“The readings help you to align your outdoor space with the life you want to lead.” - Connor Healy

A Solihull entrepreneur, who credits numerology with getting his life back on track, is believed to be the first in the UK to now offer it as part of his landscape gardening service.

Connor Healy has introduced the personalised garden mapping, also incorporating astrology and feng shui, which he claims is leaving clients feeling better about their gardens – despite some initial scepticism.

The move has been triggered by recent mental health battles for the 31-year-old who is now determined to pass on his new-found knowledge for the benefit of his Healy Garden Design customers.

All these practices are rooted in ancient and divine beliefs around the relationships with numbers, energy flow, elements and celestial cycles.

The launch of his business, eight years ago, marked a return to the trade for Connor who discovered his green fingers as young as two years old, helping his dad’s business in the summer holidays. It had been after several unfulfilling roles in sales and retail that led him back to pursue his own independent entrepreneurial ambitions.

He started out by mowing lawns, eventually responding to customer requests for other gardening services and soon growing to take on permanent staff, Ashton Box and Astley Meadows, both from Redditch.

But it was Connor’s own personal journey of healing – and a triple diagnosis of ADHD, autism and diabetes - that led him to launch this latest chapter – which he claims is unique among the trade.

He said:

“I had grown the business so much that I couldn't manage it and it came to a point where I didn't know how to deal with it anymore and kept burning out. I couldn't understand why."

“I would tend to catastrophise over every little thing while trying to manage expectations of customers and employees, as well as facing financial struggle. I was just moving forward without direction. I almost felt like my mind was scattered. And because of the hormone imbalance with the diabetes, and then with the ADHD and autism, I think it all just became too much to navigate."

“But the diagnoses did answer a few questions and, in particular, helped me understand that as you put systems into business, you also need to put systems into yourself. Habits, values etc. are so, important.”

Numerology is the mystical study of the numerical vibrations behind numbers, letters, and symbols, often used to understand personality, life purpose, and future cycles. Rooted in the belief that all things are interconnected numerically, it uses a person's birth date and name to calculate core numbers - most notably the Life Path Number - which reveal insights.

Determined to share his numerology knowledge with as many as possible, Connor has also reaches out to people online in need of support. And, this month, he launched his new Numerical Profiling website.

“I really love trying to teach people about this, because it's helped me understand my patterns, and I take great reward in seeing how it can help others. I realised I could also use it as part of their design vision for their gardens. The readings help you to align your outdoor space with the life you want to lead,” he said.

“The mapping helps my customers make better decisions so making a better long-term investment in their garden and it leaves people feeling more of a sense of achievement. They often tell me afterwards that they feel proud of it because it feels exactly the right fit for them.”

“The free energy readings provide an added element to my work which builds trust quicker because it's giving them something that no other landscaper does.”

By also adopting Feng Shui (which translates as ‘wind water’), Connor ensures harmony, balance and positive energy flow are optimised in the garden by adjusting furniture layout, incorporating the right natural elements and minimising clutter. While astrology takes into consideration the importance of the sun’s movements as well as aspects of the person’s personality.

But Connor admits it’s a leap of faith for many of his customers, adding: “I think the sceptics will always be sceptics but most people embrace it. I haven’t come across a single person who says the reading is wrong. They’ve agreed afterwards it makes total sense."

“Sometimes certain things aren't working for them in their garden but they don’t know why and this is where the energy reading reports come in. I give them an angle that no one else offers.”

Connor says he knows his dad, and former mentor, who died in December, was supportive of the successful business he went on to build.

He said: “Dad had taught me a lot but I have also learned a lot as I’ve gone along. I know he was proud of me because other people have told me. It’s been a steep learning curve but now the mapping service has given both the business - and myself - a new lease of life.” Visit Healy Garden Design at here.

Photo credit: Carol Bailey Photography.