"A study traced 1,000 people living in British cities for five years and found those living in greener surroundings reported less mental distress and higher life satisfaction, even after taking into account income, employment, marital status, physica
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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has commissioned a major new report aiming to provide a thorough insight into the challenging situation faced by UK's parks.
A team of industry experts will deliver the State of the UK’s Public Parks’ Report in Spring
National Parks England, alongside Defra, has launched a 'Love Your National Parks' campaign to celebrate all that England's National Parks have to offer.
This year's National Parks Week runs from 29 July to 4 August and aims to boost the economic val
With the sunny weather set to continue and Britain’s gardens well and truly in bloom, the national tourism agency has released research which reveals that a staggering £7.8 billion was spent by tourists enjoying a garden in the UK, with a large chun
GreenSpace is the national charity that has championed the revitalisation and resurgence of parks and green spaces over the past 12 years. However, over the past year there have been devastating budget cuts to local authority funds and this, combined
The Garden Design Academy began by providing training to garden designers and by assisting home gardeners to design their own gardens. I started offering these in the UK from our offices in Hertfordshire and when we moved to France they took on a who
The skills of 800 Green Flag judges will now be recognised against national standards as they adopt the use of the online tool greenSKILL.
Developed by Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based industries in partnership with G
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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…
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…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
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Currently run a Hayter 48 Pro mower, as well as the new 41 Pro.looking to replace the 48 and would appreciate opinions of anyone running one. Grass pick up, speed etc.
"Good feedback. Any good for chipping hazel, Holly and escolonia? "
"Had a Maestro Country for just over a year now. Superb for reducing the bulk of woody mixed cuttings including conifers. Absolute crap.for privet and soft cuttings with the standard sieve supplied. Although the handbook says blades can be sharpened…"
"Thanks for the feedbacks chaps; much appreciated. Food for thoughts certainly.
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"We bought two Eliet Majors some time ago and they are ok for woody prunings such as conifer etc but anything soft and sappy will block them, when we bought ours they had the option of an additional coarse screen which has large square holes rather t…"
From groundsman to greenkeeper, contractor to sales advisor – the experienced Allan Wright has turned his hand to most jobs in the turf and amenity industry.“In all of the positions that I’ve had in my career, I’ve always looked at the next step as…
I wonder if anyone has come across this or any advice. One of my customers has what I think is a Japanese spindle.it has been doing very well but since my last visit 2 weeks ago half of it appears to have died (see photos) some of the bottom of the…
"I have an Eliet Major and TBH has been my most disapointing buy. The problem was at the time of purchase, the entry level small chipper was £4k, the Eliet was around £1.8, so I thought it would do a job. Biggest problems, it will only draw in woody…"
"Thinking ahead i grassed it over years ago for easy low maintenance but plants can be a bit like sweets and irresistable so borders have crept back creating work .
The garden hedge i decided to shape like an elephant but currently its looking like…"
The garden hedge i decided to shape like an elephant but currently its looking like…"
"cannot recall which moddel it was but looks simular to the country, had use of one in a large garden i did a few years ago
it was a pain to get into the garden as it was top heavey it used to bung up with soft green waste tried saving woody stuff t…"
it was a pain to get into the garden as it was top heavey it used to bung up with soft green waste tried saving woody stuff t…"
"grass always cut as and when keep the front garden tyder than the back just incace a client came to the door but my garden is a spring garden so at the moment it looks bad "
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Hayter 48 Pro
Currently run a Hayter 48 Pro mower, as well as the new 41 Pro.looking to replace the 48 and would appreciate opinions of anyone running one. Grass pick up, speed etc.
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Dying shrub
I wonder if anyone has come across this or any advice. One of my customers has what I think is a Japanese spindle.it has been doing very well but since my last visit 2 weeks ago half of it appears to have died (see photos) some of the bottom of the…
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I am looking to buy a second hand Eliet scarifier that have had minimal use and been serviced by the dealership. What your views on them? I have an old Allen Turf Doctor that is brilliant but the bearings were shattered on a recent job.....Thanks…
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