A person’s daily screen time averages over five hours in the UK, which adds up to 1,825 hours over a year or 76 days in total. Hobbies are often side lined, and replaced with technology like social media or online streaming. When wracking her brain for a garden...
As Pro Landscaper searches for this year’s winners of its 30 Under 30: The Next Generation initiative, existing alumni have been displaying their skills at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026. Over the years, 30 under 30 alumni, from garden designers, landscapers and...
Embracing his new role opportunity with Northern Landscape Supplies, George Barton hopes to act as a spearhead in growing the company and diversifying its portfolio. A dedicated division of East Riding Horticulture Ltd, Northern Landscape Supplies combines over 30 years of industry experience with sector-specific expertise to support contractors,...
Garden designer Ashleigh Aylett picks up Best All About Plants Garden with the Woodland Trust: Forgotten Forests Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026. Built by CJ Landscapes, the garden has been sponsored by both Project Giving Back and the Woodland Trust as a means of shining a light of the UK's ancient woodland. Aylett had her debut at...
Horticultural professional and lecturer Laura McArthur has launched her new website which supports career development in horticulture and garden design. McArthur discusses her own carer, a monthly blog covering garden design, carer progression and major horticultural shows and her own writing, talks and consultancy. A Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30:...
Unaware of what a career in horticulture looked like when he was back at school, Sean Ryan is now a gardening supervisor at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Just recently promoted from gardener, and having been part of the industry for over 10 years, he intends to put horticulture on young people’s radar as his career continues to...
In 2020, Leon Chappell became the youngest recipient of a Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30: The Next Generation award. To this day, he upholds this title since picking up the accolade at just18 years old. On a mission to dismantle unfair judgement that can be attached with young people, Chappell, now 23 years old, highlights his fight for young...
One of the first Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30: The Next Generation Award winners in 2015, Ed Verity has announced his new company, Edison Ernest Ltd, will be available for all garden and landscape construction projects. Previously acting as contracts manager for Willerby Landscapes, Verity explains: "I set up my own company because I like being on...
A year of wins, moves and reintroductions, Pro Landscaper’s 30 Under 30: The Next Generation Award winners have had a jam-packed 12 months. Here is a list of the winners we’ve caught up with throughout the year: We kicked off the year with a Q&A with Arron Grange and his role within Green-tech, his proudest moments, getting stuck in with the...
Just days after being named a Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30: The Next Generation award winner, Chloë Webster was also selected as Garden Design Student of the Year within the British Association of Landscape Associations (BALI) National Student of the Year awards 2025. The 29-year-old has walked through a couple of career changes, currently...
Ambitious is a word Arron Grange uses to describe himself. Since winning a Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30: The Next Generation award in 2022, to climbing the ranks at Green-tech, and transitioning to Northern Landscape Supplies, a new subdivision of East Riding Horticulture, Grange sets himself a means to constantly progress. “I'm very ambitious and...
Leo Cheung has recently joined the team at Tyler Grange as a senior landscape architect as part of a newly established team dedicated to expanding its services beyond landscape planning. A passion for nature and the environment, Cheung now works in a team of three to deliver nature-based, landscape-led solutions and green and blue infrastructure...
Running since 2015, Pro Landscaper’s 30 Under 30: The Next Generation awards has seen 300 winners over the years. It has helped to propel young professionals into the limelight, with most of the winners going on to bigger and better things since collecting their award. It’s the only industry search for the most impressive young people in...
Georgia Gilbert feels ‘recognised’ since achieving 30 Under 30: The Next Generation Award at the age of 23, as she continues to settle into her new role as the head of wildflower at John Chambers Wildflowers. Alongside her full-time job, Gilbert also continues towards achieving her Master of Arts (MA) degree in landscape architecture at Leeds...
Name: Arron Grange Job title: Senior key account manager at Green-tech How did you first come into the landscaping industry? By complete chance. I was looking for a sales job and my friend worked at Green-tech. He recommended it to me as a good place to work, with a great team and good career progression opportunities. I have never looked back!...
30 Under 30 alumni, Kelsey Brace, owner of Primethorpe Paving, embarks on his newest venture: the launch of his own marketing company, Bloom Marketing, focused on supporting landscaping businesses to achieve sustainable growth. We caught up with the 2023 class winner to tell us more about his award-winning 'Bloom Funnel'. What prompted...
Following a significant year of growth for young company, Design Only Gardens, director and founder Taylor Gee is keen to keep the success going with the launch of a new company website that he hopes will become a “valuable content hub” for garden designers and landscapers. Founded in 2017 by Jake Ridgway and Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30 2024...
Aftercare and planting manager, Christina Cobb, has recently passed her three-year anniversary at the Garden Club London which she explains was kickstarted by her win at Pro Landscaper’s 30 under 30 awards. “I think winning the award so close to the start of my time at the company really set me off on the right track,” says Cobb. Explaining how...
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