Protected: Perennial helps with funeral costs for greenkeeper Gary

Kate attended horticultural college in the 1980s and worked in nursery stock production in various wholesale nurseries throughout the South of England. She […]
Stephen is a landscape gardener and has spent much of his career building domestic gardens for people in and around Leeds. He […]
Vincent* spent almost his entire working life as a gardener on private estates. When a stroke dramatically changed his retirement plans, Perennial […]
He lives with his partner who works part time and they have children of school age. Andy had been given information about […]
His mother continued to run the nursery and care for her husband while Sam helped in the nursery as much as he […]
Daniel works full time as a horticulturist at a public access garden in SE England. He lives alone with some outstanding debt […]
She was left with two teenage children to support and the shock of widowhood had caused her to become unwell herself, unable […]
George* first approached Perennial 15 years ago when he was forced to retire early from his gardening career due to ill health. […]
Leigh is a single parent with a son in college. He has been a self-employed domestic landscaper for 7 years with the […]
"Perennial helped my family when my Dad became ill and all the family went through a difficult time. Dad not being able […]
Richard Brind is a retired gardener who enjoyed a very long horticultural career. From a young age he tended gardens for the […]
The couple have a disabled teenage child they both care for and they soon struggled to pay their rent from their reduced […]
William* is a self-employed gardener. He has several regular customers but over the winter, bad weather and ill health prevent him from […]
He describes the help he and his family have received as ‘invaluable’ and believes the industry can do more to raise awareness […]
In March 2015 self-employed tree surgeon Sean Harding had a life-changing accident at work that left him paralysed and unable to walk. […]
Billy* first contacted Perennial in 2010. He had worked as a groundsman for 10 years since being discharged from the army with […]
Simon* was a landscape gardener but due to ongoing debilitating mental health issues has been unable to work for many years. Last […]
But when he became ill and too frail to work, John’s dream retirement turned into a nightmare as the exchange rate reduced […]
Tobi Daniels has worked in horticulture since leaving school at the age of 16. Now, at 27, he is married with young […]
He had worked for his local authority Parks and Landscapes department for over 26 years but had to leave his job in […]