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Cara Waddington: nursery hand and horticulturalist

Age: 23

Employer: Plant Mart Garden Centre

Cara WaddingtonJob description: Plant buyer and nursery maintenance

Qualifications: Associate Diploma Applied Science/Horticulture (Nursery Management)

Best thing about the job: Working with plants all day!

Worst thing about the job: Working outside in rain and winter.

Strangest thing you've had to do: Chasing rabbits around with rakes during a plague.

When you were at school, did you plan to do this type of work?
Yes, but not originally in a nursery. I wanted to study at university but didn't get enough marks. Instead, I studied at TAFE part-time and started working in a retail nursery.

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