Some get a paper route, others bake pizzas in the weekend, but Roel & Tygo from Beek-Ubbergen (Holland) started a gardeners company. Roel Loosen and Tygo van den Berg started their first official job over 2 years ago, at the age of 11. Now they have built a professional company. 

At the expo for Public Space we met these boys. And we just love to tell their story.

Roel and Tygo are 14 years old. But these 2 boys have the attitude and skills of a grown-up gardener. How did this start in the first place? Roel: ‘Our houses both got big yards and since our youth we helped out maintaining. After that a neighbour asked for our help. She was so pleased she recommended us by a friend. And thus our jobs expended easily.’

School

At this moment Roel & Tygo still go to school. After that they both want to attent an education to become a gardener. In the mean while they build up their own company and perform some beautiful jobs. From designing to planters to paving. ‘We skip electricity and lighting. It’s to vulnerable and dangerous without the right knowledge.’

The boys only work in and around their hometown. Transport is no problem. They work with a riding mower, attach a trailer to their bike or walk with wheelbarrows. ‘We have bought a golf cart recently, which increases our mobility. And otherwise our parents drive us.’

Covergreen® is proud of these young professionals and look forward to their future possibilities. These boys proof once again: youth really does have the future.