Last week I made a visit to a garden in the grounds of a beautiful historic building in Hampshire, where I have designed a new courtyard for long-standing clients. My clients moved to this house in the last couple of years, and most of the garden was
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Over the last few months, the South West Landscape Centre have reviewed their pricing.
The result is very simple, as follows. For all our home-grown production, our prices will be fixed for the next 12 months.
5 litre - Shrubs, Grasses and selected He
Phew the rain has arrived at last, sounds funny after the wettest April but when your grounds are on sandy soil it does not take too long for the lawns to lose their lush look, still I am sure witht he current rainfall and our expert lawn care progra
Over the past few months I've had great difficulty in finding someone to join and eventually run our garden maintenance service in the Surrey and Hampshire areas. I've always heard that finding people was the most difficult part of running a business
Spring is almost here and for us who have sandy soils they are starting to become lighter which enables us to get onto the soil earlier than other types of soil.
We took on an allotment last July and have spent the time since bringing it up to scratch
This week has been a snowy one with winter finally hitting us and the business with a couple of days forced off and it totally changes the look of the garden with everything covered with snow, with every garden be it well kept or unkempt looking the
The team were working this week in a garden in Virgina Water, Surrey and we suddenly noted a rather nice smell, looked around and our client had a beautiful looking witchhazel or Hamamelis mollis. This got us thinking about the gardens and sites we v
It is with regret that T&S Plants/SWLC have parted company with Somerstock, following our discovery of historical financial problems within Somerstock.
For our customers, this is good news, since our prices were inflated by 25% to cover Somerstock re
There comes a point in life when you can’t (or don't want to) undertake the mowing of your own lawn perhaps for health reasons, lack of time or equipment, whilst away on business or holiday.
Maybe you have tried to get that perfect lawn but somehow ha
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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…
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"We use one of these https://www.progreen.co.uk/sds-algoclear-softwash-delivery-system-p... - pricey but brilliant. So much quicker to apply, no mixing and nothing heavy to carry."
"I always find it best to strim off moss where its significantly above the surface and then spray the area. I uses BAC50 from Trade Chemicals https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232214948482?_skw=bac+50&itmmeta=01J... I get a 25 litre container…"
"Out of interest what are you spraying to get rid of the moss, how many times a year do you apply and do you find you still need manual removal or are the chemicals good enough?
anything to make life easier im in favour of"
anything to make life easier im in favour of"
ICL Growing Solutions, a global leader in specialty fertilisers, announce today the acquisition of GreenBest, a UK-based manufacturer specialising in tailored specialty fertilisers and solutions for the Sports Turf, Landscape, and Horticulture…
I have a couple of tennis courts to keep free of moss - both attract it like magnets !My old right arm was having severe difficulty keeping up with the pumping on the 20litre CPG knapsack sprayer. I did a bit of googling and came across this from…
"Agree, there's always something that can be done to improve, clients realise they are paying a flat monthly rate so are underpaying in certain months this being balanced out by no or restricted visits in the Autumn / Winter , it's worked for us on…"
"When the weeds are gone?!! I can see the point you're trying to make though. There's invariably something more you can do in someones garden to maintain and even improve it. You could spend an hour in there or all day. Horror...horrow..... I…"
The GroundsFest Education Fund is already making a significant impact on the next generation of grounds management professionals, with several students already benefitting from its support.The most recent success story is George Legg, a student…
"A sign written van is asking for trouble, we have never have ours written"
"Good point Graham I only attracted machine and tool theft when I invested in a brand new van and had it signed written , I never encountered a single problem before this .
The problem with older vans is the Caz and ulez charges they attract .
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The problem with older vans is the Caz and ulez charges they attract .
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"not sure about emtying everything out... sounds like a right pain! All the Stihl stuff comes out for sure and that only takes a couple of minutes. Might not look so "profesional" but an oldish, tatty van that's not signwritten certainly helps…"
"I empty the van every night it takes 10 minutes. They can have the van it's worth more on insurance than I paid since the covid hike. Failing that get a better gate block. I have a friend who drops a concrete block in the middle of that every night…"
"Do you not find that people then just tell you what your hourly rate is even if you give a figure for the job...and then say it is too high? Say you quoted a big hedge and call it £1000, dont you find that they just say at things like...at £15 per…"
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I have a couple of tennis courts to keep free of moss - both attract it like magnets !My old right arm was having severe difficulty keeping up with the pumping on the 20litre CPG knapsack sprayer. I did a bit of googling and came across this from…
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Acelepryn
Evening has anyone used this insecticide for chafer grubs and or leather jackets, what was your experience with it like?thanks
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Echo pb 8010 - hip belt?
Evening folks, just upgraded from my trusty br600 to an echo 8010 ( arriving tomorrow) do they do a hip belt for. This model? Seen them for some other models but nit this one? Tia
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Van security
Wondered what others are using in the way of physical, not electronic or technological security devices. We are only concerned with overnight security to deter the the vehicle being stolen and the serious consequences of a complete van and contents…
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