Michelle Cain

Music promoter Michelle Cain, 34, swapped a career marketing some of the country’s biggest music acts at Virgin Records for a life outdoors. A National Certificate in Horticulture gave her the contacts and industry experience to become a self-employed gardener. She has now rejoined Capel Manor as an arboriculture student. She said: “I realised I’d been working for a long time to make someone else rich and wanted to do something of my own. My friends in the music business all say I am the envy of them because I have this lovely life outside.”