Landscaping Success Stories

Landscaping is an exciting and
rewarding industry to be a part of,
but don’t just take our word for it...

Meet the passionate people who strive to create new, vibrant, healthy spaces for everyone to enjoy.

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Jake
Head Foreman

How I got into landscaping I always wanted to become a landscape designer. To achieve this I thought it would…

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Terry
Senior Contract Manager, Idverde, Southwark
I started off in grounds maintenance at 18, where I gained practical experience. I’ve done lots of training since, including…
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Lekha Vara
Team Leader at John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance Ltd
I was obsessed with the TV programme Ground Force when I was younger, and not knowing what to do after…
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Dominic
Mobile Team Leader, Idverde, Southwark
I started as an apprentice and have since trained up to Level 3 in Work-based Horticulture….
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Kenny
Senior Supervisor, Idverde, Southwark
I started off on temporary contract doing basic landscaping work. I was soon offered a permanent position and trained in…
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Nick
Retired Marketing Manager, Palmstead Nurseries
I trained as a Landscape Architect but decided I preferred getting my hands dirty, and wanted to know more about…
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Inez
Consultant Landscape Manager
I always loved the outdoors, old country houses and the stories behind famous garden restorations. I started volunteering at a…
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David
Owner, Mulholland Landscape Consultants
I had always loved gardening from an early age. When a neighbour pointed out I could garden as a job…
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Eleana
Landscape Designer, Feria Urbanism
After school I completed a Foundation Diploma in Art, and particularly enjoyed applying design to the landscape and its link…
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Ben
Assistant Grounds Maintenance Manager
I started as an administrator and then onto a management training programme, where I experienced the practical side of landscaping,…
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Stewart
Countryside Management
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Melissa
Head of Studio, Janine Pattison Studios
I always loved science, so a degree in Landscape & Garden Design seemed a good fit….
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Suzie Topping
Co-owner Hortus Paradisi
Being creative and with a love for the outdoors, a determination to be different from other girls, and influence from…
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Matthew Rees
Botanist

During the height of the growing season I focus my efforts on plant identification for members of the RHS, with…

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Chris
Sales and Marketing Manager, Harrowden Turf
I was bought up working in a market garden and a barrow boy for Ipswich market, which gave me a…
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Stuart
Construction Director, ACRE Landscapes
My father worked in the industry and I started work alongside him as a stop gap job – 22 years…
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Laura
Landscape Designer, Janine Pattison Studios
I studied Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University where I wrote about sculpture in the landscape for my dissertation. Through…
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Kate
Garden Design & Landscaping
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Natalie
Student
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Jamie
Landscape Maintenance
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