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The RHS photographic competition winners 2014 have been announced.…
A survey to over 1,500 respondents commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)* has found that 80% of the UK is getting outside gardening over the 2014 National Gardening Week, 14th to 20th April, and Easter Weekend.
The top three…
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Wisley have purchased a Makita PLM4631 mower.…
I've made live an interactive plant finder, identification and pruning guide website which is still growing.
The website is designed to help you…
A major reorganisation of the way the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) operates has been announced.
In a statement the RHS has said…
The BBC and RHS have signed a new, four year contract which includes the exclusive rights to broadcast RHS Shows at Chelsea, Hampton, Tatton and Malvern on the BBC until 2017.
The new deal will continue to give BBC audiences unprecedented…
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RHS Wisley has purchased a range of environmentally-friendly battery-powered Pellenc equipment to keep tree & hedge cover along with grass clippings & debris in check, quietly and without fumes.
Wisley - the flagship garden of the…
The RHS in Scotland has launched a new £100,000 fund that will be…
Sir Nicholas Bacon Bt OBE DL has been elected as President of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Sir Nicholas has been Treasurer since 1 July 2010.
Sir Nicholas succeeds Elizabeth Banks DL, who has been president of the RHS since July…
The hunt is on for the world’s best garden photographer as entry…
The National Gardens Scheme (NGS) and the Royal Horticultural…
Just getting to grips with the prospect of building two RHS Show Gardens this year in July, Hampton Court then Tatton Park. I must be Mad !! to find out more check out my Build Blog…
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The RHS is calling on garden designers, landscapers, artists and architects to create an exclusive Visionary Garden for RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2012.
This category offers the chance to break the mould and go beyond commercial garden…
The Malvern Spring Gardening Show 2012 – Show…
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The Respiratory Educational Garden…
The year has been very busy for the team so far and with the fabulous weather we have been inundated with requests for
works both in the commercial sector and private gardens too.…
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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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My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using it…
Hi, everyoneI've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to sor…
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I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a pa…
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"A lot of hedge cutting jobs I look at is 1 hour / half day / full day"
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Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Stihl KM 94 rc starting problem
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using…
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Building on weed control and pricing
Hi, everyone I've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to…
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Wave accounting ditching the uk
I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a…
Read more…Pricing hedge work
Folks I dont normally do a lot of headge work but have a customer with many meters needing late summer tidy trim, not into old wood at all. I have the meterage and height, if anyone can gibe me an indication of how they price jobs like this I would…
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