The Company Directors are: Andrew Drake and Ivan Drake.
The Company has been trading since 1993, after we were made redundant.
After leaving school we both worked in the horticulture industry.
Andrew trained in horticulture at Easton College whereas Ivan trained in horticulture at Otley College.
After working in different horticulture jobs we met and worked together at Blooms of Bressingham in their Landscape Department.
We are not related, we just happen to have the same last name, hence ‘Drake’s Landscapes’
Whilst working at Blooms of Bressingham we worked our way up the rungs of the landscape ladder, starting as Assistants, then Assistant Foreman and finally as Foremen, where it became our responsibility to run the jobs and manage a team.
During our time at Blooms and a few years after we were involved in building show gardens at Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show, Gardeners World Live at the NEC and Tatton Park Flower Show. We also built a garden at the Ideal Home Expedition and designed and built a garden for an event inside the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Whilst working for Blooms we were lucky enough to win Gold Awards on several occasions. After leaving Blooms we designed and built a garden around our clients stand at Chelsea Flower Show and won an award for it.