INTERVIEW


THE BIG


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INSIDE THE SECRET GARDEN


The Covid pandemic changed the world of work for many people – for Derry Green it was, as he explains, “a total reset”.


The successful transport business he had built up collapsed within three days of the first lockdown in 2020, leaving him facing an uncertain future and relying on universal credit.


With time on his hands and two bored children, Derry, “looking for something to do”, set to work building a glamping pod they could all enjoy in the garden of his Skelmersdale home.


It was the start of an incredible story that saw him become a social media sensation, wow the judges on the hit TV show Dragons’ Den, find love and build a business that is on course for a £5m turnover this year, with impressive growth plans.


Little wonder the 42-year-old describes the journey he has been on as “baffling” adding: “It has changed both my business and my personal life dramatically.”


Today, the entrepreneur behind The Secret Garden Glamping is hard at work getting ready to launch a second location


in Cornwall, building on the phenomenal success of his original West Lancashire site.


The Skelmersdale woodland location, which has become a local landmark, is already the most viewed, most booked, and most followed glamping site in the UK.


With more 1.3 million social media followers and a waiting list of two years, The Secret Garden Glamping has firmly placed the West Lancashire town on the map when it comes to luxury tourism.


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