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Dave has lived in the penthouse for 6 years. He…
Louise wanted to put the house on the market to sell. There was a problem, because from her living room she could see a mouldy wall in her courtyard.
Louise searched…
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Just like your interior accommodation, the outside room that is your garden needs to fulfill a number of functions, which means there is a strong risk that outdoor based clutter can sometimes be at odds with the desired stylish alfresco living…
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A recent study by The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) showed that the average new family home had less than 100 square metres of floor space while it had 75 square metres of rear garden. As homes are getting smaller and gardens…
"Why don't we go into the garden?"
(3 November 2014)
Our reseach into why care homes don't use their gardens more, even when designed to latest…
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The grounds at St. Patrick's Church in Castlederg have…
Now that I am doing both gardening AND offering holistic therapy from my outdoor room (recently built conservatory),it feels like I have truly united growing and healing in one space. Just three weeks to go now til I move everything into the…
A garden featuring three sculpted bicycles and a French theme will be built in time for the Grand Départ in next year's Tour de France.
Harrogate Borough Council has commissioned a sculptor to create three sculptures to feature in the…
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
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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…
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
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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.
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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.
My name is Kerry Jackson, proprietor, principle garden…
Sometimes I get asked by a prospective client if I would work on their tiny bit of space. I would then recall some of the smallest creations such as a 2m x 2.3m courtyard in Kensington that I designed in 2010; or the 2 neighbouring balconies in…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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I've been itching to let you in on a little…
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Open forum activity
"The posts on nextdoor.co.uk are enough to make you cry at times."
"Use a strimmer with a D handle and use a shoulder strap not a harness, you can then set the height of the strimmer constantly so that should stop the scalping."
"Practice. Maybe lengthen the strap a little so the strimmer hangs a touch lower. "
"If he charged £60 a day he could afford his own extension lead after a couple of days, sky’s the limit then."
"Everyone has their own technique that they hone over the years, personally I like to strim from right to left with the strimmer head angle at about 30* on the 9o’clock/3o’clock plane. Longer, rougher grass I’m not so fussy about, just need to concen…"
"Light on the dash, what are these luxuries you speak of? Even if there was a light it probably wouldn’t work, it’s a Land Rover!"
"But that is what the light on the dashboard is for."
Hi guys I’m new to the network love the community you have on here and I’ve learnt loads without been a member from browsing on google ive been doing maintenance for a year now as a job, I love it and I’m confident on all kit, apart from strimmers s…
"It’s a genius system, it even lets you know when you’re out of oil when it stops dripping on the driveway."
"I agree, oil changes on a mower can be completed in 5mins and cost less than a pint down your local. Bit of a tongue-in-cheek comment comparing it to the Landy! Although small top-ups are fine as part of day-to-day upkeep of our machines. I’ve never…"
"Ah! Yes! Some vehicles like thirty year old Land Rover still use the constant flow oil change method. "
"Problem with this system is that there will always be some old oil in the engine.... even if it is highly diluted with the new oil...... that isn't doing its job properly. I'll keep to the complete oil changes.... they really cost peanuts on a mowe…"
"Hi Ben, You will find most label systems are geared towards large nurseries, where they provide label with the plug or plant to 'grow on' or sell. The main supplier of the plastic hort labels is 'up here' in Kirkbymoorside
Other options are loop &…"
Other options are loop &…"
"Hire one per job and charge it out. How many times do you think you’ll need one? I actually do own one, a vintage Templar Tiller, it’s actually quite good for most light jobs and it will do heavy digging, it just takes a while compared to a heavy-du…"
Strimming techniques Need help!!
Hi guys I’m new to the network love the community you have on here and I’ve learnt loads without been a member from browsing on google ive been doing maintenance for a year now as a job, I love it and I’m confident on all kit, apart from…
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Reply by Dave Colton 4 hours ago
Spittle bug survey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48383730 "Scientists are calling for volunteers to record where and when they've seen spittle or spittlebugs, in gardens, meadows, grasslands and woodlands..."The results will be used to map the…
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Robotic mowers
Anyone got clients using these? I have a client who is interested - she has a small immacuate garden, lots of raised borders - looking for manufactuers to recomend Thanks Adam
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