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Me & My Job - Briony Markham, corporate fundraiser, Greenfingers

20 Apr 2012

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...

Me & My Job - Stephen McCallum, gardens head, MacRobert Trust

10 Feb 2012

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Me & My Job - Jonathan Ward, owner, Ginger Horticulture

27 Jan 2012

How did you get started in the industry? When I left school. I spoke to the careers officer and said I wanted to work outside. He suggested agriculture, horticulture or the army. The army was a non-starter and because I lived in the country I knew agriculture was hard work. Horticulture is equally...

Me & My Job - Jeremy Vincent, service manager, the Grass Group

09 Dec 2011

- What does your typical day involve? I'm not sure I have a typical day because I am involved with all aspects of the company including sales, hire and parts, but my main responsibilities are service. - How did you get started in the industry? I trained as an agricultural engineer at the local...

Me & My Job - Geoff Oborne, the Cycling Gardener of Horsham

02 Dec 2011

How did you get started in the industry? I started working in a small garden centre when I was studying horticulture at college. At 20, I began my own soft landscaping and garden maintenance business, and a few years later I began working in garden centres and nurseries. I did that until I began my...

Me & My Job - Kathryn Braithwaite, gardener, Wentworth Castle

03 Jun 2011

How did you get started in the industry? I come from four generations of gardeners. My father was a craftsman gardener before becoming a trade unions boss. After he retired he started a maintenance round and I worked with him while studying for my first degree in sculpture. After five years in the...

Me & My Job - Raoul Curtis-Machin, gardens adviser, National Trust

28 Apr 2011

How did you get started in the industry? I was hit by the gardening bug when I was 13 years old and ruining the garden with a football. I trod on a blue gentian and looked at a book to see what it was and saw this blue trumpet flower with mountains behind. My mum was a keen rock gardener and I got...

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