Hidden away in the heart of Cheshire countryside and on the edge of the picture-perfect village of Smallwood, is the private hamlet of Evergreen Meadows. Comprised of fifteen distinguished country homes of exceptional charm, tranquillity and characte
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Dutton - Cheshire
This Marshalls Fairstone patio was carried out in the Dutton area of Cheshire, WA44; in the garden of the owner of Bluebell Cottage gardens. We have also installed a new wall using Marshalls Tegula walling an
Marshalls Fairstone Patio
Dutton - Cheshire
This Marshalls Fairstone patio was carried out in the Dutton area of Cheshire, WA44; in the garden of the owner of Bluebell Cottage gardens. We have also installed a new wall using Marshalls Tegula walling a
Marshalls Argent Driveway
Goostrey - Cheshire
Take a look at our Marshalls Argent driveway project that was carried out in the Goostrey area of Cheshire CH48. The product the customer has chosen is the Marshalls Drivesett Argent Dark block paving with
Marshalls Driveline 50 Driveway
Runcorn - Cheshire
Take a look at our Landscape and driveway project that was carried out in the Runcorn area of Cheshire. Here we have installed Marshalls Driveline 50 Driveway block paving to the driveway area. We hav
Happy Christmas from Abel Landscaping
Well, its been a fantastic year for us here at Abel Landscapes. We have carried out over 73 landscape, driveway and paving projects throughout Merseyside, Lancashire & Cheshire – leaving many happy customers with
Cheshire Landscaping Contractors
We have been developing our Cheshire website. You will notice each day we are adding between 5 and 10 pages to the website as we are trying to make our cheshire customers aware of what services we provide.
Cheshire is
Marshalls Fairstone Sawn
We have decided to share a featured project that we have just added to our website. This project was carried out in the Dutton area of Cheshire and consisted of the installation of Marshalls Fairstone Sawn Paving, creating two
Cheshire based Big Dig Groundworks are pleased to be able to say we are a member of the Marshalls register.
We can install you new drive or patio to the highest quality using only the highest quality matrerials.
Whether you would like Block paving, In
Garden Designer Vacancy: Cheshire and Manchester
Cheshire/Manchester based multi-award winning design practice Kirman Design requires a full time garden designer to work from a busy garden centre office. Candidates must be able to think on their feet,
Health and Safety in the garden
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"You think people shouldn’t be taken in by my ‘big shiny pickup truck’. Do you think that’s the case with my clients? After 37 years of being in the trade and 32 years of being in business for myself.
Some of my clients have been with me for 32…"
Some of my clients have been with me for 32…"
"I am certainly not criticizing people who work for less and I would never look down on the paper boy earning a little extra by mowing an old ladies lawn. Good luck to the lad. But, this is a forum for professional gardeners, not paper boys or the…"
"My overheads and expenses are too high, if I could reduce them I would have more money in my pocket, which would effectively be a pay rise without increasing my rates to the customers.
However price increases such as the the increase in fuel prices…"
However price increases such as the the increase in fuel prices…"
"There was a discussion thread and the average for a ton bag of waste was £25.00 "
"👍 cheers all the best for the new season. "
"There certainly are regional differences Will , Here districts within the same region but quantum leaps in terms of wealth but differing values when it comes to gardeners often suprising outcomes .
It's a non stop learning curve this job .
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It's a non stop learning curve this job .
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"Agreed John, it's a personal contract between yourself and the client, there's plenty of work out there for people who do good job. There's going to be regional variations on price as well and I don't know where others who've commented live but here…"
"The advertisement offering gardening services at the lower rate for me is more of an observation than a critcism .
Its possibly a new start up feeling their way , The realisation soon sets in that this is hard and demanding work and anyone serious…"
Its possibly a new start up feeling their way , The realisation soon sets in that this is hard and demanding work and anyone serious…"
"Hi Vic, I think a lot of what you say is right and my mindset is probably a product my many years working for agricultural rates as school leaver, £3 an hour, back in the dark ages. so £20 an hour feels like a small fortune to me now. It's food for…"
"To be fair Will, I think that it’s often the case that some can talk themselves into believing that they can’t charge more than a certain amount. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once the clients are educated to think that you are a cheap…"
"I totally agree with you on that, there's no room for untrustworthy cowboys. I'm not sure where I fit in though because of my thirty or so customers, 80% are pensioners and the rest young professionals and one the owner of an industrial estate I…"
"Listen I'm not condemning people who charge higher rates it just wouldn't work for me in my experience, and I've also been doing this for over thirty years so do have some experience myself. The £20 per hour was perhaps a bit misleading as it…"
"It's not only about the rate. For private clients, a smart appearance, a signed van and attention to punctuality and reliability is of prime importance. Many of my clients are in the older age bracket and they hold a lot of store by being able to…"
"It had already crossed my mind that most of us in this post are all charging the proper commercial rates. Yet there have been threads where the idea of £60p/h for grass cutting was thought by a few to be ridiculously high.
On that thread there was…"
On that thread there was…"
"My problem is, if I start to put my rates up, I run the risk of being undercut by deckswab joe's who will undercut proffessional gardeners, especially as we are constantly told that inflation is rising and people ill cut back on expenditure etc...…"
Stihl HSA86 cordless hedgetrimmers
Good day All. It's happened again! Hedgetrimmer has stuttered and stalled. 3 red lights on the battery. I've checked and it's fine for grease, battery was at room temperature, this bit of kit just does not like the cold. This happened last winter…
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Do Cornelian cherries taste good?
Hey Folks! I have some Cornelian cherries in my garden. I need to ask that does they taste good or are the Cornelian cherry has some healthy nutritious properties. If so how it can be used.Thank You!
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Stihl kombi
Hi i have the stihl kombi with all the attachments and i am wondering how you store your kombi attachments in your van dont really want them lying about the van rolling about
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Weibang 56v
hi alldoes any of you run this machine if so what's wet collecting like please ?
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