultural trials and relations head, RHS Wisley

26 Feb 2010

How did you get started? I studied horticulture at Kew and then joined the RHS six years ago, answering members' gardening questions in the advisory and diagnostic service. Then, last December, I saw the advert for maternity cover for the head of horticultural trials and relations and knew instantly...

Me & My Job: Jon Proffitt, southern regional sales manager, The Grass Group

19 Feb 2010

Me & My Job: Charlotte Gillan, managing partner, Classic Canes

05 Feb 2010

How did you get started? Back in the 1970s my parents bought a wood because it held an abandoned house in which they wanted to live. Once they moved in they realised the wood was growing the perfect raw materials for walking sticks. Initially they were offered to local shops but then it spread and...

Me & My Job: Alex Hill, assistant, Garden Centre Group, Sherbourne

29 Jan 2010

How did you get started? I happened to know the owner of the company and I was looking for some part-time work. I started off as a runner and then I went full time in September. I only finished school last year so it has been a bit of a shock to the system, but it is good and it is interesting and...