Have you got any qualifications? http://www.ucheducationcentre.org/summertime-slots/ summertime slots  At Edinburgh, Dan and three friends were given a small grant from the Alpine Garden Society, which just covered the cost of the petrol to get them to Picos de Europa in northern Spain. "It was an epiphany," says Dan and created a yearning for mountains and the wilderness. Edinburgh was followed by four years on the diploma course at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.