So far, summer 2023 has been so wet that very few grass lawns have lost their colour and have stayed a lush, verdant shade of green. But it's not too late for them to succumb to a heatwave and morph into an arid, honey coloured, carpet that is prickl
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Its a miserable day here in Essex. Mild, wet and ideal for plants.
Our latest blog offers some suggestions for low maintenance planting ideas that your clients will love.
What percentage of your clients would you say specifically reque
Good morning!
It feels as though its been a while since I spoke to anybody on here - we've been super-busy responding to enquiries and building quotes for potential customers.
Here's a conversation starter though - what's the worst piece of business-r
Judging by discussions on various social media platforms, there are a lot of very worried people in the landscape industry right now. Folks are concerned about low numbers of enquiries and an even lower conversion rate. I've even seen a couple of p
I don't know about you, but I've been spending quite a few evenings outdoors lately - once the heat has gone out of the sun it's by far the most comfortable place to be.....I've even been tempted to sleep under the stars!
Garden lighting has been a sa
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I have a client with an ali baba terracotta urn water feature. It needs repairing. I thought I had sorted it . But it needs the proper fittings to connect the pump tubing at the bottom of the pot to a pipe that goes inside the pot in the center
With the likelihood that we're about to go into a recession, it's more important than ever to make sure that you are charging properly for your services. For example, how do you decide what to charge for your hourly rate? Is it a figure you've pul
That time of year is approaching fast - you know the scenario - the sun peeks out from behind a cloud and all of a sudden the phone starts ringing off the hook. "I need a bigger patio" "When can you re-plant my borders?" "Please give me a quote for
This guest blog on the My Garden Design website was written for us by Simon Hedley of Boughton Loam.
Soil is at the heart of most landscaping schemes and certainly every planting plan we work on. And caring for the soil is an integral part of sustain
We've been super busy this week. Not only have we given our website a facelift so that it's easier to navigate; We've also made a start on adding some of this year's work to our case studies page.
Take a look at this fabulous garden designed on be
Winter is when work slows down a little and we all get a little more time to review the year just gone and make plans for next year.
Have you thought of offering garden design or planting plans as an extra service to your clients? Maybe you feel you
In the wake of COP26, I got to thinking about our own working practices (I run a landscaping business as well as a garden design studio). What more could landscapers and gardeners do to combat climate change?
Waste is sometimes an issue for us - not
It's tricky isn't it? When you know that a garden is just craving a lawn rather than a hard landscaped area, but your client is adamant that he or she doesn't want to be mowing on a regular basis.
We all know that natural lawns have heaps of advantag
A 636m stretch of native hedgerow mix whips planted by Rob Bowditch and his crew, with great ease, using the Turf Teq Trencher which really speeded up the job. Great team work!
Turf Teq design and manufacture a range of walk-behind Power Rakes, Edger
One of the optional extra services available from My Garden Design is to have your design rendered into 3D.
It's a great sales tool for landscapers because it really does help clients to imagine how they may use their newly revamped space. They can st
Morning everyone!
One of the questions I'm asked most often (the most common query is "what does it cost?") is, "how long will it take me to learn the program and get a design?"
Well, here's the thing, the whole My Garden Design website has been create
We've been busy adding new content to our website.
Some of our clients (understandably) are reluctant to let us showcase designs we've created on their behalf, but these landscaping entrepeneurs have given us permission to go public with their commiss
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As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
Britmow weren’t aware how much of an impact attending a trade show would have on their future endeavours. In the run up to their 50th anniversary, they were exploring ideas of how to celebrate. It’s only when they met Kate Cooney from…
“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
The programme…
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Morning all, I haven't been here for a long time as Ive been suffering with my mental health quite badly since the pandemic changed my life/business. Before this industry, I worked in the electrical industry, but I decided on a career in ground…
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