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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Sherratt Landscape Contractors, a commercial grounds maintenance company based in Flintshire Wales, has recently invested in a fleet of new Etesia pedestrian and ride-on mowers to ensure that the high quality the company is renowned for is maintained
And the Marshalls Contractor of the Year goes to Shore Landscapes! Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/MUvWmNAjm2
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Alaster Anderson Specialist Gardeners, a London-focused soft landscaping and garden maintenance company, has purchased a range of environmentally friendly battery-powered Pellenc products.
The purchase includes two grass strimmers, two hedge trimmers,
We are proud to announce our latest win at the Marshalls Regional Awards held in Southampton at the end of November. We were very happy to have won the 2013 award for 'Best use of a new Marshalls product' for a front garden installed using Marshalls
Complete Ice Control is brought to you by the same people who deliver Complete Weed Control and has been introduced in response to the overwhelming need for a professional, reliable and trusted local gritting service to deal with snow and ice worries
Leading natural and artificial sports ground contractors, White Horse Contractors, has continued its policy of heavily investing in specialised plant and machinery with the purchase of a GKB Drainmaster and 2.2m heavy duty disc seeder from sportsturf
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
Designed to meet the rigours of a wide variety of commercial grass cutting applications, Etesia’s Pro 46 pedestrian rotary mower is specified by contractors who want to profit from grass cutting. Reliability of mowing equipment is essential for this
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
The £4 million WRU National Centre of Excellence, which provides training facilities for the Welsh rugby team, Cardiff Blues, Cardiff City FC and the Welsh FA at the Vale Resort near Cardiff, South Wales has selected Complete Weed Control (South Wale
We undertake Permeable block paving, hard landscaping, soft landscaping, driveways, patios, pathways, gardens, using Tobermore products in Exeter Devon.
THIS PROJECT IS UNDER PERMEABLE DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION, CLICK HERE TO VIEW DAY 7-9 IMAGES.
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The contents of this blog shows how to install patios, garden paving, paving slabs, paving stones, patio, stone paving, paving stone, patio stone, patio stones, concrete slabs, slabs, flagstones in Devon.
THIS PROJECT IS UNDER PERMEABLE DRIVEWAY CONST
Drivewayfix.co.uk is offering you the chance to add an extra string to your bow and become a ‘Drivewayfixer’.
With more and more homeowners choosing to ‘improve’ rather than ‘move’, now is the perfect time to become a Drivewayfixer.
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RJC Building & Paving have recently completed another successful ‘Drivewayfix’ project, giving a new lease of life to a domestic driveway.
Experienced Drivewayfixer, RJC Building & Paving, have left another homeowner reaping the benefits of the Drivew
With house prices falling by 5% in 2012 and 5% again in 2013 (Guardian, October 2011) more and more homeowners are deciding to ‘improve’ , protecting their equity, rather than ‘move’ - now is the perfect time to develop your skill set and become a ‘D
First impressions count for everything when selling a house. Leave a lasting impression for potential buyers by keeping the driveway to your house looking like new – fail to do this and you could miss out on a potential sale!
A recent article publishe
I have been operating for over 2 years now and things have gone well. I have (perhaps predictably) got a bit obsessed with running this business and am looking to take things a step further, to work with more clients on bigger jobs and to increase em
Landscapers Wirral
Dempsey are a professional landscaping company serving Wirral and Merseyside. No sub-contractors all work is carried out to a high standard by Dempsey's experienced, professional and reliable landscapers.
PAVING,DRIVEWAY & LANDSCAPI
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
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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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"I have the Husqvarna 555 RXT. It's an absolute beast. It's heavy and noisy, but with the harness the weight is nicely distributed. The extremely low vibes mean you can use it for long periods, too.
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"When presented with 6 foot high brambles I prefer to vertically cut through and horizontally cut through with a hedge cutter. Primarily because using a brush cutter at any position other than just above the ground can be bloody lethal with bits…"
"I've a Stihl FS130..... now FS131............. which has enough power to deal with most things. To be honest, I've never had much joy with brambles once they've a lot of growth.................. the stuff winds itself round the blade…"
"I've got an old FSR90R with a brushknife blade for that sort of work - in my experience if you get on top of the problem now, and then visit in a month or so and tidy it up - you will be able to use a flail mower from that point forward. In fact we…"
Morning AllI have just taken on a new client, who is a property developoer, with two large sites. Both are overgrown fields and I am considering a heavy duty brush cutter to deal with the areas where the flail won't reach. Mostly brambles. Any…
" I have a pair that were given to me by a client downsizing about 4 years ago - completely made of metal, including the leaf picker bit - and theyre still going strong, though I may invest in a pair of those Tudor ones now.... and see if they are…"
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At that kind of money it's probably blunt underpowered and when new not impressive
they are slow snd noisy if access is an issue removing waste Id go electric
I bought a ryobi 2500 watt shredder 15 yrs ago to shred 2yr wood on a…"
At that kind of money it's probably blunt underpowered and when new not impressive
they are slow snd noisy if access is an issue removing waste Id go electric
I bought a ryobi 2500 watt shredder 15 yrs ago to shred 2yr wood on a…"
"We use these,wouldn't be without them.lightweight, durable and bright yellow, so easier to find on site.
https://www.tudorenvironmental.co.uk/tudor-long-handled-leaf-grabbe..."
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"spear and jackson ones for me. the blades are plastic but seem strong and pick up is good even for quite heavy stuff. For 19.99 on amazon they are worth every penny even if they only last a couple of seasons, but i can see them going longer than…"
"the latest 650 cfm blower would be good too. i bought mine from america rather than wait until they bring it out over here. Obviously the US version Nexus has 120V outlets rather than our 240V and shipping/customs charges would be outrageous anyway.…"
"As David mentions above i have had similar experiences with a similar chipper .
Good points were the B & S engine was extremely reliable but the chipping / shredding process was far too time consuming to make the machine viable to use professionally…"
Good points were the B & S engine was extremely reliable but the chipping / shredding process was far too time consuming to make the machine viable to use professionally…"
"never used a mac but the 2 other brands i have used were a waste of time especially if it was mostley leafy material, a bit better if it was thicker branches i found it mutch quicker to take it to the bonfire or bag it up you also have to spend time…"
Ive been offered a might mac woodsman 11.5hp chipper. £350.What are peoples experiences with these and opinions ?
Heavy duty brushcutters
Morning AllI have just taken on a new client, who is a property developoer, with two large sites. Both are overgrown fields and I am considering a heavy duty brush cutter to deal with the areas where the flail won't reach. Mostly brambles. Any…
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Ive been offered a might mac woodsman 11.5hp chipper. £350.What are peoples experiences with these and opinions ?
Read more…New Ego Tools 2021
Heard some interesting rumours today, from a good source I must add, Ego will be releasing the Nexus power station in the UK early next year, along with a cut-off saw (Stihl saw), top-handled chainsaw and telescopic hedge-trimmer! If at least one of…
Read more…Decent leaf grabs
Has anyone successfully bought any decent long-handles leaf grabs suitable for us professionals? I've had no luck so far! Bought another pair today, called "Grab-o-saurus". They got a good review on the original LandsacpeJuice website and they were…
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