I own two small businesses; a garden irrigation & garden lighting contracting business based in Brentford and a wholesale business based in Gloucestershire that sells water irrigation product and garden lights. I have been involved in the horticultural industry all my working life, in one guise or another, previously working for a number of years as an Arboriculturist, protecting trees from developers and overzealous home owners. I now work alongside property developers, garden designers and architects in private London properties, designing and installing garden irrigation and garden lighting systems.

One constant concern I have had for a number of years, and the reason for this article, has been the gradual loss of the urban treescape throughout Britain, especially in London.