From 2 – 3 November 2016, STIHL will be presenting Saltex visitors with its premium groundscare and professional products, including the much anticipated BR 700 blower and 7 series VIKING lawn mowers. With STIHL’s brand new, expanded stand making its
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Marshalls' revenue for the eleven months ended 30 November 2015 was up 8 per cent at £365 million (2014: £338 million) despite strong comparatives versus the second half of 2014. The Group continues to experience robust order intake alongside encoura
Sherriff Amenity has announced that it is launching some new additions to its popular fungicide packages. The new tank-mixes have been designed to combine fungicides, nutrients and adjuvants, helping to control major turf diseases including Microdoch
GroundsCare Products, sole UK importers of Turf Teq and ZipLevel products, will be running live demonstrations of these unique landscape maintenance and survey products.
The Turf Teq range consists of:
• Bed Edger
• Trencher
• Power Broom
• Rough-cut M
William Sinclair - the growing media and horticulture product supplier - says that whilst order intake and sales early in the season were encouraging, the extent of the growth in revenues compared to the prior year that had been anticipated to result
Marshalls has announce a number of new additions to its domestic product range available to homeowners in 2014.
Marshalls new products are designed specifically with the needs of the homeowner and installer in mind.
Driveways are boosted with a new
Among a range of new product launches from Etesia this autumn are two high quality professional rotary mowers, two domestic pedestrian lawn mowers and a new revolutionary electric wheel barrow.
The PKCTM 46cm and LKCGM 53cm models join the Duocut rang
SISIS have launched two re-designed products – the pedestrian Dart powered vertical action aerator and Rotorake TM1000 tractor mounted heavy duty scarifier.
For the past twelve months, the SISIS team of engineers have listened to what customers were l
Always a popular stop with groundcare professionals at IOG SALTEX, SISIS will be showcasing three new products for the 2013 show.
The company will be launching a new pedestrian scarifier and will be bringing two redesigned products – the SISIS Dart pe
Marshalls have launched a new website aimed at the domestic landscaping market.
The new site is easier to use and to provide all the tools and information to plan a project and find the product(s) best suited to your requirements. This includes comp
Marshalls have announced a number of new additions to their product range available to homeowners in 2013.
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The Cobbletech driveway system is designed to give a natural authentic cobble look to a driveway or courtyard and is equally at home
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At Decorative Garden Accessories our focus is to design and produce functional products for the home and garden, without having to compromise on style. From planters to plant pots– we are passionate about making products tha
Briarlea Landscapes and Driveways Ltd has Lanarkshires largest landscape and driveway display centre.
The centre is open seven days a week for customer convenience. Here you will see six full driveways on display and six large landscaped gardens. You
Trying to access how The Hard Landscaping Show went for us, it's the first time I have exhibited at a two day trade show at some distance from base, although I have exhibited at local three day garden shows and one day trade shows. With all these sho
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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…
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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"It looks as if that was written about ten years ago with those prices. You need to be charging £35+ an hour to make this business work."
"I am a bad businessman ( very bad reading through the comments and previous threads ) I do quite a lot for £10 + some even less poststamp lawns but avoid unless next to other jobs . Its not worth pricing hourly not here to many throw a wobbler if…"
"I’m good, I actually love a bit of banter. All my comments should be read as though they are spoken in a very relaxed and calm manner. That is always the intent behind them."
"Maybe I have been lucky, in that I come and go as I please. I never have set times for anything. I am never told or guided by clients as to what and when to do things. I think though that is isn’t luck, but rather the decades of hard work and…"
"Yep it's been a wet week, but fortunately the rain has passed by overnight."
"Whoops... sorry to have upset you."
"I suspect the majority of your customers differ from the ones a lot of us have. It's not "dancing to the tune of professionals" etc. My "domestic" customers like to know when I'm coming to give me access to the rear garden and provide that…"
From bunkers to greens, Martin Scothern – Head Greenkeeper at Wollaton Park Golf Club has long relied on a range of products from Mansfield Sand.Wollaton Park Golf Club in Nottingham is widely regarded as one of the finest parkland courses in the…
"Never liked other people in charge of my diary i find i can plan more efficiently with a flexible approach .
I am constantly aware and anticipate growth in all my gardens and it makes me more productive .
Often customers dont need to be present i…"
I am constantly aware and anticipate growth in all my gardens and it makes me more productive .
Often customers dont need to be present i…"
"yes working next to a road can be hazardous as quite apart from the risks to ones self it can distract other road users"
"I wouldn’t last long if I were dancing to the tune of ‘professionals’ who ‘work in the city’. It has a touch of hierarchy to me. I wouldn’t be working around coffee mornings or personal trainers either. I have to say, you make them sound awful.
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"Yes I gather it's been rough down there with Storm Aurore coming in from France, terrible flooding if the main stream media is to be believed. Nice here in the East Midlands which is not generally a high rainfall area to be fair although we did get…"
"I quite enjoy my regular mowing days, probably now about 50% of my week and always the first 2 or 3 days. It's the bread and butter work and makes me decent £££. The remainder of the week is freestyle, and gives me the flexibility to shift days…"
"Everyone works differently but I find regular routines tedious so I tend to have a list of which gardens are due to be done, and make it up as I go along. Certain jobs yes it's courteous to give clients a bit of notice, a phone call or text to ask…"
"Hi, I would do exactly as others have said. Also keep an eye out for passing horses/ pedestrians. People often appreciate it if you stop for a sec while they pass. "
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I was just doing a search online about rates for mowing lawns. Below are the suggested rates from checkatrade. I'm not asking people for their rates. However, I would be grateful for any feedback. Based on the suggested average, I wouldn't be able…
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Hedge cutting against Road
In a week or 2 i will be cutting a hedge around 50 mtrs long on a road with a 2 foot grass verge no path, hedge only 5 feet or so no ladders needed, My question is what safety measures would you put in place up the road? Road sign (hedge cutting) …
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Pergola options
Looking for suggestions for putting a pergola in to heavy wet soil in the wet west of Ireland! Pressure treated pine won't last long enough with wet feet in this damp environment, was thinking of Douglas fir or alder if possible to get posts in…
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Stihl hla85
Hla85 suddenly stopped working,3 red lights flashing on battery(fully charged), lubed blades,can move blades manually by turning gear,read something somewhere about a dirty sensor switch?can anyone help ,where is this switch located ,or can anyone…
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