Founded in 2008. The Landscape Juice Network (LJN) is the largest and fastest growing professional landscaping and horticultural association in the United Kingdom.
LJN's professional business forum is unrivalled and open to anyone within within the UK landscape industry
LJN's Business Objectives Group (BOG) is for any Pro serious about building their business.
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Our skill set is huge and if you are a landscaper/gardener like myself, then even bigger with plant names, pruning schedules, pests and diseases to name a few.
We are akin to builders, but if I put a garden quote in and it's a few thousand it gets baulked at quite often.
My friends often joke that all I do is cut grass, but unfortunately I think a lot of people actually think this.
It doesn't help that people like david Cameron makes flippant comments like when he suggested convicted criminals should do things like pick up litter and do gardening!
Also the mow and go men as we call them who turn up in summer just to earn a few quid devalue the rest of us.
The only thing that I can think of is to have a necessary legal qualification which is paid for. That may put the cowboys off.
Totally agree with above - undervalued not necessarily from a financial view, but from a knowledge and skill set position. I'd like to see Cameron work with me for a day or two but that's another issue entirely. I am a one man operation but (hopefully) retain valued customers with proficiency knowledge and reliability. I can see change of the perception of our industry through writing blogs and for local papers/parish magazines aimed at all people with an outdoor area. I've been writing blogs for a year now, best thing I ever did. If it can resonate with the single parent with little time, the kid who wants to grow some veg etc. it surely must be a good thing.
From a pro side, I am not versed in the trade association situation (BALI etc), but I know LJN educates both us in the trade and the wider public audience so again, it can only be a force for good.
I do not own a straw hat at this point though....
Haha you must do the same Charlie - your writing is right to the point! I write a periodic blog (usually weather related!) on my site www.denbighshiregardening.com
With my skill set, experience, qualifications and awards I would probably earn double if I was a sparky or plumber or joiner.
Charlies Twitter handle is @Bloomsblogs the "s" is missing in the above post.
Not defending the bad employers but if you don't like it leave. Get a new job, start up your own business. There are far too many people who think the world owes them a living. It doesn't.
If you don't feel valued by your employer it's time to move on.
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