Comprehensive garden solutions
by Richard Molyneux
AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE KENT INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN WITH A BA(HONS) IN FINE ART I MOVED TO LONDON AND CONTINUED TO PRODUCE MY OWN WORK BUT ALSO FOUND OTHER CREATIVE OUTLETS IN THE FORM OF PROP-MAKING AND ART DIRECTION FOR FILM AND VIDEO. CONCURRENT TO THIS I ALSO TOOK JOBS IN THE BUILDING TRADE IN ORDER TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND/OR STARVATION. OVER THE NEXT TWENTY PLUS YEARS I PICKED UP MANY ON-SITE SKILLS WHILST ALSO MAINTAINING A FUNDAMENTAL CREATIVITY IN MY APPROACH TO ALL WORK . THE MANY WORKING ENVIRONMENTS ON OFFER IN LONDON ENCOURAGED AN ECLECTIC APPROACH THAT INSPIRED MY CREATIVE DRIVE AND IT WAS MY EYE FOR DETAIL THAT SET ME APART FROM OTHER BUILDERS.
15 YEARS AGO I HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE MY BUILDING AND ARTISTIC SKILLS INTO LANDSCAPING, WHERE I FOUND A MORE APPROPRIATE OUTLET FOR INVENTION AND IMAGINATION.
THIS VARIETY OF SKILLS ALLOWED ME TO BUILD UP A SMALL BUSINESS IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET IN LONDON. ALL MY WORK CAME FROM RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH MEANT I WAS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE LAST JOB I DID.
IN 2011, HAVING TIRED OF THE METROPOLIS, I MOVED WITH MY YOUNG FAMILY BACK TO NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. SINCE RETURNING I HAVE ACQUIRED RHS QUALIFICATIONS FROM NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY AND I AM SLOWLY ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE THE DESIGN WORK AND LEAVE THE BUILDING WORK BEHIND.