Parents for the Planet: ‘I’m optimistic that things will come right’

‘I trained in Horticultural College in England and then I got into golf course construction and landscaping. I worked on golf courses all over Europe for years and then moved to Ireland in 2000 and set up my own landscaping company.

The economy went belly-up and business got very slow, so I started working as head gardener at Castlemartyr Resort; I was there for six years and now I’ve been here at Fota five years.