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03 Jun 2011

How did you get started in the industry? I come from four generations of gardeners. My father was a craftsman gardener before becoming a trade unions boss. After he retired he started a maintenance round and I worked with him while studying for my first degree in sculpture. After five years in the...

Me & my job - Steve Searle, Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre

01 Jun 2011

Steve Searle, shop manager, Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre, Taunton, Somerset.

Me & My Job - Liz Sims, manager, Vernon Geranium Nursery

27 May 2011

- How did you get started in the industry? My parents started the nursery in the 1970s and after their retirement last year and a change in ownership, I am now running the business. I joined 20 years ago and have been hands on growing and expanding it into the largest specialist geranium nursery...

Me & My Job - Hannah Williams, deputy head gardener, South Staffordshire College

20 May 2011

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...

Me & My Job - Katie Croft, student gardener, Threave Garden

13 May 2011

How did you get started in the industry? I volunteered for six months in the gardens of the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. After that I went to Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and did the first year of the horticulture with plantsmanship HND. Now I'm on a sandwich year at Threave before...

Me & My Job - John Coleman, managing director, ATT

06 May 2011

- What's your typical day? I get up at about seven and have breakfast with Sally and my two children - I try and take the kids to school if I'm working from the office. The day's work begins at nine, and consists of design, production, marketing, finance, legals and so on. I finish around 6pm....

Me & My Job - Raoul Curtis-Machin, gardens adviser, National Trust

28 Apr 2011

How did you get started in the industry? I was hit by the gardening bug when I was 13 years old and ruining the garden with a football. I trod on a blue gentian and looked at a book to see what it was and saw this blue trumpet flower with mountains behind. My mum was a keen rock gardener and I got...

Me & My Job - Simon McArdle, marketing director, Hozelock

22 Apr 2011

- How did you get started in the industry? I inherited a passion for gardening and fish-keeping from my grandad. This led to a BSc in aquatic biology and a job with Barton Grange Garden Centre in Lancashire. From there I moved to aquatic specialist Cyprio, before joining in the Hozelock marketing...

Me & My Job - Nick Phillips, groundsman, Tottenham Hotspur FC

15 Apr 2011

- How did you get started in the industry? I wrote to Spurs while finishing my GCSEs. I explained my background about how my dad was a head groundsman at a private school and that I grew up assisting him from time to time, and how this then led me to look for a trainee position. - What advice...

Me & My Job - Andrew Pitman, plant manager, Monkton Elm

08 Apr 2011

- How did you get started? I attended Brymore School to study agriculture and horticulture and then studied at Cannington College of Agriculture Horticulture. During my time at college, I also worked at Monkton Elm Garden Pet Centre. I worked my way up to assistant manager from a work experience...