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? 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 the very first employee of Mr Fothergill's Seeds in 1978. I'd always enjoyed gardening so I jumped at the chance to join this new company as a management trainee. It grew rapidly and I had seven happy years there before moving to Unwins, where I spent...
- How did you get started in the industry? I was working in finance when my father asked me to help with the business, initially in the role of business development manager. - What advice would you give to others starting out? Try to get up to speed on the machinery side as quickly as possible...
How did you get started in the job? I joined the Countryside Management Service last September, having worked for five years in the private sector. I was attracted to the variety of projects, from restoration to analysing design, and my colleagues' approach - positive, dynamic and very hands-on....
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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