About Philip Voice

After starting my garden maintenance and landscaping business in 1984 and running it for 21 years I decided I needed a change of direction (probably a mid life crisis, no seriously! :-0)

Together with my family, wife Donna, Son Henry and Daughter Fleur (not forgetting Hector the Black Labrador) I moved to France in search of an old farmhouse to renovate.

In the interim period whilst waiting for the contract to go through I started writing a blog. Initially just to keep a diary for family and friends to keep up with our progress if they wished but then it occurred to me that there isn't a real time watcher of the landscape industry in the UK.

I didn't want to waste my experience and experiences so I decided I could put all of this Juice to good use so I started Landscape Juice.

If you have an interesting story, snippet of want to promote your self or your business then give me a shout.

Philip Voice appointed marketing manager for Weedfree

Comments

[Alice Joyce]

I've happened upon your site, and your inspiring story! I'm a California-based garden writer, currently blogging about Spanish gardens - great ones and undiscovered gems, too. Please drop by my plot for a visit: http://BayAreaTendrils.blogspot.com
I've also formed a group for kindred spirits, i.e. fellow bloggers who write on garden destinations: it's Garden Travel Worldwide ... at
http://www.blogcatalog.com/group/garden-travel-worldwide
Thank you Philip, for providing this opportunity to connect.

[Rochelle at sudio 'g']

wow! you are living the dream! I am american but lived in london for 4 years. While there I caught the british bug for going south and living abroad, and would now jump at any chance to relocate to france, greece, southern italy, morocco...
Anyway, I just discovered your website...and am eager to go explore. I have a blog myself that maybe you might interested in. I am always looking to make it bigger, better, more useful, and more widely read, so if you have any suggestions or thoughts, I would love to hear them. My best,
Rochelle at Studio 'g'

[Leigh DuFresne]

Philip,

Do you have any advice for a young woman, with a horticulture degree and passion for garden design, who is thinking about moving and working in France? I have been looking for job opportunities on the net but it has been challenging to find anything related to horticulture. Congrats on living the dream!

[Philip Voice]

Hi Edward

I am thoroughly enjoying the lifestyle and the freedom that goes with it.

Because I am not locked into a set routine I can spend more time watching the landscaping and gardening industry and comment where I feel it right to do so.

My sole aim is to stimulate debate on subjects that range from gardening to grass care.

BTW I am an Englishman in France :)

Best

Phil

[Edward Bock]

I am envious. I thought years ago of going to Saudi Arabia to do landscape design, but wimped out. What is it like traveling and working in a foreign country and not knowledgeable of the native tongue? What is it like to be an American in France?