Hi I'm James, and I run Lincoln Mowtown!
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I started Lincoln Mowtown in June of 2023. After 15 years of working in offices, I decided to make the leap into self-employment and do something I was really passionate about: garden maintenance. Alongside my normal job over the past 10 years, I've been working as a volunteer at the weekends for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trusts. This involved clearing bramble and foliage from footpaths, lopping and helping to coppice trees, trimming grass and hedges, drystone walling and wealth of other interesting tasks - and I enjoyed doing this a lot more than spreadsheets and team meetings.
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Working in garden maintenance aligns really well with my personal values of improvement, helping people and being active. For me, there is nothing more rewarding than looking at the difference between before and after pictures of a trimmed hedge or freshly cut lawn and seeing a customer's positive reaction. On top of this, I'm a bit of a health and fitness addict outside of work (I run those crazy Spartan obstacle course races for "fun") and this comes in quite handy when it comes to lifting lawn mowers and working on a ladder with a hedge trimmer. I also have a penchant for action films of the 1980s and 90s, but this interest is something I'm yet to link to gardening!
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