Me & My Job - Paul Drake, land-based activities manager, HM Prison Ranby
19 Nov 2010
- How did you get started?
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How did you get started? My first business was a macrobiotic restaurant, which opened in 1967 and was a mecca for lovers of brown rice and other organic goodies. This evolved into Whole Earth Foods and out of that came Green Black's, the first organic chocolate. What advice would you give to others...
- How did you get started?
How did you get started? I started off doing an Italian degree and then went to work in IT.
How did you get started? I've always loved growing things so when I left the RAF I started out by doing the RHS General Certificate in Horticulture at night school, where I received a distinction. During this time I completed a three-month voluntary internship at RBG Kew and volunteered at the Chelsea...
What does your typical day involve?
How did you get started? I was brought up on a farm that sold soft fruit direct to the general public, so from a very early age I was interested in horticulture and selling to the public. I opened my first farm shop in 1991 and gradually grew the business, then separated it into a major supermarket...
How did you get started? I trained as a cook but horticulture was in my family.
- What does your typical day involve? I start work at 7.30am in order to do the watering and any big messy jobs, before the visitors arrive. Once the visitors are in I am either pruning, planting or weeding, thinking about how I can improve the exhibits in the biome. - What takes up most of your...
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