John Brookes MBE celebrated his 80th birthday last week. He has been designing gardens for over 50 years, and is well known for his classic book Room Outside, which was first published in 1969. In my opinion John has done for garden design what Eliza
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After large public projects it is inspiring to work on a smaller scale for private clients. This was a medium scale piece of work for a person who had strong and clear ideas about what she wanted.
The project involved making Steel structures with York
Critically Acclaimed Gardening Greats: John Brookes (MBE), Noel Kingsbury, & Michael King, Launch New Online Courses with MyGardenSchool to Propagate Gardening Excellence Globally.
Perhaps the most influential living landscape designer of our time,
Just been talking to BALI about what landscapers and designers really want to learn about. Interesting - when we set up MyGardenSchool it was originally intended to be a consumer proposition. What we're finding though, is a large proportion of our
A Christmas gift of a gardening course with some of the world’s best gardeners is just a click away as MyGardenSchool launches a unique online gift certificate
MyGardenSchool, the world’s first online gardening school, has today launched gift certifi
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“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…
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Hi all. Been gardening now for 6 years.(all rounder,lawn mowing, aerating,scarification, hedge cutting,weeding etc) charging hourly rate.if using aerator,scarifier charge accordingly.bomb shell is, I now need hip replacement. Unable to work at…
Agrovista Amenity is pleased to confirm that Lanzarta has now received full registration approval in the UK for both forest nursery and in-forest use, providing forestry professionals with a complete two-stage strategy for controlling large pine…
Looking for cordless hedge cutter with the motor at the battery/handle end and telescopic . Find the ones with the motor at the blade end unbalanced, and before anyone says it - no the battery does not counter balance it well. Not bothered on brand.
Kress UK has strengthened its commercial team with the appointment of Alex Thorneycroft Taylor as Business Development Manager, bringing with him more than two decades of experience in precision technology, customer support, and business…
ICL Turf & Landscape UK & Ireland was proud to sponsor and participate in the Perennial Kick for a Cause 2026 charity football tournament, kindly hosted by Fulham FC’s at their training ground in Motspur Park, Surrey.The event brought together teams…
"Does anyone have any experience with the Sabo 54 R Vario B Petrol Roller Lawnmower? It's expensive but has everything I want from a mower, the question is, is it any good. "
"Would a Honda Izzy with the optional striping kit which cost around £15.00 for the kit be suitable Dougie ?
The finish is impressive on most domestic lawns , A bit of icing on the cake for those lawns which would not normally need striping and the…"
The finish is impressive on most domestic lawns , A bit of icing on the cake for those lawns which would not normally need striping and the…"
"Is the answer not you simply don't use a roller mower up steps? I don't think you will find a lightweight roller mower as the rollers etc are the heavy bits, could be looking for something you will never find"
"I'm not interested in buying, but your description of Speyside is most appealing! Good luck. "
"Jd pedestrian mowers were rebadged sabos correct"
"I think sabo mowers are like John Deere's now but same again they do not do a small rear roller only a bigger one which would be to heavy for 1 person to lift"
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Peter - unfortunately I don't think you have received a considered response to your feedback to Max's post. When I read it the first thing I noticed in his first paragraph was 'this sounds like an AI response', mainly because of…"
Peter - unfortunately I don't think you have received a considered response to your feedback to Max's post. When I read it the first thing I noticed in his first paragraph was 'this sounds like an AI response', mainly because of…"
This week we navigate time away form the business, mindset and of course sailing around Croatia!https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tfV3Hh56E8YGyDU8lF66Y?si=d8f57470...
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Hi all. Been gardening now for 6 years.(all rounder,lawn mowing, aerating,scarification, hedge cutting,weeding etc) charging hourly rate.if using aerator,scarifier charge accordingly.bomb shell is, I now need hip replacement. Unable to work at…
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Cordless hedge cutter
Looking for cordless hedge cutter with the motor at the battery/handle end and telescopic . Find the ones with the motor at the blade end unbalanced, and before anyone says it - no the battery does not counter balance it well. Not bothered on brand.
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New Episode Out Today! Two Ordinary Blokes in Business Podcast
This week we navigate time away form the business, mindset and of course sailing around Croatia!https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tfV3Hh56E8YGyDU8lF66Y?si=d8f57470c66e47cb
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Landscape Equipment for Sale
I'm having a slight change of plams due to a major injury (Not work related, or my Ukraine trips, though Putin did just blow up my favourite coffeeshop today)I have 2 fantasic I'll list today, with more to follow.Kubota GR2120This is a fantastic…
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