Gardening is in my blood. Initially inspired by my grandfather. Whenever I’d visit, he’d spend all his time outside working in his garden at his miners terraced house in the Rhondda valley in South Wales. I was his shadow, always helping and getting “stuck-in”, particularly fascinated by his greenhouse packed with exotic cacti!
Then of course there’s my dad, Terry Walton, BBC Radio 2’s adopted “allotmenteer”. 
Many happy childhood hours were spent helping at his allotment plots or helping grow and tending the thousands of bedding plants that were planted out in the garden at home (it wasn’t until years later that I realised that not all kids did this!). My dad’s passion for everything garden related is infectious, and infected I became at a very early age.
However, for various reasons, I didn’t follow this up in my career choices. A 1st class BSc (Hons) degree in Product Design initially led to an Engineering career that eventually led to becoming a qualified teacher in this area. However, through all this time, my evenings and weekends were spent doing what I do best and love – gardening! I have always taken a massive amount of pleasure in creating beautiful outdoor spaces that can be enjoyed by my family, alongside growing fruit and vegetables to feed us all -we’re virtually self-sufficient all year round with home grown vegetables.
On March 1st 2021 (St David’s Day of course!), I put my engineering and teaching career behind me and decided to make a career of my passion and set up Andy B Garden Services. I’ve been overwhelmed by its success and haven’t looked back. I love my new career! I now spend my days helping others make the maximum use of their gardens and get a huge “buzz” from seeing the satisfaction of my clients by sharing my knowledge and experience with them.
Being a lover of all things that grow and live in our gardens, I am also passionate about nature, conservation, the protection of the environment and sustainability. I always gently try to encourage others to take these things into consideration when managing their gardens and believe I have a role to play in this in my position as a professional gardener.
Andy B Garden Services (the B is from my middle name – Brian!) evolved out of a realisation that I could channel all my skills, knowledge and experience, alongside my passion for all of our flora and fauna, to help others with everything gardening related. I now have the best job in the world. I love seeing “outdoor spaces becoming blissful places”!
