22 April 2021, Contract law and marketing are as important as design skills for today's garden designers says veteran management consultant Alan Sargent. In the latest Horticulture Week Podcast, garden management consultant Alan Sargent examines ways and methods of surviving the minefield of rules regulating the garden design profession. He speaks about the importance of getting the correct insurance, contract management and dealing with clients among other issues outlined in his latest publication, 'The Garden Designer’s Survival Manual' (2021), as well as the challenges currently facing the sector. This is his third manual celebrating the running and wellbeing of professional gardening in the private sector after The Head Gardener’s Survival Manual (2011) and The Landscaper’s Survival Manual (2012).