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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?"
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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 had to do this numerous times over the years and never enjoy it. Some customers are fine with it but others seem to expect you to keep the same rate year in year out. It can be difficult when it's a longer term customer where there is some lo…"
"A £1 increase on a £20 job is 5%. Nothing wrong with adding a pound or two at a time."
"Hi all, I’ve struggled with this a little bit as the majority of my customers are regular lawn cuts/maintenance so tend to be £15/£20 per visit.......to increase by 2%/3% each year is what I’d like to do but would equate to a 40p/60p increase which…"
"thankyou so much.I think chamfered is the thing."
"if you do it yearly it will be a smaller jump than doing it every 2nd year and a lot will not question it , if any complain about it replace them after all you are there to make a living "
"there is a lot of poisonous plants some of wich are quite common. the Alnwick garden at Alnwick castle has a fenced off area of poisnous plants "
"Hammer drill it into little bits? Or spray it off and turn the raised bed into a bench?"
"Any good sawmill would be able to cut wood to your spec. Look for one that has pressure treatment facilities. If they don't champfer then buy a cheapr router and a chapfering bit and do it yourself
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"I think you'll find the picture actually shows a picture of an edge that has been "radiused" ( ie rounded") rather than "chamfered" where a flat is created at 45 degrres to the post side which makes it a lot easier for Joe to measure his 1" wide.
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"there are many plants in the uk which come under the poisonous / dangerous clasification but most really are down to the reaction they cause some people when they come in contact with the sap's as there more corstic on fair to sensitive skins, this…"
"Are you talking about planed ‘European’ style posts where the corners are chamfered ?
If so, try a Hillhout or Forest stockists. I’ve used their 10cm post as they give a modern look - not sure if they do a 15cm / 6in post ?"
If so, try a Hillhout or Forest stockists. I’ve used their 10cm post as they give a modern look - not sure if they do a 15cm / 6in post ?"
searching for 15cm posts
Does anyone know where I can get hold of some 15cmx15cmx 3 m treated posts, which have the corners on the lengths cut at an angle (about 1 inch wide?). Finding it hard to describe as a non carpenter, and I do not think I can attach drawings? …
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Reply by Joe McWilliams 13 hours ago
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HI just started doing research on J Knotweed and got carried away and found topics on our native and non native plants and quite shocked at the different types of poisonous plants we have.Deadly night shade,foxglove,giant hog weed etc.
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Price increase
Evening people. Just wondering how others approach the issue of increasing rates(wording, time of the year, do you find many current customers question you on it? And do you reply without offending them) Thanks look forward to your replies.
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Looking for a reliable landscaper in the West Byfleet area please...
hi there I'm looking for a landscaper in the West Byfleet area to initially do some clearance work for a client. Could potentially lead to contract for the whole build job. I'd be grateful for some contacts please in the first instance... Many…
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