An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 16
Coffee
Composite decking mainframe
The composite decking mainframe is taking shape, I want to us
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Garden Design Clapham London: This garden in Clapham was dominated by an imposing privet hedge and the gravel which was the only surfacing material tended to be trodden into the adjoining kitchen. The garden needed built-in beds, seating and daybed
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 Vegetables
The garden was very long but also narrow with a horrible wire mesh fence, the only thi
What began as a set of insights aimed at making gardening life easier for Seniors, has now evolved into a far more generally-applicable set of systems which make life easier for any gardener at all. A glance over the items listed below can inform a
Hi all, hope the last few weeks were good for you. Lots of things are happening for me and some things takes too long.
The internet is amazing tool for information, as you know, think about all things that happening in many arrabs countries thanks to
Romantic garden /allotment gift for valentine day!,
Diy for him/her a heart shape raised bed!
The easy enviro raised bed can set to any-shape, in just few minutes.
Yes, you can choose the depth, 22cm/ 45cm or 65cm. in light brown or black . very lon
A new project submission has been made to www.garden-design-pictures.com and the pictures can be viewed by clicking Raised Beds
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Yes it is mad! Our dinning table is full of plastic crumbs... I should say recycled plastic crumbs.... the living room looks more or less like a factory..... Oh ... Actually in the middle now... I was cutting 2000 samples of the material that we made
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…
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…
A recent school grounds seminar held at Charterhouse in Surrey has been hailed a huge success by all who attended.
The event attracted over 50 delegates from all levels as several topical issues were explored and discussed. Supported by…
Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in…
This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…
Open forum activity
"Craig, I had 16 years in IT Spport before becoming a self employed gardener, with my wife. When we started we chose a business name, registered it, registered with the Inland Revenue, designed our business cards, built our own website, introduced ou…"
"HS87 all day for me especially when used with a elephant trunk type harness it weights nothing at all."
"I've been going to one for a few years but not had a massive success. This is mainly down to my lack of networking skill and being able to approach "clicks" of people who are all finance/solicitor/accountant types. We do look after the grounds for…"
"some of the early ones came with strings attached Ed people trying to sell time shares etc , I once travelled all the way down to Guilford from the north to a Two day event at a hotel which ended up relieving me of £1500 for an unworkable business…"
"Be confident mate and just tell them that is how you are working from 1st march 1st April or whatever. It puts you so much more in control. I've got to do the same with a few stragglers this year too. Having done it with the majority over the las…"
"The marathon sport range from sheriffgrasscare might be worth a look. I only used it for a season as it gunked the spreader up, but it did seem very effective.
Tudor Environmental do an organic spring summer fert which is very good, its what I use n…"
Tudor Environmental do an organic spring summer fert which is very good, its what I use n…"
"Sounds good. I'm looking to do this in Shrewsbury where a lot of people know each other so could work. Looked at it 20 years ago when I was in the south east and it was a lot like Gary and Adam said. Loads of sharks. "
Hi all,hope your all well after the adverse weather we've had?. Ive a question im looking for some feedback on, which is 'what is the best practice for planting'. The actual issue is landscapers putting down eco matting after planting. I don't see a…
Good evening all, hope you are not all washed out !I'm going to see a new client who has a sizable pair of lawned areas which she would like me to take care of. This is fine but she would like me to use an organic system to do this. Does anyone ha…
"In that case the Stihl HS87 single sided is brilliant............ really powerful and will cut through really thick stuff. I always fit a sweeper/catcher on the blade..... only an extra £20.......... so there's no cuttings left on the top to pull of…"
"I generally increase the prices to new customers then 3 months later increase the price to existing customers albeit to around £1 per hour less as a loyalty discount and every 2 years"
"About 12k direct from members in the room the rest from them referring us to their family or clients "
"can you contact me to discuss selling please? info@lclscotland.co.uk"
Planting best practices
Hi all,hope your all well after the adverse weather we've had?. Ive a question im looking for some feedback on, which is 'what is the best practice for planting'. The actual issue is landscapers putting down eco matting after planting. I don't see…
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Organic lawn feeding
Good evening all, hope you are not all washed out !I'm going to see a new client who has a sizable pair of lawned areas which she would like me to take care of. This is fine but she would like me to use an organic system to do this. Does anyone…
Read more…Which Hedge Trimmer
Hi Folks,Im looking for advice on what hedge trimmer to buy, I`v had loads over the years and can cope with light trimming, but I`m getting more hedges that are overgrown with thicker branches and know my machine wont cope with the cutting.Apart…
Read more…Business networking groups
Interested to hear about any and all your experiences on this one. Business networking groups is something that was mentioned by my accountant and I am aware it works well for some people.Anyone have experience of them now or in the past and what…
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