Jobs: My first step to success: Flowers became a way of life.

(From Daily Post (Liverpool))

Byline: Julie Richards-Williams

EVERYTHING is coming up roses for Janette Tristram since she changed careers and fulfilled her ambition to become her own boss.

No longer a secretary, she is now a qualified florist, running her own successful shop in the busy seaside village of Rhos on Sea.

Although Janette came into floristry by chance 13 years ago, she has found the ideal outlet for her creative talent and loves every aspect of the work, not least having a good rapport with customers, who come back time and time again.

``I had been a personal secretary ever since I left school and although it was well …