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Stihl HLA85, Long reach trimmer.

I have been over the moon with this piece of kit.....until yesterday. It simply wouldnt go. I checked the grease as it hadn't been used for a while but that was fine. The gear moved when I manually rotated it. An hour later, it worked so I thought it

Started by Tony @SM in Machinery

6 Replies · Reply by Simon 20 hours ago

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Huge Ivy Removal

I've just been to look at a potential job that's approx an acre, of fully walled gardens with Ivy that's growing all around the 8ft perimeter wall that has been left for 20+ years. The Ivy is approx 18ft high and easily 8ft wide on the top of the wal

Started by Able Gardens

30 Replies · Reply by Andrew Betteridge 20 hours ago

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Renovating Arbors with a massive wisteria, roses, jasmine and other climbers on them

See the pics below - most of the horizontals on this arbor have or are failing. My idea is to make up a temporary support and effectively jack the heavy wisteria trunks off the exisiting rotten horizontals and slide in a nice new piece of wood - it w

Started by Adam Woods in Groundscare

14 Replies · Reply by Kris Baker yesterday

Landscape Showroom

Hi all,

I have recently joined LJN and thought I would put a quick post on here about my new business.

I have just opened a Landscape Showroom and Products Shop in Newmarket, Suffolk. We have 4 indoor display gardens, composite decking display, art

Started by Richard Wilkinson in Landscaping

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Stihl HLA 86 needed.

Does anyone in either Surrey or West Sussex area know of any local machinery companies that have this in stock? My local dealer is out and they have no idea when they are coming back in, I have called around a few online dealers and although the webs

Started by Harry@VWGS in Machinery

12 Replies · Reply by Stephen r Brook-Smith on Sunday

Estimate for a planting scheme

Just had a quick search of the forum but couldn’t find anything.Estimating the cost of re-planting a border; I know people use a cost/m2. Anyone’s formula would be interesting. I know a line of busy-lizzies planted a foot apart will be different from

Started by Gareth

8 Replies · Reply by Ed Fox on Sunday

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Domestic ride on

hi can anyone recommend a ride on

budget is £1500 will be used once a week on a

1000 sqm lawn... mulch or side shoot........thanks

Started by mark thomas

5 Replies · Reply by Vic 575 on Sunday

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How to Value a Landscaping Business.

To value a landscaping / garden maintenance business depends on the following:-

How much turnover there is (Revenue per annum) It usually has to be over £250,000pa to get serious buyers looking.

How much net profit is made. The norm for this sort of bu

Started by 1st Garden Maintenance in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Andrew Betteridge on Saturday

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Will you or have you increased your rates post-covid to make up for lost revenue during the pandemic?

Alternatively, has your revenue decreased significantly during the pandemic, and how are you planning on redeeming it?

Would be great to hear your opinions on this.

Started by Fleur Voice

39 Replies · Reply by John F on Friday

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Botanical Sexism and the Rise of Hay Fever

As an allergy sufferer, each year I find that my allergies are getting increasingly worse. I’m not the only person who is noticing worse allergies – relatives have also mentioned that they are feeling itchy-eyed and sniffly, people who have never had

Started by Fleur Voice

3 Replies · Reply by Neil Darby on Friday

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Hot weather Tips

🥵 another scorcher of a day and been drinking plenty of water and where possible working in the shade. Maybe a change in diet would be good when it's hot?

got a feeling the next van will have to be a lighter colour not dark grey !

Started by Jonathan Davidson

8 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger on Thursday

Construction Industry Scheme Private Gardens

HI there

We are a garden and landscape design company. All of our clients are private, apart from a couple of school gardens we've done. We design and construct all of our gardens, including all the hard landscaping. Our accountant thinks we should be

Started by KG

3 Replies · Reply by Landscape Juice on Thursday

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Are you looking for an exciting job where you can experience the great outdoors and have a meaningful impact on UK conservation? What better way to mitigate climate change and benefit wildlife than planting trees and helping to create biodiverse habitats. As the UK’s most experienced ecological consultancy and contractor, Ecosulis is currently looking to

ARBORIST/GARDENER opportunity

Opportunity for work experience in Arboriculture/Tree Surgery + Gardening/Landscaping. Based around Kings Lynn / Wisbech. Variety of work,mainly domestic,suitable for pre- college,or similar. Contact chris; hennelly@tiscali.co.uk or 07940 759 121.

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We are looking for an arborist/climber to join our small team for our our well established gardening, property and tree services company. We are looking for someone on an initial trial basis of 3-6 months which may lead to full time employment after this. We would also consider someone part time for 3 days per

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We are looking for a gardener to join our small team for our our well established gardening, property and tree services company. We are looking for someone that has the potential to move up to Head Gardener/Team Leader within a year. This means we require someone with ambition, enthusiasm, experience and a good knowledge of

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