Recently armed with a prestigious horticultural engineering degree and sporting a stylish pair of glasses, he might come across as the bookish type in the group… But here’s the thing—fifteen years ago (at the tender age of 12), he was already a customer of the nursery, roaming its aisles in every direction! Since then, he’s found the time to build genuine horticultural expertise in some of the finest French and European nurseries, plant a garden of his own, and memorise entire horticultural encyclopaedias. Worth noting: Michael considers him the only remotely serious conversation partner when it comes to debating the merits of two new cultivars from some obscure sub-variety of Carex—utterly irrelevant to the average person—a topic that can fuel their impassioned discussions for hours on end.