Joshua started his career in horticulture working in the holidays as a 14 year old at a large private garden in North London. Horticulture became a reliable way to support himself during his teens while he completed his school education and then went to Art college where he fell in love with Land art. After he came back from a years travelling working on farms all around the world he settled into a number of fraught years with mental health and trying to decide what on earth to do with his life – all the while working in horticulture. The realisation slowly dawned that in fact he was doing what he wanted to do but that it could probably be even more what he wanted to do if he took it a bit more seriously and set up a company. In his final year of self employment he completed his RHS level 3 in practical horticulture, his first official horticultural qualification. So after 14 years of working in Horticulture around education, then being self employed, full-time then self-employed again, he decided it was time to set up Fenton Gardens ltd and it was probably best to do it while his wife Daisy was in labour. Since the companies formation in 2019 Fenton Gardens has won a Silver Merit at the Apl awards 2023, Silver Merit at BBC gardeners world live show 2023 for ‘Subaqua’, silver, silver merit and Gold at the Apl awards 2024 and Gold at BBC Gardeners world live 2024 for Lunatica. In 2025 his container garden – C6 won Silver Gilt at RHS Chelsea. Joshua likes to think his style is contemporary chaotic romance.
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