design (198)
Dave has lived in the penthouse for 6 years. He was not happy about the tired red brick wall on the balcony. He called for my help.
It was straightforward to install theivy leaf hedge panels onto the existing surface. Use cable ties to fix the hedges
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 online and decided to cover the offending wall with artificial hedges. After examinin
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 settin
Apply now to be part of the Beautiful Boarders Competition at BBC Gardeners' World Live 2015
Beautiful Borders are unique to BBC Gardeners' World Live, providing an opportunity for horticultural students and budding gardeners to experience the design,
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 represent
"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 guidance, for people with dementia was at last completed last summer and our findings have now been complet
This large-sized country house courtyard garden in Walkington near Beverley, East Yorkshire was designed during the Summer of 2010.
Prior to commencing my design, the garden was mainly laid to travertine limestone paving with sections of artificial la
The grounds at St. Patrick's Church in Castlederg have recently been redeveloped with an amazing array of world class paving products from Tobermore. Founded in 1942, Tobermore are a world class paving and walling manufacturer supplying products for
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 space an
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 garden.
The gar
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 18
Coffee
Removing sub base from planter
Planter ready for topsoil
Progress on garden landscape Tiver
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
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 17
Coffee
Marking out the raised planter
For this particular garden design and landscaping project n
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 14
Coffee
45 degree chamfer to pipe rocker
From the manhole 600mm pipe rocker I installed into the r
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 designer and fully fledged hands on landscaper of Jackson's Landscap
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 Bloom
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In this video, I will be…
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…
Open forum activity
"Go solar.
https://youtu.be/dXZCkywHaRE"
https://youtu.be/dXZCkywHaRE"
"Around five pence.
You have the Kilowatt hour charge for the electric plus a proportion on the daily standing charge and the charger is not 100% efficient, so some electric is lost as heat and running the fan.
So somewhere around twenty pence for…"
You have the Kilowatt hour charge for the electric plus a proportion on the daily standing charge and the charger is not 100% efficient, so some electric is lost as heat and running the fan.
So somewhere around twenty pence for…"
"Stihl AP 300 S Battery
281 Wh battery for the AP System
https://www.edfenergy.com/for-home/energywise/what-is-kwh-guide
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281 Wh battery for the AP System
https://www.edfenergy.com/for-home/energywise/what-is-kwh-guide
"
"I never charged or calculated separately for petrol when I was using petrol hedge cutters or petrol strimmers. So it has never crossed my mind to do this for battery kit.
I believe we are only talking a few pence to charge an AP200.
Given that the…"
I believe we are only talking a few pence to charge an AP200.
Given that the…"
With the recent passing of the California Air Resource Board (CARB) measure to restrict new sales of landscaping equipment to be zero-emission tools, Pellenc is over 10 years ahead of the competition with a full range of battery-powered tools for…
"Petrol has also gone up significantly..."
"depends on the capacity of battery but maybe 2p more than it was before? best way to do it maybe with one of those electricity monitor power meters that you can plug a 3-pin mains appliance into, and can tell how much power is used during the cycle…"
"If you want to keep an accurate record buy a plug in meter like this
https://cpc.farnell.com/energenie/ener007/power-meter/dp/PL13026"
https://cpc.farnell.com/energenie/ener007/power-meter/dp/PL13026"
"I really rate the 545 series of Stilhs ... Game changers in that size being so lightweight, well balanced and unbelievable wet grass collection so last year i added a 655v .... The good news its pacy in full speed (i speed up rpm's a bit) and…"
"There was a post on here once that I bookmarked for future use but it seems to have disappeared, it may have ended in the archives or gone forever.... it was the topic below and I hava a feeling one of the Andys gave the calculations.... so maybe…"
Due to the current hike in energy prices is there a simple way of calculating how much its costing to charge up cordless batteries , to be fair i used to absorb the cost due to the fuel saving but now wondering if its adding up to a significant…
"Your more than welcome to visit , don't forget your mower to give me a hand ;)
Yup after taxi driving for nearly 2 months I'm done
CANT wait to get back on the tools..."
Yup after taxi driving for nearly 2 months I'm done
CANT wait to get back on the tools..."
"Very true.
I've always meant to visit Scarborough, looks lovely on the tele.
re plastering... after attempting it in a small toilet, which I describe as rustic, I realise just what a difficult and crap job it is.
In fact, many of the building trades…"
I've always meant to visit Scarborough, looks lovely on the tele.
re plastering... after attempting it in a small toilet, which I describe as rustic, I realise just what a difficult and crap job it is.
In fact, many of the building trades…"
"Yes sunny Scarborough , but there is plasterers who want £550 a room
Just as there are people who cut lawns for a fiver "
Just as there are people who cut lawns for a fiver "
Battery Charging Calculations ?
Due to the current hike in energy prices is there a simple way of calculating how much its costing to charge up cordless batteries , to be fair i used to absorb the cost due to the fuel saving but now wondering if its adding up to a significant…
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Red diesel
Trying to make sense of the usage restrictions as from April for legal use of red diesel.Only affects us for our Forst chipper, from our understanding it's ok to use red if it's for forestry work but not ok for other tree work, the regulations are a…
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Another Combi Query
I got the new HT-KM, which according to Stihl can run a 1/4 or 3/8 chain & Stihl say that it comes with a 3/8 fitted but mine came with a 1/4.Does anyone know what I would have to change to use a 3/8 ? I am guessing chain plus sprocket. Thanks
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Stihl HSA86 cordless hedgetrimmers
Good day All. It's happened again! Hedgetrimmer has stuttered and stalled. 3 red lights on the battery. I've checked and it's fine for grease, battery was at room temperature, this bit of kit just does not like the cold. This happened last winter…
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