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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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Caring for your garden when there’s a hosepipe ban in place…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
Covered so far:
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I've been itching to let you in on a little…
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Open forum activity
"Nick, could you not have a standard vehicle checklist (In Jobber) with a section for the reg? Same for equipment with the option to put N/A when appropriate?
Darren"
Darren"
"I don't think slamlocks are any more secure for overnight, just that they lock the van every time the door shuts, which may or may not suit your business. I believe deadlocks are what you would want."
"Thanks Robbie. I was aware of that but looks like I will have to repeat a checklist from scratch for every vehicle and every piece of equipment which looks very time onsuming!
Have I missed a trick?
Nick"
Have I missed a trick?
Nick"
"Hi Benny
i don’t think that they are Marshall’s Heritage as the edge faces are too straight/square. Depending on when they were laid they could be Atlas Super Riven - the housing developers liked using them in the late 90’s. Unfortunately for you I…"
i don’t think that they are Marshall’s Heritage as the edge faces are too straight/square. Depending on when they were laid they could be Atlas Super Riven - the housing developers liked using them in the late 90’s. Unfortunately for you I…"
"We did the same as Darren many years ago. Only one customer didn’t like it (were we not charging enough to start with I wonder??).
We now serve over 100 domestic clients and charge VAT to every one - I guess it is part and parcel of running a busin…"
We now serve over 100 domestic clients and charge VAT to every one - I guess it is part and parcel of running a busin…"
"of course just I have a very heave work load and busy schedule , I have my own pricing format but prefer not to disclose this sort of information"
"Your pofile says you're from Oxfordshire, so you should be aware of how high the cost of living can be. Maybe slave labour is the wrong word, but you then start to look at the national minimum wage, compare that, with holidays, pensions and sick pay…"
"I have never used granules but have user paradise and chikra with glyphosate mix to great effect and on average getn150 ish days control from them but still charge for monthly or quaterly spraying."
Im debating between Kerb granules and Gemstone granules but have no experience of either.Does anyone have an opinion on which is better/efficient/cost effective?I really looking for a granular application for use around shrubs, bulbs and herbaceous…
"I charge the same rate each also "
"What we need to consider Gary is everyone has different holiday I personally work every bank holiday , also I do a lot of price jobs combined such as hedge cutting and spraying and many others , I think it's important that we all stich to the pricin…"
"Hi Adam, we are mainly domestic and voluntarily went VAT registered in March, we lost a few but not that many and I also raised prices at the same time. Being just prior to the silly season, we easily replaced them at a higher rate. Hence the reas…"
"A question for those who charge hourly and work with a colleague - do you charge the same rate each or a combined rate ?"
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Which pre-emergent??
Im debating between Kerb granules and Gemstone granules but have no experience of either. Does anyone have an opinion on which is better/efficient/cost effective? I really looking for a granular application for use around shrubs, bulbs and…
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Reply by Dave Colton 13 hours ago
Low wall construction - Grab adhesives?
Hi all I am looking for advice on creating a low retaining wall, (0.5 metres high and 10 metres long), in reconstitued stone block walling. The aim is to provide a contemporary look and therefore the client wants clean lines and minimum mortar gaps…
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Hi Members, I’m Clive and I’m in the process of starting up a garden maintenance business.. My sticking point at the monent is which van? Due to security Id planned to go the panel van route with some slamlocks etc fitted to help hinder the light…
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App for daily inspections of vehicles / machinery
Does anyone either use or can recommend an app which would allow us to carry out daily inspection checks on work vans or machinery. It would also be useful if it could log maintenance or faults etc too. Either one app could do both or 2 separate…
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