Replay Maintenance, one of the UK’s leading synthetic sports pitch maintenance providers, has continued to give on-going support to the work of the Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) by supporting the recent one day synthetic surfaces course, held at
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Options available in everything from willow weaving to landscape design. Larger schools offer courses on many subjects and in many different formats.
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Reaseheath has a national reputation for producing high quality horticulture professionals that work across all sectors of the industry. Our garden courses offer professional training for school leavers and career changers, as well as those already
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
Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) and Hand Held Applicator (PA6) courses run throughout the year, but December through to April are our busiest months for training when the weather is at it's worst and in preparation for the growing season. The next cours
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
Amid huge excitement the Garden Design Academy has just launched its new Facebook page. We have taken the same approach to Facebook as we did with our web site. First sign up and put something on line; learn how it works and what we could do with it.
The Garden Design Academy began by providing training to garden designers and by assisting home gardeners to design their own gardens. I started offering these in the UK from our offices in Hertfordshire and when we moved to France they took on a who
The Bath Gardening School launches with new Spring-Summer calendar
The brand new Bath Gardening School (www.thebathgardeningschool.com) is proud to announce its first programme of Spring-Summer courses. The Bath Gardening School offers gardeners
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…
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…
A recent school grounds seminar held at Charterhouse in Surrey has been hailed a huge success by all who attended.
The event attracted over 50 delegates from all levels as several topical issues were explored and discussed. Supported by…
Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in…
This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…
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"Hi James. I bought the Pick Tine and have only used it on one job. This was on a flower bed with soft soil. Perhaps I'm wrong, but, I look at tools as to how often they are used and therefore value for money. The hedge cutter, pruner and strimmer (s…"
"I’d say the hedge trimmer attachment is not as good as some others on the market, Stihl’s old version was brilliant, the new one I would not buy again. "
"Hi James, what attachments do you consider not to be so good? I am doing the same as you and building up my collection "
"Agree that ground cover planting needs careful selection but by definition you want them to spread by rhizomes or stolon to cover the surface beneath shrubs and / or herbaceous plants. It may require some weeding initially while the ground cover pla…"
"Cheers Gary. As with Dom, you have answered my concerns. I do have the Kombi kit and am rapidly increasing the number of attachments - some good, some not so good, hence my question. Do you happen to use the path edger? this is something else I am c…"
"Good point about soil being ill. Membrane must interrupt the normal activity of worms, and may interrupt the passage of nutrients and possibly the funghi that are an essential part of the normal structure of healthy soil. I wonder how much it affect…"
"Thanks everybody much appreciated!!!!"
"Hello James,
I have the kombi brush coupled with the 94rc. It is a good piece of kit that will easly clean large areas quickly. I removed a lot of heavy mud from a road recently. It is good on block paving especially when its wet, although it will n…"
I have the kombi brush coupled with the 94rc. It is a good piece of kit that will easly clean large areas quickly. I removed a lot of heavy mud from a road recently. It is good on block paving especially when its wet, although it will n…"
I am considering buying the Kombi Brush attachment. I have a couple of jobsthat require a lot of brushing - 2 car parks. One car park has a lot of pine needles that have been left for a long time and and a normal brush won't move them. I have looked…
"Have to say my experience of Strulch is that after a couple of months it no longer looks good, it has pretty much disappeared by 12 months (although obiously this is good in some ways, it turns out to be expensive to have to completely re-mulch ever…"
"If there are any bad points I haven’t found them yet. The shafts are very high spec. I have owned and used many different strimmers over the years, Husqvarnas, alpinas, Hondas and many others. The only engines that have never been any trouble to sta…"
"If you have the choice, start on 1st Jan with monthly payments. That way you start the season in credit and any issues won't leave you chasing money in the same way. "
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Stihl Kombi Brush
I am considering buying the Kombi Brush attachment. I have a couple of jobsthat require a lot of brushing - 2 car parks. One car park has a lot of pine needles that have been left for a long time and and a normal brush won't move them. I have looked…
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