This year, a new medal is being awarded at RHS Chelsea Flower Show that recognises the role landscape contractors and their teams play in the realisation of a show garden. There will be one Best Construction Award, and it will be made from a shortlis
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Local landscaping firm Aura Landscapes have proved they really are the best in their field, after winning three awards at the Regional Marshalls Register Awards, taking their award total to fifteen.
Leading hard landscaping manufacturer Marshalls plc
Congratulations to N.T. Killingley Ltd who secured a well deserved accolade at the BALI Awards for their amazing landscape design at Uppingham School Science Block in Rutland.
Completed in 2014, the project at Uppingham School earned the company the p
Chris Harrop, Marshalls’ group marketing director, responsible for sustainability, has been awarded a prestigious BITC’s Game Changer accolade.
In this its 30th year of campaigning on responsible business issues, BITC has launched a one-off Game Chan
Staff at a Mansfield landscaping firm are celebrating after winning a regional award for their hard work.
Weedfree Landscapes Ltd, based on Westfield Lane, are well-known landscape and grounds specialists which have been serving the Mansfield distric
Customer Testimonials - Success Story Part One
Here at Abel Landscaping we believe good customer service is key to running a successful business. Many of our customers were willing to give testimonials to tell other customers about their experience w
The RHS Show - Tatton Park
This year we alaso won a gold award by working along side landscape designer Sue Beeseley at Bluebell cottage gardens. Sue has designed this garden to highlight some of the finest and most graceful ea
The Respiratory Educational Garden
The Respiratory Education Uk Garden - Bronze Award
Sally Parkinson at Gardens and Spaces designed this garden to raise awareness of respiratory disease in the Northwest. Her design inco
Surrey based designer Selina Botham won RHS Gold and Best in Show for her first ever Show garden at Hampton Court 2008.
Selina Botham designed the garden for Widex to celebrate sound in the garden. Planting was used to illustrated a soft whispe
The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
What is it?
LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
The site is…
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…
“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…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in…
This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…
Open forum activity
"Sure Tim yes we don't hear about the broken diesel vans in the fleet do we, definitely an element of confirmation bias going on over these alleged faulty electric ones. A lot of people hate EV's in general because they feel forced into something…"
"I mean... diesel vans also have electrical wires, and I doubt if rats would be getting at the high voltage side. Diesel vans also have 12v batteries, and if an EV won't start because the 12v is flat, it can be started with a standard jump pack. …"
Hi, Has anyone got any experience of these barrow/dumpers. Or very similar machines. Can't have a skid steer or tracked machine because of large areas of white paving, no black skid marks allowed. Thanks
"John and Adam, make some good and relevant points.
I can have some empathy with you but I am 67 and been in the trade 45 years and guess you are not of a similar age?
Yes I have lost my "spark" for probably 40% of the work which is predominantly…"
I can have some empathy with you but I am 67 and been in the trade 45 years and guess you are not of a similar age?
Yes I have lost my "spark" for probably 40% of the work which is predominantly…"
"I think youve made the important step - youve recognised it AND posted here. So that has got to be a "well done".
I found a particular type of job/client made me feel that way. For me they were clients that didnt really "love" their garden and…"
I found a particular type of job/client made me feel that way. For me they were clients that didnt really "love" their garden and…"
"Hi David
Many of the bread and butter jobs we do can be repetitive leading to boredom but it's the same with many other jobs out there .
Also there is the isolation factor it's easy to become immersed in our own thoughts it can be a lonely job to…"
Many of the bread and butter jobs we do can be repetitive leading to boredom but it's the same with many other jobs out there .
Also there is the isolation factor it's easy to become immersed in our own thoughts it can be a lonely job to…"
Hi.Im looking for some ideas to help get my enthusiasm back in running my gardening business please. I've been established for 18 years but this year I have totally lost interest in the job. I slowly reduced my work to majority grass cuts whilst…
"I do with mine , it says not to but I've been using it for about 10 years I could not do hedges without it"
"We've checked ours today and also unaffected. It's not the season for them being recalled!"
"Many years ago I worked for a major supermarket (pre home delivery services) but I remember mice and rats were highly attracted to the service bays around the back by the smell of waste food. When the vans are parked around the back at night it's…"
"I do agree that modern vehicles are much more complicated than they need to be. The biggest culprit is EuroNCAP- to get a 5* rating, vehicles now need to have collision avoidance, lane assist etc. As soon as anyone buys one, the first thing you…"
"I can see no reason to say that a load of non-working new electric vans are parked round the back of a supermarket- it sounds like nonsense, but if they really had failed, they would have been returned to the dealer. It sounds like absolute…"
"I've just bought one of those but haven't used it yet. I looks great though and I shall be trying it out this week. "
Deleks XE-500
Hi, Has anyone got any experience of these barrow/dumpers. Or very similar machines. Can't have a skid steer or tracked machine because of large areas of white paving, no black skid marks allowed. Thanks
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Loss of enthusiasm
Hi.Im looking for some ideas to help get my enthusiasm back in running my gardening business please. I've been established for 18 years but this year I have totally lost interest in the job. I slowly reduced my work to majority grass cuts whilst…
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BR800 recall
It looks like Stihl BR800 blowers have been recalled - more info here: https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-stihl-br-800-backpack-blower-2511-0019
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Echo PB9010T
Currently run Echo P8010T blowers. We clear a lot of leaves from very large commercial sites so need something with lots of grunt! Used to use Stihl BR 800 but swapped when Echo brought out the 8010 as it eclipses the 800 on every level. The 9010…
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