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Landscaper needed, experience with paving/decking/fencing essential to work within a small Brighton based company Good rate of pay depending on experience. Driving licence preferred.Hard Landscaper
This is a full time permanent position for a professional hard landscaper at a small business which specalise in high end landscaping and masonry. This position includes very little soft landscaping and gardening as we work closely with another company who undertake that aspect of the projects. You will need exceptional attention to detail andSEASONAL GARDENER / GROUNDS MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE
Due to the imminent retirement of one of our excellent, long standing gardeners, EDR Landscapes are looking to hire a full time, seasonal domestic garden and grounds maintenance operative. A further part time opportunity is also available. Full time work is available each season from March to November, with some occasional winter work available. WorkExperienced Horticulturist
About the job: • Experienced horticulturist required for garden maintenance and soft landscaping • Plant based • Great prospects for promotion • Access to company van • Company smartphone • Training plan provided • All PPE and uniform provided • Attractive and progressive salary subject to experienceLandscape Gardener
Experienced Landscaper required for busy garden design and build company in East Hampshire / Surrey area. Minimum 5 years experience required, with a high level of competency in all areas of garden construction. Ability to drive essential. Good rates of pay for the correct applicant. The company is based in Alton and carries out domesticGrounds maintenance Operative
We are recruiting a Commercial maintenance Operative for our expanding business. The role requires someone who’s experienced in the field, and is reliable and able to work in a team. Main duties include ride on machinery, strimming, hedge cutting and other maintenance duties. We look after sites across Sussex down to Hampshire and fulfilling ourTree Care Manager
Bawden Tree Care, an Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor, has an exciting vacancy for a motivated, organised and dynamic Tree Care Manager. The successful candidate will run and develop our small but busy tree surgery department, ensuring all work meets quality and safety standards whilst being able to plan and monitor work through to completion. TheGrounds and Gardens assistant
Full Time Grounds and gardening job available, working as part of a small team of 3 + 1 manager. Job application should be going up soon on NHS jobs website, I will link it when it is up. Includes, Mowing , weeding, spraying, planting, hedge trimming, plus some daily rubbish collection, and gritting a fewLandscape Gardener (commercial maintenance)
We have open positions for experienced commercial maintenance landscape gardeners, ideally with good handyman skills, to join our company based in West Surrey due to expansion. We work across the South/South East predominately for commercial clients. The candidate will have/be: · Experienced in commercial grounds / estates maintenance, along with practical handyman skills · PresentableBusiness Objectives Group (BOG)
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Tips for others that you've learned the hard way
Can you name something, positive or negative, that you've done (or should have done) this trading year that;s impacted on your business?
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Admin for commercial work
I am looking at going into commercial work and would like to know what is usually required by tender issuers as regards to paperwork,contracts, qualifications and business structure etc. I obviously have public and employers liability PA1+6 in…
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Quickbooks and Get jobber
I have a new bookkeeper that insists I run QB. She is keen for me to use QB for all my invoices, however, I am more than happy with getting jobber and it's ecosystem. Plus my clients all love jobber too. Am I wrong here, I was led to believe that…
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Advice for Completely Dead Lawn. Start from scratch or attempt a renovation?
Hi, If anyone has any advice for me on this I'd appreciate it. I need to quote for reviving or starting from scratch with a 600m2 lawn. It's very close to the coast and it's really sandy. I'm new to the lawn but it was turfed 2 or 3 years ago and is…
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Reducing LERAPand stem injection
It has been suggested to me ( by someone in the pesticide industry) that I should augment my PA6 with a tickets for reducing LERAP and stem injection with a view to going after work on controlling invasive species. Does anyone have experience of…
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Pricing for a playing field
Afternoon all, I have been invited to tender for a local parich council grass cutting contract - all seems straight forward enough, but I could do with a little help regarding pricing for the larger areas. For example there is a football…
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Did we lose the elitism argument?
I've just posted a new discussion in the open forum about a new fledgling association that is being founded by Alan Sargent. I hope that members will give the concept a full debate. I started Landscape Juice in 2006 in order to break up the elitist…
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Retaining staff
Just after folks’ thoughts We all talk about how hard it is to get good staff and just as importantly retaining them. I have a lad I took on in the spring, he is keen, motivated and has a real interest in his job, 29. A proper keeper. I pay him a…
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I had my crewcab with rear shutter type doors broken into last night. While i was having my tea. They took a mitox sp hand held blower, stihl km94 with hl145 trimmer, edger, chainsaw and strimmer attachments. My dash cam was taken as well. Lucky I…
"I have an petrol apache shredder which does what I consider a reasonable job. Certainly a million times better than domestic electric ones. Chips up to about 2 inches and gives a good product for mulching. It's maximum width is 27inches so you'd hav…"
"Have they paid for the materials up front? If so, I would speak to them and tell them you cannot continue in these conditions. "
"Could you lift a fence panel and access from a neighbours garden? Or, put it bulk bags and lift them over the wall?
I have a Treebuster that will fit through a standard gate but as you say it is very heavy. You wouldn't lift it over a sleeper, le…"
I have a Treebuster that will fit through a standard gate but as you say it is very heavy. You wouldn't lift it over a sleeper, le…"
"Would be awful if you accidentally stepped in the poo and the sick and walked it through their house..."
Hi all,anybody had much experience with getting a chipper into a garden with virtually no access?!! Only way in is either through the front door, meandering through the house then up really steep steps or up a footpath then lowering it over a wall!…
So I got asked to do some work with a TV show, 'Garden Rescue' that were to be filming locally to me. They wanted me to put in 20m2 grey sandstone patio in a day, not a massive area bearing in mind prep work was to be done by someone else and in all…
Hi,I am in the middle of a patio job right now & would just like some advice please. From the very beginning of the job I’ve explained once Iv laid hardcore etc and lay the paving slabs not to walk all over it. 3 times I have now come on to site wit…
"Thanks Gary, I had looked at next year, but only next year with a view to managing the site in a better way - previous contractor refused to work after October and before March - how does that work?
Also spent much time weeding and less time maintai…"
Also spent much time weeding and less time maintai…"
"Yeah, I am begining to think I may have to push this a bit more, mulch isn't an option on this site, so either we carry on weeding, or we use a chemcial process."
"Dan the residents seem to have some pathalogical dislike of spraying - no back packs etc. That said, I did push it earlier in the season and they said they may reconsider. My idea revolved around being able to apply the chemicals but not with a spr…"
"Bit of flip side on this one Tony, they want to pay for the weeding, we would rather cut back on it and put the time in elsewhere!
It is quite a 'prim and proper' site, they like all the leaves removed and beds spotless, I had thought about mulch ba…"
It is quite a 'prim and proper' site, they like all the leaves removed and beds spotless, I had thought about mulch ba…"
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Equipment stolen
I had my crewcab with rear shutter type doors broken into last night. While i was having my tea. They took a mitox sp hand held blower, stihl km94 with hl145 trimmer, edger, chainsaw and strimmer attachments. My dash cam was taken as well. Lucky I disturbed the bastards I did chase a guy but he was off like a flash into the waiting car. I was lucky only to loose that as my honda mower strimmer and a hedge trimmer were on the back of the pick up. I've had my fuel cans also taken and makita…
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Chippers
Hi all, anybody had much experience with getting a chipper into a garden with virtually no access?!! Only way in is either through the front door, meandering through the house then up really steep steps or up a footpath then lowering it over a wall! Problem is it's going to be a huge pile of waste to deal with so will take days with an electric hobby type machine but it seems even a small petrol chipper is damn heavy! Just wondering if anyone may know of a high output electric or maybe a…
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TV programmes..
So I got asked to do some work with a TV show, 'Garden Rescue' that were to be filming locally to me. They wanted me to put in 20m2 grey sandstone patio in a day, not a massive area bearing in mind prep work was to be done by someone else and in all likelihood probably not going to be done until at least late morning. I provisionally said ok even though im currently in the middle of a large contract, erring on the side of caution and expressing my concerns about it being done as quick as that,…
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What would you do??
Hi, I am in the middle of a patio job right now & would just like some advice please. From the very beginning of the job I’ve explained once Iv laid hardcore etc and lay the paving slabs not to walk all over it. 3 times I have now come on to site with dog foul all over the place and have walked in today with dog urination on my tools and sick by my mixer. How do you implement terms and conditions? What would your terms and conditions mention about dog fouling etc? Do you charge? Stop the…
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The acceptable level of scarifying
A very good client recently had his lawn scarified after treatment by lawn specialists ,There were three visits in total owing to the size of the lawn so a continuation of treated areas and not going over the patches already scarified which are still clinging to the soil . Next stage my job is to reseed all the dead patches as per thier advice but i am finding the dead areas of grass left very difficult to remove with my thatch rake in order to prepare the soil ready for re seeding . First i…
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Buying pesticides
I find it both annoying and frustrating that I have to, quite rightly, do at least two courses and tests to apply pesticides anywhere but a supplier just has to get a customer to agree, with no proof, that they are qualified to apply pesticide and they send the order out. Why do they not need proof of a PA1/6 before sending the order it's basic common sence. The reason for my rant. I saw a guy spraying a petrol station today in shorts no PPE and it was raining every other hour. I cannot believe…
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Pre Emergent - Granular
We look after an over 50's complex with a good run of planted borders. This is our first year, and we've spent alot of time weeding, we think we can put some of that time to better use. We've been invited to quote to come back next year, always a good sign, and I've been thinking about the annual weed situation. Chemical spraying has been all but outlawed as the residents don't like the idea of spraying on plant beds, so I am looking for an alternative solution. I've come across granular pre…
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today is the first real rain we have had for about 4 months it started about 1pm and is still raining all my waterbutts are overflowing
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SB Foundation HFU 20Kg Bag 25g/m2 £35
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Acidifies Sand.
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Promotion: SB Nutrizorb £330 delivered 1-ton Drill & Fill, wear areas etc. Slow release…
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Brian Scott, Course Manager at the Rosemount course at Blairgowrie Golf Club in Perthshire, Scotland, believes that the success of his greens is largely thanks to a tank-mix combination of ICL’s Vitalnova Stressbuster and Syngenta’s…
