Ruth Shelton qualified as a dispensing optician in 1995, but not even she could have seen how her life would pan out over the decades that followed. A few years into motherhood, she decided that it was time to follow an entirely new path and undertook a degree in Landscape Management, remarkably managing to overcome her once-debilitating dyspraxia by achieving a First.In this episode, we chat to Ruth about her experiences in optics, as well as how her opening into this new world of landscaping has enhanced her life beyond even her imagination.