Faith Douglas began her career as a nurse. At 29 she retrained in Horticulture as she's always had a love of all things nature. She has since worked for a charity called Horticap delivering Horticulture as therapy to adults with a wide range of learning disabilities. She became curator of Thorp Perrow Arboretum seven years ago, which she still does part time. Faith is a Usui Reiki Master Practitioner. She offers Forest bathing as a therapeutic activity. In 2016 Faith led a group from Help for Heroes to assist with the build on the 'Welcome to Yorkshire' garden designed by Matthew Wilson. The garden went on the win a Silver Award and the People's Choice Award.