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
London, UK, 16th June – Aye and Susan Naing, Founders and owners of Ayegardening receive a coveted retweet from Dragon’s Den entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis. Ayegardening is a family run company who provide garden and landscaping services in Surrey and W
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
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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…
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…
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"Wow. I hope some of the guys can advise you about planting such massive plants. Can you even get trees already 5 metres tall? I can't help thinking that fewer, well placed trees would do a better job than a solid block of dark green like that. I…"
"Hi Karen,
We do garden design, soft landscaping and garden maintenance. After trying various companies and brokers, and never feeling certain that we were being insured, we found MFL
The Pro Indemity was £140 and the Public Liability was £126, I…"
We do garden design, soft landscaping and garden maintenance. After trying various companies and brokers, and never feeling certain that we were being insured, we found MFL
The Pro Indemity was £140 and the Public Liability was £126, I…"
"You could try PressGreen they are based in York, they certainly do up to A1 plans, B&W and colour, via digital files or scan copies, we've always found them to be friendly & professional"
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Customer has decided to remove yew hedge and transplant to other side of garden.
Prunus lusitanica x 4 behind cabin 3.75 m tall , gap of about 18inches between fence and shed
Western Red Cedar 5m tall x 15 to relace yews either side of…"
Customer has decided to remove yew hedge and transplant to other side of garden.
Prunus lusitanica x 4 behind cabin 3.75 m tall , gap of about 18inches between fence and shed
Western Red Cedar 5m tall x 15 to relace yews either side of…"
"Two nurseries worth a look are Paramount plants and Wykeham Mature Plants"
"This reminds me of diamond section iron bar fencing, with a triangular profile of the timber the fence would be much stronger. it also reminds of chesnut paling fances."
"Hi, we do a lot of these. Used to use vine eyes only, but they do bend and do break. Understanding the key issue is to get the wire support away from the wall/ fence hence vine eyes are 75 or 100mm long, to allow the fruit not to be pushed up…"
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it's a long running joke in the local "
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"Crikey they must have a large specimen of Cortaderia selloana in the front garden I bet"
"The best screw is Jean at number 37"
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"Be prepared to use 2 for every hole and make sure you don't put them through the side of the van!!"
"Tek Screws if you wanted to attach to the framework of the vans - https://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/self-drilling-screw...
We weld together a framework out of 20mm box section and then make ply shelves to fit. Takes around 2 man days…"
We weld together a framework out of 20mm box section and then make ply shelves to fit. Takes around 2 man days…"
Whats the best screw type.
Morning All,Is there an ideal screw for attaching shelving of any kind to the plywood lining in vans??Best Paul
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Fencing type?
Hi everyone, apologies for what may be a simple question but does this type of fencing have a name??I'm not a fan but customer is keen to replicate this however I'm having difficulty sourcing these "boards"Any help appreciated!
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STIHL professional user event
Hi Guys, Due to the fact Stihl have not been able to attend events (as is the case for many) they will be setting up a virtual event for professional users of their products (or future users). We have been given access to these events and want to…
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Spring lawn renovation
Whilst this lovely dry sunny weather is a pleasure to work and relax it, we could really do with a spot of rain! I've renovated 6 lawns over the past month - scarify, aerate, top-dress and overseed - not cheap for the customers and they all have…
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