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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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Design drawings - hand vs Sketchup

Hi all

I'm a design newbie and I wanted to ask your opinion. Do I need to learn how to hand draw site plans and surveys or would something like Sketchup or other software make hand drawn plans and surveys redundant.

Thanks

Susan

Started by Susan Lynn in Design

5 Replies · Reply by Rigsby May 21, 2021

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Garden Design on a Steep Slope

Hi All,

So after 20 years of garden maintenance including design and development, the change over to design and landscaping has started (https://www.gardenwisewatford.co.uk/)

I have to admit it's really stressful, with a steep learning curve. Currently

Started by Karsten Tomkins in Design and Landscaping

47 Replies · Reply by Sam Smith Jan 25, 2021

Drone Imagery

Hello,

I am a qualified, CAA registered drone operator and I have also been helping my friend with his garden. I put the drone up and took some aerial shots and he seemed impressed with what you can achieve visually. Do you guys think that this is a s

Started by Rob Ellingham

4 Replies · Reply by Rob Ellingham Jan 31, 2019

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! ! ! BLACK FRIDAY - special price on the ZipLevel Digital Level ! ! !

Special 'BLACK FRIDAY' Sale on Ziplevel!

(Or maybe make it a Black and Yellow Friday!!)

From now until Monday 27th November you can save up to £100 (including VAT) on a brand new ZipLevel digital level.

Either buy online at the link below or telephone

Started by Paul Errington in Landscaping

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ZipLevel Survey instrument - visit our exhibition stand at The UK Concrete Show, Hall 5, NEC Birmingham - on now!

Come and see us and the amazing ZipLevel Survey Instrument at our exhibition stand at The UK Concrete Show 2017.

On now!

Hall 5, NEC, Birmingham Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 February.

Started by Paul Errington in Landscaping

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Upgraded Website - Feedback Please ?

Hi folks

All this downtime has given me chance to revamp my website and I would really welcome your feedback and suggestions as to how I may improve it further. It seems daft not to tap into all the knowledge and experience within the group and I know

Started by Ray Littlewood in Marketing

16 Replies · Reply by Geoffrey King Dec 26, 2016

For Sale: Landscape, Design and Maintenance business based in North London

Posted on behalf of LJN member.

Based in North London, working in east, north, west and central London, mainly.

Financials:

Last financial year: £299K
Net profit last financial year: £14.7K
Current year to date: £139K
Net profit current year to da

Started by Landscape Juice in Design, Business, and Groundscare

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garden design software.

hey everyone.

does anyone know of any good garden design software that i can get on my windows laptop? preferably free for the time being.

thanks

nathan

Started by Nathan millward in Design

3 Replies · Reply by Mitchel ingham Feb 15, 2016

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Would you design a garden for a favour? Designer sued for £265k after back garden ‘disaster’

A cutionary tale:

"A couple whose “grand design” for the back garden of their £5 million home became a money pit are suing a former close friend over the turmoil.

Recruitment tycoon Peter Burgess and his graphic designer wife, Lynn, blame architectu

Started by Phil Voice in Design

4 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Jan 20, 2016

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Why are there so few female designers at the Chelsea flower show?

The extraordinary thing is that in an industry dominated at grassroots level by women (the Society of Garden Designers, the industry’s representative body, has 1,041 members, of whom 70% are female), most of the top prizes are taken by men. In more t

Started by Phil Voice in Design

6 Replies · Reply by John F May 25, 2015

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Fancy a bit of lawn edging

https://niume.com/pages/post/?postID=24110

Started by Geoffrey King in Design

2 Replies · Reply by Thermo Mar 22, 2015

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Where to go for horticulture and landscaping courses in the UK

Writtle College

Started by Phil Voice in Careers

1 Reply · Reply by Phil Voice Feb 2, 2015

Good and returning customers

Following the discussion regarding 'frustrations with clients' there must be another side to this. As a designer, there is nothing better than good customers looking after their investment and, as their gardens mature and improve, call you back for f

Started by Mike Bradley in Design

7 Replies · Reply by Mike Bradley May 6, 2015

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Point clouds, scanning, and SketchUp

Many of you have asked us: “How can scan data be used in SketchUp?” We care a lot about usability, so the notion of importing 500 million points into SketchUp often makes us twitch. Recently, though, we spotted an opportunity to update an existing T

Started by Phil Voice in Design

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Gardeners World 2014

Hello all,

Been a busy start to the year so far, lots of projects going on and in the pipeline. Anyone who i speak to about workload seems to be very positive, builders merchants are busy as are builders and I'm sure landscapers will be hot on the tai

Started by Ben Corah in Design

2 Replies · Reply by Ben Corah Mar 27, 2014

Career With London Stone

Hello Landscape Juice

London Stone are looking for 5 people to join our team.
I know that this isn't a job site but I have posted here because we always like our people to have experience or an interest in hard landscaping or garden design. If anyone

Started by Steve London Stone in Careers

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Should there be compulsory on-site construction training for garden designers?

There's been a cracking discussion on Linkedin centred around the LJN topic 'Ladies who lunch - can the SGD prove Tim Richardson wrong?'

The discussion has ebbed and flowed from initial anger from some (about how their profession is portrayed by Tim

Started by Phil Voice in Design

13 Replies · Reply by Nicki Jackson Feb 24, 2014

Potential landscape opportunity - the Dolomites

Blimey - how would you unobtrusively integrate this unforeseen problem into your client proposal? Instant rockery!!

Started by Adrian Valentine

5 Replies · Reply by David Benson Feb 4, 2014

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