SarahLet’s stroll on through the double gates to visit the next part of the walled gardens. BECOMING A GARDENERAlexGreat. The long flowering beds called herbaceous borders are among my favourite things here.SarahSo what made you to decide to become a gardener Alex?AlexOne day I was being a bold kid whipping off flower heads with a bamboo cane. I got in a lot of trouble! My mother chased me all the way to the River Walk. From that moment on I decided I’d rather look after plants than destroy them. AnthonyAnd what was your first paid gardening job?AlexI was about 7, Anthony, when your mother Wendy asked me to pull weeds out of a field. She paid us a rate of one penny per weed pulled.SarahYou can find out more about these borders by selecting the Borders stop sign. Or you can search for the next family action quest – Tree Hunt.AnthonyYou will find it near the Dolphin Pond through the English Gate at the far end of the flowering borders.