You might have a healthy, green lawn and a variety of plans in your garden, but this does not make it ‘green’ in the truest sense. Many gardens use chemical pesticides and insecticides that harm the environment and fail to attract vital wildlife, suc
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One of the best ways you can improve on your garden and make it a relaxing area to be in is to have some kind of water feature. Everyone finds water very calming and hypnotic almost, and when you have a water feature with some fish in it can really t
"Giving you inspiration for your garden designs"
Many people struggle with design ideas for their own gardens, well here we have put together a little portfolio of different garden designs. We can create, design and install all types of garden idea
Wood BlocX Helps Create Some “Grand Designs!”
Last weekend (Oct 7-9th) was the Grand Designs Show held at the NEC in Birmingham and Wood BlocX took a starring role, featuring in the amazing show gardens on display there.
This years’ show was a busy as
A new project submission has been made to www.garden-design-pictures.com and the pictures can be viewed by clicking Ponds
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Chuffed to have a piece on wetlands in the Financial Times on Saturday, which gave me the opportunity to give a few good people a bit of a plug. I hope I've got the gist of it right, and that it might give some pause for thought. Nice photos anyway,
https://youtu.be/G3gaU9YK4kM
In this video, I will be…
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…
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…
Open forum activity
"Hadn't thought of that Dave. Are they any good?"
"I was interested in an Eliet Maestro Country chipper earlier this year but after posting my queries on this group I came to the conclusion that I couldn't warrant its purchase as it wouldn't be used that much and there's the storage issue too.…"
"The difficulty arises when "Low maintenance" is confused with "NO maintenance" lol"
"Always makes me laugh when customers say.
"I want to make this area low maintenance, maybe gravel with a few shrubs" low maintenance my ***!"
"I want to make this area low maintenance, maybe gravel with a few shrubs" low maintenance my ***!"
"Simply hand weed and rake the stones afterwards. Explain to the customer that it will need doing again in the spring as the more pernicious weeds will come through. I have used boiling hot water to scald persistent weeds to good affect. Not all…"
"I’ve used mine a fair bit now with both long reach and short hedge cutters, I think it will need regular spraying with PTFE to keep it moving easier as it does tend to stiffen up over time. It’s definitely better for my body for the sake of the faff…"
"Looks like a garden wall to me LOL.........( Sorry, couldn't resist :) )"
" Looks like euonymus japonicus to me too. Not sure what cultivar though!"
With two rugby pitches and a new, dedicated cricket pitch all constructed to add to the existing two rugby pitches, Towcestrians Head Groundsman, Tom Waldock, knew he would need some new machinery to keep everything in shape!While waiting for a new…
"Thanks for the help guys. Some good advice here. I will discuss with the customer over the coming days and come up with a solution with them.
Looks like being some hard work involved "
Looks like being some hard work involved "
"It will be a labour intensive job digging out with or without existing membrane .
Priority is to remove what the customer does not want to keep if not all .
I would suggest ( Armchair perspective not being on the site )
1 .Dig everything out and…"
Priority is to remove what the customer does not want to keep if not all .
I would suggest ( Armchair perspective not being on the site )
1 .Dig everything out and…"
Roundup ProActive: confidence for both contractor and customerAdam Pilgrim from ANP Services Spalding Ltd, has long relied on Roundup ProActive from ProGreen claiming that it offers several benefits to both the contractor and the customer.Roundup…
"If there is membrane and the weeds are on top, your job will obviously be easier. However, looking at some of those weeds growing, I believe that even if there was membrane then they would have grown through it to form deep tap roots. This will be a…"
"I treat some gravel areas I maintain with Chikara....................... keeps it completely clear for months...... often the whoel "growing season" Expensive stuff but a small container goes a really long way, "
Clearing weeds/plants on stones
Could anyone on here offer advice on clearing an overgrown front garden on stones.The customer doesn't wish to use any weed killer on the area Just wondering what is the best way to go about it
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Hi AllI looking into getting a shredder for general garden waste and hedging. One the problems I have is I got a VW caddy van so I can't go for anything too big!I have been looking at the Eliet maestro city to the Stihl GH 460 so far! Any though on…
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