Souters Sports, one of the UK’s leading natural sportsturf contractors, has recently completed the natural habitat at Bluebell Park School in Knowsley, Cheshire with an ambitious planting scheme which saw the addition of over 4,000 trees and over…
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An ambitious community project in Sheffield, designed to give a primary school’s courtyard a much needed makeover, has been made…
Customer Testimonials - Success Story Part One
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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I've been itching to let you in on a little information regarding a positive transition of my garden design…
Open forum activity
"This Garden Planner seems to be all fine with the scale side of things - I haven't noticed anything wierd there....? I've got the plan loaded into my Surface Pro, and another good thing is while I'm on the job, setting out the plants, if I need to c…"
"Hi Karsten, yes I meant a 2D graphic in plan view, saved as a component so I can generate a report to get the right quantities. I know what you mean about the 2D face-me graphics, they are an irritation and move around from where you’ve placed the…"
"Hi Jane,
Yes, the Garden Planner is truly a simple software compared to Sketchup (I like to call it Ketchup! ((~8). I can easily see why you wouldn't use it after getting established with Sketchup. I wouldn't even say it has plant lists, just genera…"
Yes, the Garden Planner is truly a simple software compared to Sketchup (I like to call it Ketchup! ((~8). I can easily see why you wouldn't use it after getting established with Sketchup. I wouldn't even say it has plant lists, just genera…"
"Yes Nicola, who wouldn't hanker after Vectorworks ((~8When you say a 2D plant graphic, do you mean 2D in plan view? This Garden Planner, I'm discovering, is relatively simple, but really seems to go right to the limits of its simplicity. What I like…"
"They both contain flazasulfuron so to all intents and purposes they are the same."
"Hi again Karsten,
I've just had a look at the Garden Planner. A nice simple tool.. But I am too far down the line with Sketchup to get this. I was looking to have one that produced a plant list, but this has too few plants. You can build up a lib…"
I've just had a look at the Garden Planner. A nice simple tool.. But I am too far down the line with Sketchup to get this. I was looking to have one that produced a plant list, but this has too few plants. You can build up a lib…"
"Is this chikara the same as katana which is purchased from sheriff amenity
i work for a local authority and we use glyphosate and katana mixed on gravel roundabouts I must say they stay weed free for most of the season
we have used proshield before…"
i work for a local authority and we use glyphosate and katana mixed on gravel roundabouts I must say they stay weed free for most of the season
we have used proshield before…"
"Hello Karsten,
I too hanker after Vectorworks but use Sketchup.. If you have a sketch of a design you want to put in 3D you can import a jpg of your drawing into Sketchup. If it's to scale you make the faces 'Xray' and draw over the sketch, then us…"
I too hanker after Vectorworks but use Sketchup.. If you have a sketch of a design you want to put in 3D you can import a jpg of your drawing into Sketchup. If it's to scale you make the faces 'Xray' and draw over the sketch, then us…"
"Hi Karsten, I’m a garden designer and I use SketchUp, it’s really a good tool for the job (although I hanker after Vectorworks). You can switch between views really easily, especially if you set up ‘scenes’ in the model, which is very simple to do.…"
"Done it, and got the t shirt!
I took on a 16 year old 2 years ago he has just finished his apprenticeship - overall I would do it again.
The catches.... you have to keep the college "on-side" they can be real bu**ers or totally helpful. There is one…"
I took on a 16 year old 2 years ago he has just finished his apprenticeship - overall I would do it again.
The catches.... you have to keep the college "on-side" they can be real bu**ers or totally helpful. There is one…"
"Agreed with others... get qualified before playing with these chemicals - if anyone spots you spraying and follows up, or you suddenly get a medical condition because you have used the stuff incorrectly your PLI will not cover you.
All in all for th…"
All in all for th…"
"It's an easy fix . Theres a rod the runs from the roller to the front wheels. It goes on the rod . Take blade and rear part of underside deck off , you'll see where it goes . You can run it without the spring till you get a replacement, but you'll…"
Tractor hedge cutting at Haydock
Hi all I'm looking for a contract tractor hedge cutter to carry out some work in Haydock The work will commence on September If you can help or reccomend a good tractor driver I would be very grateful Cheers Kieron
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Spraying calculations
I'm looking for a better spraying calculation sheet. I trained at Capel manor, and the one I got from there is good, and useful, but it doesn't take in to account water rates for products. Anyone have a good one I could use?In the interest of share…
Read more…Lawn Mower Problem
Hi all, Hoping I can get a bit of help. I have the Hayter Harrier 41 Pro which I only purchased for use this season so only done about 4 and a bit months worth of cutting so far, and I only cut grass 3 days per week, and today as I was loading it…
Read more…Reccommendations for industrial weed killer
I am working on a job that requires scortcherd earth when it comes to weeds over a large area that consists of hardcore, soil, sand and other aggregates.Can anyone reccommend a powerful weedkiller that can be put into a spray backpack, ideally…
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