How did you get started in the industry? I grew up on a self-sufficient smallholding. We also grew cut flowers, Christmas trees and soft fruits that were sold to local traders. I started working on a production nursery at age 13. With the money I earned, I started to learn about business by buying...
- How did you get started in the industry? When I was four I snapped off a piece of forsythia, popped it in the ground and it grew. I have been hooked on plants ever since. After my A-levels I did my degree in horticulture then worked as a garden centre manager before joining Hartpury College seven...
-How did you get started in the industry? After a last-minute change of plan, I was offered a place on the newly started horticultural degree course at Writtle. In our final year, a small group of us placed an advert in The Grower saying several newly qualified students were looking for work. We...
- How did you get started in the industry? My parents started the garden centre in 1990 from just a six-by-eight-foot greenhouse. I was involved from a very young age, filling pots and labelling plants. In 2011, I completed a BSc in horticulture at Pershore College and have loved working in the garden...
How did you get into the horticulture industry? Through the charity Greenfingers, because it combined my passion for helping children and my interest in gardening. What does your typical day involve? There is no typical day and that's what makes it such a good job. One day I could be speaking to...
How did you get started in the industry? I was brought up on Westergate Nursery but it went bust during the Suez crisis. I own it now with my family and have cleared it and applied for a hedging grant to plant on it. I've also worked on Holdens Nursery and worked on an organic farm in Canada last...
How did you get started in the industry? I went to Writtle College and from there to Notcutts, where I managed the flagship centre in Solihull. I opened the garden centre at Hatton Country World in Warwickshire 18 months ago. It's a children's farm attraction and on the side there is a shopping village...
Brian Sayers, purchasing, IT and technical director, Tates of Sussex Garden Centres.
How did you get started in the industry? Readers with long memories will remember I was a wholesale grower and past chairman of the Midland Regional Growers. In recent years I left wholesaling for the excitement and bright lights of retailing. My time with Coolings started in January this year and...
How did you get started in the industry? My father started Darlac in 1963, importing innovative floral art products from around the world. In 1979, Maggie and I bought a small UK-based tool company. This gradually eclipsed the floristry side of the business and in 1995 we decided to launch our own...
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