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It is all in the detail – fences, sheds, flowers, lighting and raised beds all can make a dramatic impact in your garden. In this blog post we share a few ways you can create the wow factor in your outdoor room.…
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…
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Jacksons Fencing, the UK’s biggest fencing and gate manufacturer, has launched a new hedgehog friendly gravel board.
A gravel board is the protective barrier between the ground and your fence. The newly designed…
Before we now it this year will be gone, it has been my most succesful year to date, in terms of projects and creations, decking has been the top earning this year, the first time its overtaken patios for about 5 years.
I put this…
Located on a block of flats in London's Tooley…
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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…
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Gardens that don't cost the…
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Why Choose Decking?
Most people choose to have a deck built so they have a space between the garden and the house in which they can entertain guests, use as an outdoor dining area, an area to relax in warmer weather or…
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Bicester in Oxfordshire has been chosen as the site for the coalition's second new garden city, the government has confirmed.
Up to 13,000 new homes are due to be built on the edge of the town, as part of the coalition's plans to help deal…
"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…
When we think of home security, we automatically think about our bricks and mortar as well as our contents and valuables. However, with current popular trends of making our gardens integral to our lifestyles, including socialising and…
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Caring for your garden when there’s a hosepipe ban in place…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
Covered so far:
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Open forum activity
"I have watched all the video [very bad audio], and it doesn't do it for me at all.
Firstly, as someone who has been in this industry since 1985 and self employed since 1991, I don't need or want to be validated by any self appointed external body. I…"
Firstly, as someone who has been in this industry since 1985 and self employed since 1991, I don't need or want to be validated by any self appointed external body. I…"
"We also charge at customers and keep chargers in van although the back pack battery does take a while to charge but most jobs are all day so a bit easier for us. We don’t tend to run out of charge like we used to."
"Membership costs £180.00 per annum (includes vetting)."
"It seems like a pretentious idea to me and doomed from the start as i feel there will be more dissolusioned runners up than the so called 200 ? elite gardeners so its divisive and arrogant in my opinion , I dont understand what's constructive about…"
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I've got a curved design in mind for a client and they like porcelain paving . Did you cut a curve in the end? I've been scouring the internet but the information I've found is making me nervous. Straight cuts seem fine.
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I've got a curved design in mind for a client and they like porcelain paving . Did you cut a curve in the end? I've been scouring the internet but the information I've found is making me nervous. Straight cuts seem fine.
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"We currently take our charger with us daily and plug in at customers whenever possible. Although it is starting to get knocked about a bit. Might be worth me buying an additional fast charger and keep the other one at home to use for the overnight…"
"i seem to do about 38000 on an average day, couldnt believe it when i found out!"
"Is it not the same or similar as the gardeners guild? I’m not sure any clients would of heard of any of the horticultural associations so not sure of the value to our business?"
"When at college, I found parts of the industry to be somewhat "old fashioned". As an ex-production manager and a technical and very detailed person, I have tried my best to embrace technology and also advances in machinery, tools and therefore work…"
"I haven't watched the whole video so forgive me if this was mentioned in it, but just because you have 30 years experience and can get 10 refferrals it doesn't nescessarily mean you are "elite" or even very good. It would be interesting to see how…"
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"Agree.... and that’s the ‘economics’ of using battery power at the moment.
Using a fast charger for 15mins gives you a sufficient charge, but 30min driving seems to be needed for 4 green lights.
I would assume a proper double battery charging setup…"
Using a fast charger for 15mins gives you a sufficient charge, but 30min driving seems to be needed for 4 green lights.
I would assume a proper double battery charging setup…"
"Did this at various times over the years three of us doing different grass cutting runs in the town all came out with avarages of 10-12 miles a day which seems to match some of the comments here as well. "
"i think if you are following a mower you will be doing about 2 steps to the yard"
Even a dummy can install a robotic lawn mower
Watch this video and you will never call a professional to install a robotic mower https://youtu.be/zorsTUnXBXg
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Stihl battery storage box?
Anyone own a Stihl battery storage box? Are they any good? Cheers Harry
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Independent Professional Gardeners Association launched by Alan Sargent
Alan Sargent launches new 'elite' gardeners' association aimed at the top 200 gardeners in the United Kingdom. For a full explanation of how the new association is to be run and the thinking behind its formation, see the following video.…
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Open graded stone block paving
we have carried out a few permeable paved driveways. We have used type 3 Mot sub base and then 6mm open graded stone as a screed bed. My thought is could you use standard 10mm gravel as a screed bed? Probably not for a permeable purpose as it has…
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