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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
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
Milton Keynes based landscaping company, Frosts Landscapes, is at the centre of a row to develop its current headquarters at Wain Close, Wavendon.
MKWeb reports that Frosts has outgrown its current facility and need to increase storage to 20,000 squ
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
UK construction activity grew in June for the second month running thanks to increased house-building activity, while new order growth hit a 13-month high.
The seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) posted 51
Souters Sports, one of the UK’s leading natural sportsturf contractors, has appointed a new trainee surveyor to support current projects and future growth.
James Underhill, 21, joins Souters at an exciting time, with the company working at a host of P
Following a highly competitive tendering process, leading natural sportsturf contractors Souters Sports have recently completed the redevelopment of the natural sports pitches at Sheffield Hallam University. Souters' in house labour and plant combine
There was remarkably little excitement from the construction industry at the news that the UK economy has narrowly avoided a triple dip recession.
Official government statistics yesterday revealed that the economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter of
I’ve been working on a construction detail for a deck and steps made out of Millboard, with a Plas Pro recycled plastic sub-structure, for a client whose brief has steered me towards a product which will weather predictably, be long lasting and resis
Jackson's landscape Design, Newton Abbot, Devon Have been appointed Devons designer and installer of the stunning Saige Longlife Composite decking, which creates a unique and beautiful outdoor living area that improves your lifestyle and your gardens
Images and a video showing the process of a Concrete slab construction, with 3mm crushed glass tamped into the RC 25 fibre concrete, a black cement dye will be added once the power float pan is able to be positioned on the slab.
Day 17:
The curved wood
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we have had an amazing response with bookings from over 60 contractors, designers and landscape architects all booked on within 9 days of organising this presentation
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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…
Open forum activity
"Hi All,
I'm based in Stratford Upon Avon and look after quite a bit of box, never seen so many caterpillars even from treated plants from last year. The last two weeks have been horrendous. I do use Xentari by Top Buxus which is great, but I think…"
I'm based in Stratford Upon Avon and look after quite a bit of box, never seen so many caterpillars even from treated plants from last year. The last two weeks have been horrendous. I do use Xentari by Top Buxus which is great, but I think…"
"And yet garden centers etc have loads of box for sale.
Most of it looks like it has been attacked already. I would advise anyone not to buy it."
Most of it looks like it has been attacked already. I would advise anyone not to buy it."
"We first started noticing it last year and had to remove a number of well established box hedging arrangements. Some clients last year were lucky and some of their box hedging survived, however this year they've suffered beyond survival.
The only…"
The only…"
"I work in Chester and every single box shrub or hedge in my 30 plus customers gardens has either died or is on the way out. It's box moths that's causing the problem here, they're everywhere. "
"I think that's right, I seem to get an attack about now and if I take my eye off it September seeems to be another problem month, that ones worse as they have no chance of growing back/clients noticing!"
"No blight but we've seen loads of caterpillar damage on clients plants. Been treating for the last couple of weeks in various gardens. We're in Cheshire."
"The ground looks baked at the edges but I suspect there is perhaps more red in the lawn not showing in the image which will be red thread .
Looks like the turf has knitted together well but the baked edges indicate lack of water and the turf is…"
Looks like the turf has knitted together well but the baked edges indicate lack of water and the turf is…"
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It just looks to have dried out to me. Also, the surrounding bare ground looks very poor, stony etc. It’s also such a small area of turf that this in itself exacerbates the problem.
I also suspect that some pockets of air have formed, either by…"
It just looks to have dried out to me. Also, the surrounding bare ground looks very poor, stony etc. It’s also such a small area of turf that this in itself exacerbates the problem.
I also suspect that some pockets of air have formed, either by…"
"Not seen much blight recently, but box is a busted flush round here thanks to box moth. Spraying kills some caterpillars, but there are always more! I think it has several breeding cycles per year."
"Theres an app called '@Seek' by inaturalist that's very good for identifying weeds/ wildflowers."
"I've found Tryclpyr ( available as Garlon, Blaster.....) the most effective solution for ground elder. Killed large establish areas of it always with one application. "
"Looks like weed killer or scorched by fertiliser that hasn't been watered in"
"have they hosed it off using a hose pipe that has been laying out in the sun? At this time of year a hosepipe containing sitting water before the fresh stuff comes through can get pretty hot"
"Indeed, I was replying to Oliver who said it was the worst year he'd known for caterpillar."
"Box blit minimal, some frost damage.
Starting to see box Wood caterpillar on the west Berkshire/Hampshire boarder. Got all my customers putting out pheromone traps and spraying with nematodes.
Time to give up on box now me thinks."
Starting to see box Wood caterpillar on the west Berkshire/Hampshire boarder. Got all my customers putting out pheromone traps and spraying with nematodes.
Time to give up on box now me thinks."
Box blight
Never seen so much box blight in 40 years, assume must be climatic conditions this year ? Taken hundreds of plants out. Anyone else noticed?
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Selling plants
Morning all, can anyone point me in the direction of any laws or regulations around selling plant. Mainly these would be plants I've grown cheers
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