Gardening for all ages

You may have read our previous blogs about why gardening is good for your health, or why children should get into gardening, but can everyone really enjoy gardening?In a word: YES! The passion to garden can come to someone at any time in life and for many reasons. There are numerous ways for you to express your green fingers! Whether you plant flowers, or grow vegetables and fruit bushes – you can let your imagination run wild in your garden.

If you have children, it's never too early to teach them the benefits of gardening. Gardening teaches them to appreciate and have respect for the Earth. They can learn about plant varieties and enjoy being outside for fresh air and exercise.
By the same token, retirement can be a fabulous time to take up gardening. Many people may be highly anticipating their retirement, and welcome at the end of their 9-5, but others can also dread the long periods of time without something worthwhile do to.

Having huge amounts of free time can be liberating for a while, but often it becomes overwhelming for retirees. If you want something meaningful and joyous to fill some of your free time the gardening really is a fantastic option. You may want to become a part-time gardener at home, or join your local horticulture club or community garden.

No matter the type of garden you choose to tend, gardening is wonderful for everyone for anyone who chooses to pursue the hobby. If you love gardening, or want to get into gardening then you have to take a look around our website, and if you have any questions or would like any advice you can call us on – 01509 621300!

Why children should consider gardening as a career?

Do you ever wonder why children these days don’t really consider being a gardener when they grow up? It’s not exactly on the top of youngsters list of dream careers it is? Maybe it’s because they’re not taught anything about it, or because they think it’s boring, or because they think it’s something their parents and grandparents do at the weekends? Whatever the reason, we think it’s a real shame that more school leavers aren’t interested in horticulture.

But how do you persuade school leavers that horticulture is a career worth getting out of bed for? The Horticulture Matters campaign revealed that is 2012, 70 per cent of 18-year-olds regarded horticulture as only for dummies, i.e. those who ‘failed academically’.

So why should youngsters consider gardening as a career? For a start, there are loads of different jobs in gardening! Such as -

• Gardener
• Garden designer
• Florist
• Environmental scientist
• Horticultural journalist
• Greenkeeper
• Aboriculturist
• Vegetable grower
• Garden centre manager
• Landscape contractor
• Landscape architect
• Park ranger
• Plant breeder
• Soil scientist

There is a big demand for skilled gardeners! Horticulture contributes £9 billion to the UK economy every year, and employs around 300,000 people across a variety of disciplines. However, 70% of businesses say that they struggle to find the skilled workers they require and put this down to the poor perception of horticulture in schools!

In our last blog we discussed how gardening is good for your health – so why wouldn’t someone want at make a career out of it!? Gardening can help you keep fit, lower your blood pressure strengthen your immune system, relieve stress and make you happy – how many other jobs can offer these benefits?

There is a reason people take up gardening as a hobby – it’s enjoyable! Children should be encouraged to consider gardening as a career if for no other reason – they will probably enjoy it!

If you love gardening then you have to take a look around our website, and if you have any questions or would like any advice please call us on – 01509 621300