Founded in 2008. The Landscape Juice Network (LJN) is the largest and fastest growing professional landscaping and horticultural association in the United Kingdom.
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For the researching visitor there's a wealth of landscaping ideas, garden design ideas, lawn advice tips and advice about garden maintenance.
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Nick.
good answer nick!
LJN is all about sharing so I'm a bit confused by your question Neil.
With regard to the blacklist comment, it arose from a touch of guilt for raising a negative side effect of LJN. Wasn't serious.
Sharing info in my opinion is the choice of the individual. I have no doubt that between us we could build design plant and maintain the best garden "in the world". However if the chap or lady wot builds stone obelisks chooses not to share than we don't have any stone obelisks and that bit of knowledge is lost from our garden. But that's their choice.
By the way, if you build stone obelisks for a living I apologise for using your craft as an example. It was the first thing that came to mind!
LJN has pretty much driven sentiment within the landscape industry since its inception in 2008. Our members have asked the questions and posted replies to many topics others would rather have seen kept quiet...unless one parted with hundreds of pounds.
Take the ongoing thread about turning work dowen on religious or moral grounds (see here: http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/have-you-turned-d...)
I can think of no other place - whether that's a trade magazine or website - that is capable or would allow this type of discussion.
However, through this thread I feel we've (collectively) done such a service to help our industry understand and deal with people's feelings on this subject.
Long may we all continue to do such an important job;)
Neil Copeland said:
Definitely share knowledge as it can have a positive effect on potential customers to either do something in their own garden or get someone else to do it (hopefully you!) I find that giving people an insight into things is the first part of upselling your potential services for them. If they go to someone else, it has cost you a few minutes of your time. If you show knowledge, insight and enthusiasm, the chances are the work will come your way. As Harry says, education of how and why we do tasks can only be beneficial to our trade as a whole.
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