helped that said they wished they'd done it sooner, I'd be in the south of France right now." John Lees and Steve Preston will both be speaking at One Life Live How life became a bed of roses The 10 most popular second careers Four years ago Clare Stokes, 34, worked as a pharmacist. Today, she's a florist "I used to be a full-time pharmacist and ran pharmacies for Boots. I enjoyed it but realised I needed something to help me switch off from the day-to-day stresses of the job. So I studied floristry at night school and after three years, I qualified as a florist. It so happened that a florist shop came up for sale in my area and I couldn't resist the idea of running it. So I bought it, took on the existing staff and I haven't looked back. I think a lot of people are creative. Once they find an outlet for it, they find they want to do it all the time. But it's not just the creative side of my new career that I love. I also enjoy the contact with people and the business side
so that an exhibitor who bought his plants from others has same change of success as one who has cultivated everything himself. Judging of the show gardens take place from 7.45am to 11 am on the Monday (with security guards to keep everyone out of earshot in case these deliberations are overhead) The courtyard gardens and window boxes are appraised early on Monday morning too, while the rest of the Show is judging between 2.15pm and 5pm. (Exhibits in floristry, floral arrangements, junior displays, and garden design are replaced on Wednesday night, and the new exhibits assessed early on Thursday morning.) Judging on the Monday follows a well-tested routine: each panel meets at a set time, with its own chairman and secretary, to visit, examine and discuss each exhibit. Gala Preview on the Monday evening drinks Homeric amounts of champagne. The Council meets at 9pm for a session that goes on for three hours.
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