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Solihull Borough Council invested £500,000 in the regeneration of Hurst Lane Place, located on the Chester Road in Castle Bromwich. Works were carried out by Balfour Beatty and commenced in October 2014. The area is now complete with a fabulous new l
A stunning memorial has recently been unveiled in the North sea-port town of Hartlepool to mark 100 years since the town was bombarded by German warships in World War One. Tobermore are very proud to be involved in this moving tribute to those who lo
Congratulations to N.T. Killingley Ltd who secured a well deserved accolade at the BALI Awards for their amazing landscape design at Uppingham School Science Block in Rutland.
Completed in 2014, the project at Uppingham School earned the company the p
Famed as the birthplace of the first ever locomotive to operate in America, the recent regeneration project on the Old Foundry in Stourbridge into the ultra-modern new Stourbridge Lion Medical Centre, has earned much media attention! Renovation work
Souters Sports, one of the UK’s leading specialist sportsturf contractors, has announced that it will be exhibiting at the BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) in Harrogate from 20th-22nd January 2015 on stand C2.
Limagrain UK, one of world’s largest seed companies, will be exhibiting at BTME 2015 on stand C39 where it will be showcasing its sports turf and wild flower mixtures including the market leading MM mixtures for golf greens, tees and fairways.
The dem
The Etesia and Pellenc brands have had monumental success over the past twelve months and in recognition of this achievement, dealers from across the UK gathered at the ‘Partners in Excellence’ awards.
After extensive trials, the Weed-IT spot treatment technology has been considered a great success in the push to find a means of reducing the consumption of herbicides on the UK railways.
Forward thinking managers from the industry commissioned the tr
Over recent years, professionals in the groundscare and amenity industry have turned to Sherriff Amenity’s GoGreen complexed iron range. The popular products have now been updated as a new formulation.
Renowned for delivering outstanding results, the
Premiership football club Stoke City continues to see improvements at its 8-pitch Clayton Wood training complex, thanks to specialist contractor Souters Sports.
As part of an annual on-going renovation project carried out by Souters Sports, slit drain
Seppi - Italian specialists in manufacturing top quality forestry mulchers and mowers recently celebrated its 75th anniversary by hosting its biggest event in history for both dealers and distributors.
The British Crown Green Bowling Association’s (BCGBA) Champion of Champion’s event, held at Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool last month, had a playing surface fit for the country’s best players thanks to the help of a Dennis FT510 mower and range of interch
Limagrain UK, part of Group Limagrain, a plant breeder and fourth largest seed company in the world, has joined forces with Troop Aid; the UK’s only charity committed to providing injured soldiers with the essentials they need.
Following the recent announcement that SALTEX will be moving to the NEC in Birmingham, visitors from around the UK say that the new indoor element and new time of year are key reasons behind their decisions to attend the exhibition in 2015.
With the t
The Royal Jersey Golf Club has become the latest course to sign an exclusive supply agreement with Sherriff Amenity. The three year agreement covers the exclusive provision of fertilisers and chemicals.
With the links overlooked by Mont Orgueil castle
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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…
“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…
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I agree with everything Peter has said. You will be lucky to find something up to the job at £6k. Frankly the toro timecutters are not even close to suitable for light commercial work. That is mid to high range stiga and stihl sit a…"
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Hedge trimming costs
Hello all,we've got a hedge trimming job to price up. 72 meters, 35 meters are about 8 foot. The rest is about 5. Cherry laurel and beech. We're going to go £360 + £40 for waste disposal. Is this about the going rate?The customer said it took two…
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Hello, I'm in the market for a Zero Turn mower around 42" and up to £6000. I'm looking for recommendations for any models preferably with a grass collector attachment so I can get more use out of it as this will be my most expensive tool yet.So far…
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Good morning all.I'm Pete from Wrexham, an ex mechanic turned tanker driver, retired but still busy fixing things for friends etc. I'm hoping that someone here can help me. If, I'm premature in asking as a new member then I understand.But,…
Read more…Help....Box caterpillar has attacked
Ive never experienced this one before. In the larger garden I look after (5 acres of it, with lots of old clipped box) I noticed a 2' high quadrant of box hedges were bare (the owner and I agreed it was the exceptionally dry weather. The next week…
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