-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 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 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....
How did you get started in the industry? I worked in the landscape yard of a local garden centre while I was at college studying business. I decided that the industry was for me and started a landscape construction and horticultural course at Merrist Wood, Guildford. I then joined London Lawn Turf...
How did you get started in the industry? I was a florist in the US and every Tuesday the plant guy came to deliver and I found myself getting more and more passionate about that side. I had studied art and thought I would get into garden design and England was the place to do that. Moving over was...
How did you get started in the industry? I'm self taught and started work with my father-in-law, Oliver Bird, a designer and landscaper in the East Midlands for 25 years. I have taken over the business and carried on ever since. How is business at the moment? Business has been a lot quieter...
- How did you get started in the industry? My grandfather was a gardener and I have fond memories of him always being busy in the garden, so I suppose that set me off on finding my niche. That search brought me firstly to Otley College in Ipswich and on to Writtle College in Essex. From Writtle,...
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...
How did you get started? I first studied design and business studies, then went on to study horticulture. After that, I incorporated a limited company that designed, built and maintained landscapes. What advice would you give to others starting out? Be bold, aim for the impossible. I always try...
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