Brian trained as an apprentice gardener at Craigtoun Country Park St Andrews from a gardening team in a traditional parks department. After spending time in plant conservation working at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, in which he spent time in the Swiss Alps and Bhutan, I gained experience at the Backhouse Rossie Estate before becoming head gardener to Lord and Lady Mansfield at Scone Palace. Since 2012 I have been leading the gardens team helping to conserve these historic grounds which include a Kitchen Garden, Victorian Pinetum and Murray Star Maze, developing the plant collection and bringing a 4-acre walled garden back to life. Since 2014 I have been a presenter on BBC Scotland’s Beechgrove Garden television programme, write weekly columns for The Courier and Press & Journal newspaper and am proud to be a patron of therapeutic gardening charity, Trellis.