somerset - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-28T20:36:07Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/somersetLaying Avon Turf -- The Fundamentals.https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/laying-turf-the-fundamentals2013-11-22T18:30:00.000Z2013-11-22T18:30:00.000ZRoy Bassetthttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/RoyBassett<div><p><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-3">At Avon Turf, we've been working as landscape gardeners and turf farmers in the south west for a generation. We've witnessed industry trends come and go, as technology has evolved. We were in this game when rolling turf was an endurance event. Today we sit back and let our turf harvester do the heavy lifting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-3">Although we offer a landscaping service, we're happy to simply deliver turf too. Customers, and local gardeners, often quiz us on the best practice for laying turf. There are different schools of thought; Some stagger the strips, others lay them to create a stripy effect and there are those who just throw it down and let nature do the rest.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;">Lawn Care Fundamentals</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-3">Through the years, we've witness a multitude of approaches from customers and gardeners with varied degrees of competence and experience. Truth be told, laying turf doesn't require an MBA, but a firm grasp of the fundamentals helps. Our organizing principle here is efficiency, let's roll. </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-2">Here's a rollcall of the essentials:</span></em></p><ul><li><em><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-2">Topsoil</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-2">A Wheelbarrow (Well, that depends ...)</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-2">Planks</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-2">Gloves</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-2">Turf Knife</span></em></li><li><em><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;" class="font-size-2">Garden Sprinkler</span></em></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;">Before the fun and games ensue, let's assume you've done the groundwork. For turf to set and rise, you'll require a healthy <a rel="nofollow" href="http://avonturfsupplies.co.uk/avon-topsoil/" target="_blank">foundation of soil</a>. We distribute screened topsoil that is ready to disperse evenly and rich in all the essential nutrients, including phosphorous and potassium. Without the right balance, your turf will wither and fade.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;">As you unfurl the turf, begin with the perimeter. This will give you a guideline as you progress. Unroll the turf parallel, tucking the turves in tightly. Rhizomes allow the turf to bond laterally, but not if there are broad gaps. As you progress to the perimeter your turf knife will come in handy. Perfection isn't necessary, just ensure the turves are in touch and nature will do the rest. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-5" style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;">Look After Your Investment</span></span></strong></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times;">Once laid your turf will need up to 7 days to become established. During this period you'll need to apply the water generously and evenly throughout the lawn. In the event of discoloration or gaps parting the turf, contact your <a rel="nofollow" href="http://avonturfsupplies.co.uk/" target="_blank">turf distributor</a> to safeguard your investment. Turf can be laid in an afternoon, but can slowly fade over weeks and months. </span></span></p></div>Approved Grono artificial grass lawn installer Devonhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/approved-grono-artificial-grass-lawn-installer-devon-12012-10-24T20:00:00.000Z2012-10-24T20:00:00.000ZJackson's Landscape Designhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/JacksonsLandscapeDesign<div><p style="text-align: center;">Jackson's Landscape Design have been <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.grono.co.uk/artificial-grass/item/Approved.html" target="_self">approved</a> as Devon's artificial grass, artificial lawn, synthetic grass, astro turf, artificial lawns, artificial, lawns, synthetic lawn, synthetic lawns, fake grass installers for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.grono.co.uk/synthetic-grass.php" target="_self">Grono Artificial lawn Specialists</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Fake grass used in Garden design and Landscaping Devon:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fe936970b-popup"><img alt="Garden design and Landscaping Devon" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e20167689fe936970b" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fe936970b-500wi" title="Garden design and Landscaping Devon"/></a><br/></p><p style="text-align: center;">For you garden, landscaping projects that require low mainenance within the garden design, landscape, we are able to supply and install Grono's premium products within your required garden landscaping areas.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We are more than happy to install Grono artificial lawns throughout the counties of Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Why have an artificial lawn?</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">NO mowing</p><p style="text-align: center;">NO muddy/bald patches</p><p style="text-align: center;">NO weeds</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hard wearing (lasts up to 20 years)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fade resistant</p><p style="text-align: center;">Flame retardant</p><p style="text-align: center;">Green all year round</p><p style="text-align: center;">Little maintenance</p><p style="text-align: center;">UV resistant</p><p style="text-align: center;">NO animal urine burns</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Artificial Lawns:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fdbe0970b-popup"><img alt="Artificial lawns" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e20167689fdbe0970b" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fdbe0970b-500wi" title="Artificial lawns"/></a><br/> <br/></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Real grass can lose its colour and vibrancy during hot dry weather. Artificial Grass stays green and lush as the day it was laid.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fake grass is much more cost-effective than paving or other artificial coverings - and when you measure the investment over the life of the grass it can even work out cheaper than laying and maintaining natural turf.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Artificial grass installation video:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="853" height="480" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XroTSO19hVU?wmode=opaque"></iframe> <span> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">A synthetic lawn is an ideal surface for play areas as it is incredibly soft and very forgiving, even when the impact is a big one! There has been a huge amount of research and development in this area and we can now provide a safe and user-friendly surface that is suitable for a typical landscaped garden, childrens play area.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Grono product image:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ad279970d-popup"><img alt="Grono product image" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ad279970d-500wi" title="Grono product image"/></a></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">An artificial lawn is perfect for hay-fever sufferers, people with second homes, pets and even elderly people who find it difficult maintaining their lawn. Astro turf is ideal for areas where grass won't grow naturally.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Synthetic lawns are suitable for private / ornamental lawns, play areas and safety surfaces, sports practice areas, pool surrounds, roof gardens and terraces, small back yards, public areas and exhibitions.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Landscaped garden in Torquay, Devon:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ae21a970d-popup"><img alt="Landscaped garden in Torquay, Devon" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e20177437ae21a970d" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ae21a970d-500wi" title="Landscaped garden in Torquay, Devon"/></a><br/> <br/></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>For all your inquiries regarding the garden design, installation, landscaping with fake grass I'm just an email or phone call away.</strong></p></div>Quality Designers plants, at realistic prices, from the South West Landscape Centrehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/quality-designers-plants-at-realistic-prices-from-the-south-west2012-08-01T20:10:33.000Z2012-08-01T20:10:33.000ZT & S Plantshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/TSPlants<div><p>Over the last few months, the South West Landscape Centre have reviewed their pricing.</p><p>The result is very simple, as follows. For all our home-grown production, our prices will be fixed for the next 12 months.</p><p><strong>5 litre - Shrubs, Grasses and selected Herbaceous - All £4.15</strong></p><p>From Abelia to Viburnum, we have a great range. All hard grown, outside, in peat-free compost. Our 5 litre Agapanthus are obviously budded, most with 3 buds, not just 1 bud, so unlike a normal 3 litre.</p><p>Euphorbia wulfenii, Liriope. Stipa, Melainthus or Carex, our 5 litre range.</p><p><strong>10 litre - Deciduous Shrubs - £10.00</strong></p><p>Callicarpa, with flower, or pehaps Philadelphus Belle Etoile or Virginal, laden in flower last month.</p><p><strong>10 litre - Evergreen Shrubs - £11.00</strong></p><p>Choisya ternata Sundance, the best we have ever seen. Cordyline, Phormium, Ceanothus, Pittosporum the same.</p><p>Hey, don't take our word for our quality, why not take a look for yourself ? </p><p> </p><p>The South West Landscape Centre is open from:</p><p>08:00 - 16:00 Monday - Friday</p><p>09:00 - 12:00 Saturday</p><p>Visit us, view us, try us, test us.</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.southwestlandscapecentre.co.uk">www.southwestlandscapecentre.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Approved Grono artificial grass lawn installer Devonhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/approved-grono-artificial-grass-lawn-installer-devon2012-07-20T13:43:30.000Z2012-07-20T13:43:30.000ZJackson's Landscape Designhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/JacksonsLandscapeDesign<div><p style="text-align: center;">Jackson's Landscape Design have been <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.grono.co.uk/artificial-grass/item/Approved.html" target="_self">approved</a> as Devon's artificial grass, artificial lawn, synthetic grass, astro turf, artificial lawns, artificial, lawns, synthetic lawn, synthetic lawns, fake grass installers for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.grono.co.uk/synthetic-grass.php" target="_self">Grono Artificial lawn Specialists</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Garden design and Landscaping Devon:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fe936970b-popup"><img alt="Garden design and Landscaping Devon" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e20167689fe936970b" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fe936970b-500wi" title="Garden design and Landscaping Devon"/></a><br/><br/></p><p style="text-align: center;">For you garden, landscaping projects that require low mainenance within the garden design, landscape, we are able to supply and install Grono's premium products within your required garden landscaping areas.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We are more than happy to install Grono artificial lawns throughout the counties of Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Why have an artificial lawn?</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">NO mowing</p><p style="text-align: center;">NO muddy/bald patches</p><p style="text-align: center;">NO weeds</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hard wearing (lasts up to 20 years)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fade resistant</p><p style="text-align: center;">Flame retardant</p><p style="text-align: center;">Green all year round</p><p style="text-align: center;">Little maintenance</p><p style="text-align: center;">UV resistant</p><p style="text-align: center;">NO animal urine burns</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Artificial Lawns:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fdbe0970b-popup"><img alt="Artificial lawns" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e20167689fdbe0970b" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20167689fdbe0970b-500wi" title="Artificial lawns"/></a><br/><br/></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Real grass can lose its colour and vibrancy during hot dry weather. Artificial Grass stays green and lush as the day it was laid.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fake grass is much more cost-effective than paving or other artificial coverings - and when you measure the investment over the life of the grass it can even work out cheaper than laying and maintaining natural turf.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Artificial grass installation video:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XroTSO19hVU?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">A synthetic lawn is an ideal surface for play areas as it is incredibly soft and very forgiving, even when the impact is a big one! There has been a huge amount of research and development in this area and we can now provide a safe and user-friendly surface that is suitable for a typical landscaped garden, childrens play area.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Grono product image:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ad279970d-popup"><img alt="Grono product image" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ad279970d-500wi" title="Grono product image"/></a></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">An artificial lawn is perfect for hayfever sufferers, people with second homes, pets and even elderly people who find it difficult maintaining their lawn. Astro turf is ideal for areas where grass won't grow naturally.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Synthetic lawns are suitable for private / ornamental lawns, play areas and safety surfaces, sports practice areas, pool surrounds, roof gardens and terraces, small back yards, public areas and exhibitions.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Landscaped garden in Torquay, Devon:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ae21a970d-popup"><img alt="Landscaped garden in Torquay, Devon" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e20177437ae21a970d" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e20177437ae21a970d-500wi" title="Landscaped garden in Torquay, Devon"/></a><br/><br/></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>For all your enquiries regarding the garden design, installation, landscaping with fake grass I'm just an email or phone call away.</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p> </p></div>South West Landscape Centre, SWLC, now 25% cheaperhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/south-west-landscape-centre-swlc-now-25-cheaper2012-02-05T00:43:17.000Z2012-02-05T00:43:17.000ZT & S Plantshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/TSPlants<div><p>It is with regret that T&S Plants/SWLC have parted company with Somerstock, following our discovery of historical financial problems within Somerstock.</p><p>For our customers, this is good news, since our prices were inflated by 25% to cover Somerstock recoveries/commission, which all Somerstock customers currently pay.</p><p>As a result of this change, we are able to reduce our plant prices by 25%, for Landscapers, Garden Designers and Garden Centres.</p><p>The SWLC can be contacted at</p><p>01300 348123</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:swlc@btconnect.com">swlc@btconnect.com</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.southwestlandscapecentre.co.uk/">www.southwestlandscapecentre.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Landscapers, gardeners and designers in Somersethttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/landscapers-gardeners-and-982007-11-16T19:00:00.000Z2007-11-16T19:00:00.000ZPhil Voicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/philvoice<div><a href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/find-a-landscaper-gardener-or">Return to main index</a><br />
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