I was very use to getting a great income from bricks & stone.
No work forced me into a very poorly paid horticulture job. After a week I was in charge of construction but the pay was still half of what I was use too.
They had an older English Gentleman who had been a gardener all his life and was very class conscious that came with him from the UK when he moved to OZ. He saw himself as the lower class with a huge attitude.
He was retiring in 12 months and looked after the gardening section but still as a hands on gardener. As he refused to go any higher. They tried to get him to share his experience but everyone presented to him he refused to share. The CEO etc were getting very worried as in was The Garden City and tourism was very important income to business sector.
Long story short he picked me to share his knowledge too. Huge honer! I spent 6 months with him. Worked like a man possessed. Learnt so much.
So I found myself after 12 months there designing annual displays that totalled over 150,000 annuals. I could use any annual I liked. Also pruning from budding to 150 year old trees. All areas of horticulture I was heavily involved in. A truly multi disciplined horticulturist.
Just did so much in 5 years. I was offered a job to put a Parks & Recreation Department together by training all staff and putting all procedures into place.
Condition of employment was Diploma in Horticulture 4 nights a week 4 hours a day on campus. I went the long way around a did all my certificates as I got paid for doing the practical lessons..........Long time ago now........
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