STIHL will be hitting the road throughout March with a new Professional Cordless Roadshow UK tour. The STIHL Fully Charged Cordless Roadshow will allow larger professional users, such as councils and major landscaping contractors, exclusive access to
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The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
What is it?
LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
The site is…
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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…
Open forum activity
The Retreats Group, which encompasses three of the leading luxury hotels in Wales—Twr y Felin Hotel, Roch Castle, and Penrhiw Priory—has always been dedicated to maintaining immaculate grounds that reflect the beauty of its locations.For Ollie…
"I've tried something similar in the past. That was very expensive to operate as you had to buy their own formulation, whereas at least this looks like you can use standard roundup in it: but I found the other main downsides were 1) the narrow swath…"
Hi there, I was looking into how we can save a bit of time on our maintenance contracts. We use glyphosate to treat weeds around paved and gravelled areas. Setting up the sprayer and mixing chemicals takes time and takes up space in the van. Have…
"Cheers, will have a look for these, nice and cheap "
"Again only seen these connected to helmets, but I'm guessing they can be bought as a single piece to use without a helmet, will look into these and the full face ones mentioned above"
"Do these have to be connected to a helmet or can you use them on there own? Dog shit and slugs!, neither taste nice 🤣"
"Perhaps consider taking a cut on the larger lawns if those gardens can offer Winter opportunity but obviously try to establish if those larger gardens already have another gardener providing maintenance in which case it's pointless .
I used to have…"
I used to have…"
ICL is pleased to announce the launch of Trophy XL®, a new turf herbicide from Corteva Agriscience that combines established herbicide technology with the innovative active ingredient Arylex™. Designed for managed amenity turf, Trophy XL offers…
"I always take into account the avoidance of travel time, that is the biggest thief of ££
Your £1 per minute is all well and good, but if you have to load, drive to the next street, park and unload you will have probably lost 20 mins in total, often…"
Your £1 per minute is all well and good, but if you have to load, drive to the next street, park and unload you will have probably lost 20 mins in total, often…"
"Work out what you earn per hour, or per half day, at £1/ minute, because I bet you don't get 60 chargeable minutes in every hour! This will give you a better idea what to charge per hour for larger jobs.
I agree £140 sounds steep, my gut is…"
I agree £140 sounds steep, my gut is…"
GroundsFest is proud to announce an exciting new initiative: the GroundsFest Academy.The GroundsFest Academy which has been designed to provide free education for anyone working in groundscare and landscaping.By reinvesting profits from GroundsFest…
Managing the expansive grounds of Warwick Schools Foundation requires precision and dedication, and Grounds Manager Duncan Toon relies on trusted solutions to meet these demands.Recently, he found that MM Tetra Sport grass seed has become an…
"One thing that I find is that cut and collect is a different service than a mulch cut. Cut and collect takes longer, as a result of stopping to empty bag, and you need to dispose of the cuttings.
As a result, I often offer 2 options for mid to large…"
As a result, I often offer 2 options for mid to large…"
"Rich, Been in the trade a very,very long time and we still struggle to gauge a happy medium for domestics .
We are mainly commercial now where high rates are easily achievable but we do a few domestics at the high end and in all honesty we try to…"
We are mainly commercial now where high rates are easily achievable but we do a few domestics at the high end and in all honesty we try to…"
Good evening allI operate as a sole trader and throughout the cutting season I use an alternate week on/week off diary to provide fortnightly lawn cuts so that I can utilise the off week for one of jobs and small landscaping projects.i have been…
Mankar HQ Sprayer no mix sprayer
Hi there, I was looking into how we can save a bit of time on our maintenance contracts. We use glyphosate to treat weeds around paved and gravelled areas. Setting up the sprayer and mixing chemicals takes time and takes up space in the van. Have…
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Lawn cut prices 2025
Good evening allI operate as a sole trader and throughout the cutting season I use an alternate week on/week off diary to provide fortnightly lawn cuts so that I can utilise the off week for one of jobs and small landscaping projects.i have been…
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Salt spreader for sale
Surplus to requirements -as new (used twice).Matterhorn pedestrian salt speader from Gritex. Unlike many salt spreaders advertised these do work properly and will handle damp salt, spreads up to 3mt and holds 25 kg plus, variable output settings.…
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Safety goggles
Evening chaps!I'm after some recommendations for safety goggles, I need some for just domestic strimming, I used to use safe eyes mesh goggles, which where fantastic, but can't seem to find them anywhere now. since my last pair got destroyed I've…
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