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Dave has lived in the penthouse for 6 years. He was not happy about the tired red brick wall on the…
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…
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…
Apply now to be part of the Beautiful Boarders Competition at BBC Gardeners'…
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…
This large-sized country house courtyard garden in…
The grounds at St. Patrick's Church in Castlederg have recently been redeveloped with an amazing array of world class…
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.
Day 18…
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.
Day 17…
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…
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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This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…
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Is it OK to use degrasant to clean the blades ? prior to lube; with gloves on I watched a you tube recently where the man suggested spraying diesel on the blades regularly. He seemed to oppose all arguments against and I was wondering whether any ot…
"Thanks all for responses. I have managed to find the last RBC2510 in the UK by going directly to Makita. I mostly trim hedges and the Makitas I mentioned before are just streets ahead of anything else I've tried - and I've tried a lot of options, in…"
"I've had metres and metres of hedging in a private estate riddled with suspected viburnum beetles. I had only seen 1 twice before but last week I must have had atleast 2 dozen I could have picked off as adults, the larvae feasting all year. I read u…"
Biological controls have been around for a number of years with mixed results. Their use has now come to the fore with the pressure on users to reduce the volume of pesticides they are applying, together with the loss of key active ingredients. The…
"That looks like it might be adult Vine Weevil which is snacking!"
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any ideas as to what is eating these hydranger leaves i do not think its slugs or snails as some of the holes are in the middle of the leaves
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One that sticks in my memory - My first big client who had a private estate, orchard, paddocks, herbaceous borders, ...the lot ! told me after I started that he did not interview…"
One that sticks in my memory - My first big client who had a private estate, orchard, paddocks, herbaceous borders, ...the lot ! told me after I started that he did not interview…"
When Andy Jackson, grounds manager at Stoke City FC, trialled a number of different seed mixtures eight years ago, he felt that there was one in particular which was far superior and that was Limagrain UK’s MM60.From apprentice to grounds manager, A…
"My business name doesn't tell people what I do, so I'm toying with changing it sometime in the near to medium future. Mind you, I change my focus now and again so I don't really want to make it too specific. I carry out two main areas of work just n…"
"that is the weight of 1m3 of stone, builders/ bulk bags only carry about .75m3 due to the load weight of 1 tonne per bag "
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"A retaining structure at 2m high, sounds like major work. I agree with Andy, get a structural engineer involved.
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http://www.hy-ten.co.uk/gabion-design-service"
http://www.hy-ten.co.uk/gabion-design-service"
"Many years ago I used to prepare and submit plans to Building Control for extensions on houses and the like, for a two metre high structure with made up ground behind it I would run the design past a structural engineer and let them have that one on…"
care of hedgetrimmer blades
Is it OK to use degrasant to clean the blades ? prior to lube; with gloves on I watched a you tube recently where the man suggested spraying diesel on the blades regularly. He seemed to oppose all arguments against and I was wondering whether any…
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whats eating the leaves
any ideas as to what is eating these hydranger leaves i do not think its slugs or snails as some of the holes are in the middle of the leaves
Read more…How accurate is your business name / description ?
Wondering how we all describe our businesses, our job description and our skill set ? Does, for instance, calling yourself XYZ Gardening preclude you from certain types or work ? Would you expect XYZ Gardening to be able to perform hard landscaping…
Read more…Stone - area coverage?
Hi all, have an area of roughly 50 meter squared. Would any one able to give me a help on how many tonne bags of stones I’d need to cover the area? Thanks
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