How did you get started? I have always loved being outside and, from an early age, I would go for miles through fields, woodlands and parks and in all kinds of weather. But after leaving school, I had a couple of really bad jobs. I worked in a foundry and then in a paper mill. Both of these were like...
How did you get started? When I was about 10, my dad decided to become self-sufficient. We had three acres of land so that was my first beginnings in horticulture growing fruit and veg. Then, rather than get a paper round as a kid, I started at a local plant nursery and I was there for three years....
How did you get started? My mother gave me a corner of the garden when I was four: she was a very keen gardener. I later became an art editor for a magazine and then I went to Canada, where I fell in love with the wilderness. From then on, I knew I wanted to work outdoors. When I returned to the UK,...
How did you get started? It began in 1996 when I watched a TV programme called The Lost Gardens of Heligan, which followed the restoration project on the gardens that had been lost since World War Two. I was fascinated by the programme and my interest in horticulture began. I worked at RHS Wisley for...
How did you get started? I always liked being outside. I helped my dad in his market garden, then trained as an apprentice for three years at Burlingham, took a general course at Oaklands for two years, then two years at university. I then worked for Lord Iveagh at Elveden for 24 years until he died....
This July, Lord Howick was one of three individuals presented with the RHS's most prestigious award, the Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH). The other two recipients were Lady Skelmersdale and John Humphris.
How did you start in horticulture? I was forced to do gardening by my mum as a kid hanging around in the school holidays and I learnt quickly to make myself scarce. I left school at 16 and wanted to do forestry but my mum suggested a Youth Training Scheme in horticulture, which I did at Creighton...
How did you get started? As a child I spent a lot of time in the garden helping my father. I began with a National Diploma in Horticulture at Pibwrlwyd College, South Wales, followed by an internship in landscape maintenance at Busch Gardens, Florida. I took a degree in Landscape Amenity Management...
How did you get started? I was always interested in gardening and got a job at a landscaping firm in north London. Then I worked for a council and eventually got into working for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. After that I went to work in Australia. What does your typical day involve? I get...
How did you get started? I did a landscape management degree at Hadlow College and throughout that I worked on a 4,000-acre (1,619ha) private estate in Kent. When I moved to London I did voluntary work for the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and the Environment Trust. A post came up at Mile...
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