I’m sure you’ve heard of International Horticulture Week that took place a few weeks ago – but this week is the second-ever Women in Horticulture week. It’s mainly an American celebration, but I thought it would be good to talk about it on here too a
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“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 Chelsea
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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…
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“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.
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"I've been looking for a pair of sky hooks for ages."
"Thanks Clive. I have emailed them but understand from our usual dealer that Echo aren't bringing this model to the UK, something to do with CE compliance? Strange when it's available in the States. "
"Which company did you get your bargain from as I'm in the same position as others. The irony it would be for my own hedge and not clients. Cheers all "
"Hi contact FGM claymore,of bidford on Avon they are the UK importers and should be able to help"
"Here's a tip cheaper than hire. Go to a main distributor of them. Any which have been returned due to fault are either scrapped or sold cheap I got a 12ft tripod with extendable feet for £50 the only damage I could find was a rub on the aluminium…"
"It is ten years since I bought the rack for my Nissan NV200 van, at that time a local firm were moving into a unit at Malvern and the rack I wanted is one big rack of welded construction, galvanised after assembly and with a roller across the back…"
Looking for a bit of help re roof racks. Current van is the new shape Peugeot Expert. I use the van a fair bit out of work too and often have to go under those 2m high barriers at places.
Without a roof rack the van just about fits under them. Does…
Without a roof rack the van just about fits under them. Does…
"ive been doing it 20+years and I do say 5 in that Friday , all on route . So £175 say for 6.5hrs total Inc 40 mins travel, plus loading and unloading 30mins. Fuels £10? Inc mower fuel.
Paid that day or the next by transfer "
Paid that day or the next by transfer "
"To put it simply I charge £35.00 per visit on an average! Estate garden. Mow, strim and blow everywhere well and tidy. Pro mowers, insured and reliable. Up to 1 HR max. In North Shropshire. That's regular fortnightly mowing flat tidy lawns…"
The rise of battery-powered machinery has impressed Richard Dexter, Head of Grounds and Gardens at Oakham School, but he believes “Dennis Mowers has gone one step further and made it even better.” Oakham School, based in Rutland, East Midlands, is a…
A range of Pellenc battery-powered equipment is helping to maintain the grounds at one of Scotland’s grandest mansions.Marchmont House is a ‘Grade A’ listed Palladian mansion in Berwickshire built in 1750 by Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of…
We were delighted to welcome 300 people in person for our first full RTM Show Live since 2019! Brackwell Farm was once again alive with the hum of conversation and machinery as guests took advantage of the opportunity to talk with over 30…
"Absolutely right Rob! Love the website by the way. Fantastic work!"
"Been here in the past... make sure the client is up for the bill beore you discover a nightmare."
"Strangely enough, that's one of the items that's always on our "shall we, shan't we" list. They look so useful and sensible, but we had two of them about 20 years ago and nobody hired them. Just a bit reluctant to invest in them only to find the…"
Roof Rack Query
Looking for a bit of help re roof racks. Current van is the new shape Peugeot Expert. I use the van a fair bit out of work too and often have to go under those 2m high barriers at places. Without a roof rack the van just about fits under them. Does…
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Echo PB 9010T
We currently use the Echo PB 8010 blowers, awesome machines. Seen that Echo have now bought out the PB 9010T which has more power , 48 Newtons as opposed to 44 Newtons with the 8010.Struggling to find any in the UK anyone know of any dealers…
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Equipment you would like to rent, but can't find
What items of equipment have you tried to rent but either had difficulty finding them or maybe not managed to find them at all? Here are a few examples:Power Rake (for soil preparation)Power ScythePowered HayrakePowered Soil SieveFence Post Driver
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Winter gritting
Hi look for some advise on pricing winter gritting services. I have a lot of experience in gritting just looking at offering the service for myself. thanks for your help
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