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ExtractadaptedfromGieser,T.(2014),“EnskillmentInhibited:‘industrialgardening’inBritain”,

JournaloftheRoyalAnthropologicalInstitute,20(1):131–149.

HorticultureysamajorpartinthecreationandmaintenanceofurbangreenspacesinBritain.

Thesegreenspacesaresaidtobevitaltothenewurbandesignandthecreationofsustainable

communities.Sincethe1980s,localauthoritiesinBritainhaveincreasinglyhandedoverthe

maintenanceofparksandgreenspacestoprivatecompaniesaspartofatoreduce

5publicspending.Thesecompaniespaylowwagestogardeners,makingthejobunattractive.

A2004reportfoundthattheskilledgardeningworkforceisagingrapidly,resultinginashortage

ofthenumberofskilledgardenersandashortageofskilledtrainersforfuturegenerations.

Iworkedfulltimeasagardenerandgroundskeeperforalargegroundsmaintenancecontractor

whoworkedinpartnershipwithalocalauthority.Althoughthereweremorethan50members

10ofstaff,only10werequalifiedgardeners.Thecompanyclaimedonitswebsitetoemployonly

highly-skilledstaff,whichcontradictedthefacts.

Neverthes,incompetitions,ourparksregularlyreceivedgoldandsilverawards.Manytimes

wewerecomplimentedonourbeautifulntingschemes.However,boththejudgingcrite