2010 - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-29T13:24:08Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/2010Marshalls Awards 2010- Central Scotland- Triple Award Winner.https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/marshalls-awards-2010-central2011-01-28T21:30:00.000Z2011-01-28T21:30:00.000ZBriarlea landscapes & Drivewayshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/BriarlealandscapesDriveways<div><p> </p><p>Central Scotlands Biggest Landscape company has came away gleeming with 3 prestigious marshalls awards.</p><p> </p><p>Best Engineering Achievement ( 2 years running )</p><p>Best driveway installation under 5k</p><p>Best use of ethically sourced Fairstone.</p><p> </p><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314195822?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="150" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314195822?profile=RESIZE_180x180"/></a> </p><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314194770?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="150" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314194770?profile=RESIZE_180x180"/></a> <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314195951?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="150" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314195951?profile=RESIZE_180x180"/></a> <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314199906?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314199906?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/></a></p></div>Marshalls Register Awards 2010 North West Regionhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/marshalls-register-awards-20102010-12-13T16:00:00.000Z2010-12-13T16:00:00.000ZMick Gammagehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/MickGammage<div><p>Crystalclear received the award for the Best driveway transformation over £ 5,000<br/><br/> Peter Montgomery and myself receiving this prestigious award <br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.crystalclearideas.co.uk/2010-marshalls-best-driveway-award/marshalls-best-driveway-2010.htm" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://www.crystalclearideas.co.uk/2010-marshalls-best-driveway-award/recieving-the-award.jpg" alt=""/></a><br/><br/>The Marshalls Register award for the Best Driveway Transformation<br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.crystalclearideas.co.uk/2010-marshalls-best-driveway-award/marshalls-best-driveway-2010.htm" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://www.crystalclearideas.co.uk/2010-marshalls-best-driveway-award/2010-best-driveway-award.jpg" alt=""/></a><br/><br/>Driveway before<br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduobefore-2?context=user">http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduobefore-2?context=user</a><br/><br/>Driveway after<br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduoafter-1?context=user">http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduoafter-1?context=user</a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduo-1?context=user">http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduo-1?context=user</a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduoafter1-1?context=user">http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/drivesettduoafter1-1?context=user</a><br/><br/>I would like to give a big thank you to all the Marshall's staff for putting on a well organised presentation and fantastic night for the 2010 North West region register awards and I look forward to 2011 with the new ideas to be implemented for the Marshall's Installer scheme <br/><br/>Well done everyone</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.crystalclearideas.co.uk/2010-marshalls-best-driveway-award/marshalls-best-driveway-2010.htm" target="_blank">Crystalclear</a></p></div>National Tree Week 2010 - UK Tree Charitieshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/national-tree-week-2010-uk2010-11-22T18:12:02.000Z2010-11-22T18:12:02.000ZPip Howardhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/PipHoward<div>Next week, (the 27th Nov through to the 5th Dec) is the 36th Annual Tree Week. Started in 1975 by the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/">Tree Council</a> it is surely one of the few charitable PR stunt 'weeks' or 'days' that has become a mainstay. Asides from being an optimum time of year for tree planting, it provides a welcome excuse to get involved in a tree planting event up and down the country, which can be through any number of national or local charities.<div><br/></div><div>I have a huge respect for the Tree Council, all their ideas and motives seem to work well, with the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/?q=tree-wardens-homepage">Tree Wardens</a> scheme being particularly useful as it has been accepted into many Parish councils and thus maintains a strong focus and immediate protection for trees in small communities by way of a local representative who is not necessarily qualified but has the best of up to date literature by way of the Tree Council.</div><div><br/></div><div>I used to be involved with the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://internationaltreefoundation.org/">International Tree Foundation</a>, on a localised level. Being a complete tree anorak this suited me down to the ground, but when I went self employed being a member led to many good contracts and indeed my largest (and ongoing) client. As such I would advocate anyone in the profession in joining a similar organisation, the larger charities and trusts do some fantastic work but to be able to actually use your professionalism at a grass roots level will introduce you to potential clients and contracts as well that warm feeling after a good days tree planting.</div><div><br/></div><div>How much does the increasing domination of super charities strip the lesser known and local yet well established charities of potential funding? Certainly in terms of PR in a country where PR is such a significant factor it is obvious that facts such as the huge increase in UK tree cover, (much of which has been the result of these lesser charities hard work and real on the ground efforts) can be abused by other groups and government to 'sex' up their own image.</div><div><br/></div><div>There is and I can speak from experience here a real opportunity for landscaping and horticultural practitioners to highlight their own industry by way of involvement. Although commentary in this regard on here the LJN is speaking to the converted somewhat given the excellent recent charitable exploits of Gary Cobb and Rowly. But as I was taught by the eminent horticulturalist 'Peter Blake' actual presence on the committee of the local branch of a charity allows you to display your own professionalism and expand your business and profile into sectors of the industry you would never have thought possible - a mutual arrangement of huge benefit.</div><div><br/></div><div>Now living in a country where the very idea of the huge membership of charitable organisations is simply disbelieved it is even more apparent how much of my professional life was interlinked with involvement and I miss those days of grabbing a spade and helping in the planting of a new woodland in a small community.</div><div><br/></div><div>To assist in planting a tree the events list for this National Tree Week is here - <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/?q=node/906">Events 2010</a></b></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div></div>UK Landscaping Award 2010https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/uk-landscaping-award-20102010-06-15T16:08:15.000Z2010-06-15T16:08:15.000ZPhil Voicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/philvoice<div><img width="100" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314102196?profile=RESIZE_180x180" alt="" style="float: right;" />Good landscapes, wherever they are, help make great communities. A new town square, a restored coastal path, a regeneration scheme with public space at its heart, all make a contribution to how well a community works. UK Landscaping Award 2010 is looking for the best landscape projects in the UK. They want to show the power of landscape and how they benefit the communities of which they are a part. The UK Landscape Award was created by the <a href="http://www.uklandscapeaward.org/elc/index.php" target="_blank">European Landscape Convention</a> and helps to implement it in the UK. The winner will become the UK's entry to the <a href="http://www.uklandscapeaward.org/about/landscape_award.php" target="_blank">Landscape Award of the Council of Europe (COE)</a> which will be decided by the COE in March 2011. The Award has only been run once before; this is the first time that it has taken place in the UK. For more information, visit the <a href="http://www.uklandscapeaward.org/" target="_blank">UK Landscaping Award 2010 website</a>.
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