ADHD, landscaping and horticulture, with Paul Greenyer, Gareth Wilson and Craig Nester
HortWeek PodcastShow Notes
Paul Greenyer, Gareth Wilson and Craig Nester are high flyers in the world of landscape design and contracting.
Greenyer is director of Paul Greenyer Consultancy and carries out design and build landscape work as well as being an RICS-accredited expert witness and mediator. Wilson is an independent expert witness, hard landscaping expert and garden consultant and is known for his Chelsea gardens. And Nester is a design and build specialist with his firm Habitat Landscapes.
While their routes into the industry are different, they share a hurdle over which they have all had to jump - having ADHD (attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder).
In the discussion with Rachael Forsyth, the three offer disarmingly frank accounts of the ways ADHD has affected their lives and the people the love, live with and work with.
They explain some "symptoms" of the condition and share some of the strategies they have employed and evolved that have helped them first "cope" and ultimately "thrive" and excel in their chosen professions.
Podcast producer: HortWeek digital content manager, Christina Taylor Podcast presenter: HortWeek senior reporter, Rachael Forsyth
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