18 May 2012
How did you get started in the industry? I grew up on a self-sufficient smallholding. We also grew cut flowers, Christmas trees and soft fruits that were sold to local traders. I started working on a production nursery at age 13. With the money I earned, I started to learn about business by buying...
04 May 2012
-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...
27 Apr 2012
- How did you get started in the industry?
My parents started the garden centre in 1990 from just a six-by-eight-foot greenhouse. I was involved from a very young age, filling pots and labelling plants. In 2011, I completed a BSc in horticulture at Pershore College and have loved working in the garden...