The London Borough of Southwark is an incredibly busy area within Inner London, boasting some of the city’s greatest landmarks and tourist attractions such as Tower Bridge, London Bridge, The Tate Modern and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, to name a few
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Sometimes I get asked by a prospective client if I would work on their tiny bit of space. I would then recall some of the smallest creations such as a 2m x 2.3m courtyard in Kensington that I designed in 2010; or the 2 neighbouring balconies in Bloom
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1. Hepworth Court
In the summer of 2008 4 of us set out to conquer this majestic, large, 360-degrees open
Registration opens today to find new design ideas for London’s Royal Docks. The Landscape Institute and Ecobuild, with support from the Mayor of London and London Borough of Newham, have launched ‘The Royal Docks Ideas Competition’ to find innovative
So just how much is a garden worth? Well in London you can add around 20% to the value of a property, according to estate agents, Marsh & Parsons.
Peter Rollings, chief executive of Marsh & Parsons, said: "Location and outdoor space can make the diff
I had the opportunity to visit London Stone's West London showroom this morning for a meeting.
Set within a large Garden Centre environment (and one which I knew well from my youth as an Aquatic Centre), I was genuinely impressed with their site, sho
One of the highlights of the City of London Festival, running from 23 June to 26 July, will be a pop-up mobile orchard.
Both real and manufactured trees will take root at a number of City locations during the festival.
Part installation, part perform
Roof Terrace Design - Angel, Islington: ironbutterflydesign.co.uk
The client lives in a stunning penthouse in Angel, North London. Her home boasts two roof terraces and she was keen to have them updated to reflect the interior. The terrace adjoining
Next weekend, London's private gardens and squares are open to the public. Expert urban explorer Todd Longstaffe-Gowan plots his path through the best
Open Garden Squares Weekend is the London Parks & Gardens Trust's highest profile event and, since
Open Garden Squares Weekend (OGSW) takes place in London this year, opening some 218 hidden and little-known gardens to the public on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June, 2013.
Gardens are located across 27 London boroughs and range from the historic
Planting Design - Primrose Hill London 2012: ironbutterflydesign.co.uk
Looking forward to revisiting this North London garden.
Brief
The garden needed refreshing. Some of the planting had outgrown the space and had subsequently been removed. A design
London as you’ve never seen it before, and an invitation to pick your favourite green scheme at Ecobuild
100 quirky, green and sometimes plausible ideas for how London’s landscapes could be improved by green infrastructure go live this week on a new
I wanted to follow up on London Stones recent announcement about opening up our second showroom in Kent. We have been searching for a second showroom for the last 2 years. We came really close to getting one this time last year but we had a change of
Some of you may have followed my posts and photos for this garden for St James's church, Piccadilly that I have redesigned as an Olympic legacy project for one of the games' major sponsors. I was very pleased last week to see the Narcissus in full
Matt has had a slow week on site due to the weather, as most of the jobs he needs to complete on the garden design and build in Bethnal Green , such as painting walls and sheds, require a dry day. He has fixed some lighting and completed the planting
Matt will be attempting to finish off several jobs over the next two weeks, while dodging the raindrops. He has a deck seat to build for clients in Stoke Newington, a little pointing for the paving in Hackney, and stain for the decking at our garden
We are very glad that the weather has been good for us, the last few days have seen us install a row of pleached carpinus to start the final phase of planting on one of our projects.
The preparation work started over 7 days ago when the site was caref
We carried out a substantial new build front garden in early 2004 in Whetstone North West London for a semi-retired couple on behalf of a fantastic designer Paul Collins who is sadly no longer with us and the results of his excellent design and the l
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW – A RIOT OF COLOUR!
Well it was that time of the year again – the Chelsea Flower Show. I must admit it is always the highlight of my year - design wise and horticulturally speaking. I love the atmosphere. I enjoy the hustle and bu
Top Safety Accreditation for Sonic Landscaping.
Sonic Landscaping is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record.
Sonic Landscaping proprietor, Steve Wilkinson sai
The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
What is it?
LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
The site is…
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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…
Britmow weren’t aware how much of an impact attending a trade show would have on their future endeavours. In the run up to their 50th anniversary, they were exploring ideas of how to celebrate. It’s only when they met Kate Cooney from…
“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…
A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
The programme…
Open forum activity
"I use common sense ! Hope your balks are ok (lonicera) All jokes aside I hope your ok and take your time when using any bladed kit, I doubt many will consider safety trousers as the sharp end is often at the furthest point from you the operator &…"
"Probably best to check the soil; they don't like it too wet neither do the other plants you've mentioned. I would suggest the customer waits to see what happens for a few months and doesn't over water. Equally, if we get a really dry patch the…"
"Great investment . I use Rockwood chainsaw trousers but many different brands out there .
Problem is you only find out if they work if you have a mishap like you did Martin ."
Problem is you only find out if they work if you have a mishap like you did Martin ."
Good evening, whilst trimming some small lonicera balls yesterday using a small hedge trimmer I accidentally caught my knee with the machine as I drew it back. It's not life threatening and I'll live to fight another day but it flipping hurt and…
The customer has a dog.... Obviously. With the dark spots. He's asked me to fix it. I suggested a light scarify to pick up the yellow - ish thatch. Then apply a nitrogen feed bring the rest of the garden up to the same green as where the dog has…
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"I agree totally with Andrew, here are the notes we print on our invoices to clients:
Today we have applied a selective herbicide to kill the weeds that are growing at this time of year, plus a season specific controlled release granular…"
Today we have applied a selective herbicide to kill the weeds that are growing at this time of year, plus a season specific controlled release granular…"
"I just looked at the ones in my garden and they have very tiny new shoots growing but all seems very slow...."
"I've had exactly the same with 12 large ones I planted last summer. They are alive but showing little sign of any flower buds forming and the leaves are very pale looking despite a feed. In another garden, two I planted 3 years ago on a sunny wall…"
"Could I ask when you planted them? My experience is that Trachelospermum can be very slow growing in the first few years. I had one that did virtually nothing for about 3-4 years, didn't even get as big as the one in your photo. I gave up on it.…"
"Thank you for all your good wishes. I probably should have made the move to do this sort of job 20 years earlier....but hey, isn't hindsight is a wonderful thing?
I will keep popping in here and adding my 5 penny's worth of advice.
I'm going to try…"
I will keep popping in here and adding my 5 penny's worth of advice.
I'm going to try…"
John Spraggs, Course Manager at the Royal Wellington Golf Club in New Zealand, has reported excellent results from using a range of SISIS equipment to maintain the historic course.Royal Wellington Golf Club is regarded as one of New Zealand’s finest…
"Congratulations on your sale and subsquent retirement Adam - best wishes."
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Good evening, whilst trimming some small lonicera balls yesterday using a small hedge trimmer I accidentally caught my knee with the machine as I drew it back. It's not life threatening and I'll live to fight another day but it flipping hurt and…
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What would you do?
The customer has a dog.... Obviously. With the dark spots. He's asked me to fix it. I suggested a light scarify to pick up the yellow - ish thatch. Then apply a nitrogen feed bring the rest of the garden up to the same green as where the dog has…
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Praxys. A few more questions
Firstly. THANK YOU to everyone who kindly replied to my first post. Your combined help was invaluable. Honestly guys. Thanks!Regarding PRAXYS how long after spraying on a lawn can you topdress and over seed that area?Also. How long does the product…
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Praxys
Hello everyone. I'm new here so be gentle! Can anyone tell me how long pets need to be kept off a residential lawn after spraying Praxys herbicide.I've looked at the product label on line but can't seem to find a difinitive answer.Thanks.
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