The Export Gardener: A Clumsy Australian Starts a Gardening Business in the UK.

By Richard Harrison

A Fish Out of Water in the Garden of England

An eternal optimist trades a London cubicle for a lawn mower he doesn't even know how to start.

What could possibly go wrong?

Everything, as it turns out.

When an optimistic Australian swaps his office job for a franchise mowing lawns in the manicured commuter belt of Kent, there's just one small problem: he can't tell a weed from a wisteria.

Armed with nothing but relentless self-belief, and a franchise manual he probably should have read more closely, he sets out to build a business with clients who know their hydrangeas better than he knows his own excuses.

What follows is a string of mishaps and gardening disasters, that somehow, gradually, grow into something resembling a career - and a very English education in humility.

Part memoir, part inspiring comedy, The Export Gardener is for anyone who has ever leapt before they looked, and for those who would rather watch someone else do it first.

Get your copy of The Export Gardener today, and discover that the best stories - like the best gardens - grow from the messiest starts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0648524817
• ISBN13: 9780648524816
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Richard Harrison
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"