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Every landscaping project should have a good, well thought out garden design from the outset. It forms the basis of quote, your workflow documents, your health and safety strategy and most of your customer communications. But what if creating layout

This year, my landscaping business, Holland Landscapes, celebrates 35 years of creating gardens for people in (mainly) Essex and Suffolk. My Dad  business the started in 1988, just one man with his van.  Today, we have completed over 500 garden make

Let's face it, with the cost of living rising, we're all looking for ways to make our businesses more efficient and more profitable....ideally without having to burn the candle at both ends.

This blog may have been written 18 months ago but it's more

Good Morning LJN'ers

I thought I'd share with you a sneaky preview of the blog I plan to publish on the MGD website later this week.  It's a case study.

This is a back garden in Essex that Duff and Co were invited to makeover.  As you can see - it's a

A 636m stretch of native hedgerow mix whips planted by Rob Bowditch and his crew, with great ease, using the Turf Teq Trencher which really speeded up the job. Great team work!

Turf Teq design and manufacture a range of walk-behind Power Rakes, Edger

Emerald Groundscare of Dublin used the Award Winning Turf Teq Power Rake for a seed preparation job at the Kildare Stud Farm with great results!

TurfTeq^TM design and manufacture a range of walk-behind Power Rakes, Edgers, Ploughs, Brooms and Brush Cut

I woke up this morning to a lovely crisp layer of snow (I'm in South West Norfolk). For me, that's wonderful. I love snow and because my work is all office-based, the weather doesn't affect productivity.

I'm guessing though that any landscapers and ga

My Garden Design is a user friendly online platform that allows landscapers to offer garden design services under their own branding. In a nutshell, the landscaper uploads the client brief, “before” pictures and site survey details to the My Garden D

News that scientists are warning us that our planet will not take any more abuse has been increasingly circling over the last few years. There are various reasons for this – non-biodegradable materials are polluting the planet; industrial waste is be

Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in his internet sales job in favour of a mower and a van. But since, he has progressively grown his business thanks to acute attention to detail and v

The Stihl MS 150 chainsaw is the smallest and lightest petrol chainsaw in the Stihl range.

Designed for delimbing small-medium branches, pruning and felling small trees, the MS 150 saw comprises high cutting power, provided by it's specially designed

Essential Landscaping Equipment Supply

Landscaping is not an easy task even if you are working in a small space.

In professional landscaping, owning the right equipment is essential in order to achieve your desired results. The market features a host o

For the average landscaper or gardener, basic tools such as rakes, manual trimmers, spades, trowels and hoes would be required to work on a landscape. However, for the serious landscaper and for gardeners who work in establishments such as hotels, th

If you enjoy visiting National Trust stately homes, the chances are you’ll have had a walk around a walled garden, writes Vanessa Drew, Landscape Designer at Tobermore.

Historically this would have been constructed to create a microclimate in which

Mike and Paula Warman are proud to announce the upcoming launch of The Landscapers Circle.

This business is a service dedicated to bringing in more customers and more money for landscapers across the UK.

With targeted marketing campaigns, The Landscape

CED Stone Group are sponsoring this year’s 30 Under 30: The Next Generation initiative, run by Pro Landscaper Magazine. Open to all who were under the age of 30 as of 01st January 2016 and who have been working in the horticultural industry for at le