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...
How did you get started? I am a latecomer to horticulture. I basically got into garden design when I eventually got a garden of my own at the age of 40. I used to live in Hong Kong running a business making mosaics. When I moved back to the UK with my husband, the garden we got was blank so I looked...
How did you get started? I suppose I better thank my grandparents for getting me into horticulture because they had a market garden near Canterbury. Then, when I was about 16 or 17, I started working for local nurseries and garden centres, mainly growing trees, shrubs and perennials. What does your...
How did you get started? Before I joined T M I worked as a newspaper reporter, then I came to the dark side. I have come to the press office after a few years working in the reader offers and promotions department of T M. I have now joined Rowena Hall in the press office and will be managing our press...
How did you get started? I trained as an applied zoologist at the University of Reading and the University of East Anglia then spent 17 years working on research of cereal aphids. I had always been a birdwatcher and in 1992 I got a job with the British Trust for Ornithology as development director,...
How did you get started? When I was 13 I started working for the family nursery and I also did a bit of work for John Hall. I used to pick tomatoes after school. I joined Kings Seeds exactly one month ago, having been business development manager for Sakata. What does your typical day involve? Getting...
How did you get started? After doing Saturday jobs working on people's gardens, I started work with a local landscaper when I was 16. I trained for the National Certificate of Horticulture at Hadlow, then the national diploma. Then I took a job as a gardener at the American ambassador's house in London,...
How did you get started? After temping during my university holidays for Boots' design department I was offered a full-time position working with the account team, which gave me a taste for project work and branding. I went on to work as brand manager at Kallo Foods, where I worked on the So Good Soya...
How did you get started? I had a career in sporting goods and I was at a trade fair in Cologne. I crossed the hall to the gardening side of the show and got excited when I came across a product that would be the answer to my prayers - a good-quality wheelbarrow. I decided to set up my own business...
How did you get started? I started my career as an apprentice greenkeeper in 1989 at a local golf club. From there I progressed to course manager at another local club before leaving greenkeeping to start my own business in 2002 maintaining golf and winter sports. In 2005 I took on my first sales...
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