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With over two decades of experience in groundsmanship, Jay Berkhauer, Head Groundsperson at Sidcup Sports Club, has seen his fair share of challenging pitches. But since introducing the Redexim Verti-Drain® 7212, Jay says things are looking brighter

Every build has its own challenges, but adding fencing and drainage as well as furniture to an active and sensitive hospital ward was certainly an unusual one. Over 10 weeks, the Ground Control team excavated the exterior, added drainage, planted hed

Drainage works carried out by leading sports turf contractor, Souters Sports, at North Wales Golf Club have recently been completed and delivered beneficial results to the club.

Set in the seaside town of Llandudno with excellent views over the Conwy

Every area of public and private expenditure is under scrutiny to see where savings can be made and the approach to pitch drainage can make a significant difference to long and short term expenditure.

Terrain Aeration is one company that offer a long

An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.

Day 13

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M5 Closed

Oh dear not looking good closing a motorway.

M5 Crash

We have been on the road since 7.1

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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Day 5

Coffee.

Mixing Concrete

Whilst one member of the team sets about mixing the concrete, 5;1 ratio, f

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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Day 4

Coffee.

18 ton Hi-ab grab

Like clock work my 18 ton Hi-ab grab lorry arrives to remove the first l

Drainage works carried out by leading sports turf contractor, Souters Sports, at North Wales Golf Club have recently been completed and delivered beneficial results to the club.

Set in the seaside town of Llandudno with excellent views over the Conwy

Brett Landscaping has used its permeable paving expertise to provide an effective Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) for an innovative development in Maidstone that combines an archive library and affordable housing.

Kent History and Library Centre,

A hybrid farmland grass, developed by a team of UK researchers, could help reduce flooding, a study has shown.

A team of plant and soil scientists said tests showed the new cultivar reduced run-off by 51%, compared with a variety widely used to feed

A sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) is designed to reduce the potential impact of new and existing developments with respect to surface water drainage discharges.

Increasing urbanisation has caused problems with increased flash flooding after s

Cobbletech Driveway Liverpool - Orrell Park

Another great looking Cobbletech driveway with the minimal maintenance.

We used the Basalt which is like an ebony colour with Marshalls Argent light coloured block to create a decorative border.  We also inst

Marshalls Cobbletech Driveway

St.Helens

This Cobbletech driveway was carried out in St.Helens. Here we have installed mixed colour Cobbles to the driveway (canvas and iron grey). This installation also included a Marshalls Argent Border to define the d

One new product I saw at 100% Design exhibition which looked great was the metal Aquaduct range of Drainage grills which come in a variety of designs and can be made to order. Here are a few pictures:

Marshalls has announced the findings of a major project undertaken in collaboration with world renowned engineer Professor John Knapton, to review their market leading Priora permeable paving system. 

Marshalls Priora is a SUDs solution which keeps

Marshalls Fairstone Sawn

We have decided to share a featured project that we have just added to our website. This project was carried out in the Dutton area of Cheshire and consisted of the installation of Marshalls Fairstone Sawn Paving, creating two

Designing, constructing, operating and maintaining drainage for surface runoff

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