An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 13
M5 Closed
Oh dear not looking good closing a motorway.
M5 Crash
We have been on the road since 7.1
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An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 9
Coffee.
Kitchen garden hatchway
The 3m concrete lintels are now bedded down level and the opening
As our garden design and build project in Liphook comes near to completion I thought I would write a quick bit about the brief and what we've done to meet it.
I was called in about 5 and a half weeks ago to quote for a lovely couple in the Liphook are
We are very glad that the weather has been good for us, the last few days have seen us install a row of pleached carpinus to start the final phase of planting on one of our projects.
The preparation work started over 7 days ago when the site was caref
London Garden Design is a working collaboration between established garden designer David Beasley (a design and build company) and experienced garden builder Clive Dearden (The Handmade Garden Company) who (with over 50 years combined experience in
We carried out a substantial new build front garden in early 2004 in Whetstone North West London for a semi-retired couple on behalf of a fantastic designer Paul Collins who is sadly no longer with us and the results of his excellent design and the l
A fantastic day out in Kent, near to Palmstead Nurseries. A day full of great talks from Andy Sturgeon to James Alexander-Sinclair learning about what designers need to do in order to create great work for clients.
Thank you to Stuart Marler from TV
Arbour Design & Build are proud to announce that the new website has now gone live, please see for more information on garden design,landscape construction and garden maintenance services undertaken by Arbour Design & Build.
- Earth Designs have been contacted by David Lloyd Leisure with regards to becoming a recommended supplier for their employee incentive scheme. Our postal design service and garden design consultations have featured in other employee incentive schemes
- Claire and Matt have presented a design for a family garden in Hackney. The landscaping will include a large artificial lawn, gabion planters and decorative screens. The client is very happy and, subject to a little tweaking of the quote, has indicat
- Design consultation in Victoria went well, the space was a small, over looked terrace so the challenge was to create privacy but not allow the space to feel enclosed. Ideas for lighting include a net of fairy lights to be suspended from a pergola or
- Matt is returning to the wilds of Hertfordshire to continue work on the Manor House Kitchen Garden and Infinity Pool surround. The cold weather and snow put a stop to construction in the run-up to Christmas, so we are keen to get back on schedule to
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Upon investigation the soil is not waterlogged .
It is directly next to a 2ft wall and you can see the water drain after heavy rain out the bottom of the wall.
Any recommendations on brand and dose rates for seaweed fertilizing? I…"
Upon investigation the soil is not waterlogged .
It is directly next to a 2ft wall and you can see the water drain after heavy rain out the bottom of the wall.
Any recommendations on brand and dose rates for seaweed fertilizing? I…"
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It might be viable. Lots more dogs about now. Since people are paying well over 2k for dogs, I bet you could get away with £100. 😂
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It might be viable. Lots more dogs about now. Since people are paying well over 2k for dogs, I bet you could get away with £100. 😂
My only question is what do you do with…"
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Evening all, just wondering if anybody has had any success using the bark app? Does it generate leads of any substance? I'm always wary of these things but you never know, thanks in advance, Ben
"Hi Steve,
every year we give cards to our best regular clients. I select a picture that I have taken In their garden sometime during the year e.g when the lawns just been cut and the stripes look really sharp, or when a climbing rose is at peak…"
every year we give cards to our best regular clients. I select a picture that I have taken In their garden sometime during the year e.g when the lawns just been cut and the stripes look really sharp, or when a climbing rose is at peak…"
"Yes to be honest I rarely need to trouble the dealership anyhow. As if any of my tools should break I usually have another one which would do the job and I can fix the broken one myself at my leisure. Consumables or likely replacement parts like…"
"I agree with that Stephen and one thing that bothers me about discounts, I often disagree with the Pre-covid garden centres offering oap discount days once per month.
A) if you needed to nip in quickly for that one item it was a pain because you had…"
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"Personally I think its a good idea to keep on the good side of your local dealer and use local business as much as possible but I live quite close so it's not really out of my way like it is for you."
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A bloke once said to me
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