Glasgow's newest and largest hospital has been named the ‘Queen Elizabeth University Hospital’ after Her Majesty the Queen officially opened the record-breaking facility in July 2015. A fabulous expanse of Tobermore’s permeable Hydropave Sienna Duo a
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Every build has its own challenges, but adding fencing and drainage as well as furniture to an active and sensitive hospital ward was certainly an unusual one. Over 10 weeks, the Ground Control team excavated the exterior, added drainage, planted hed
Prize money in The Artisan Garden Design Competition being run by the organisers of Gardening Scotland has risen to £6,000 following support from The Cross Trust.
There are now three awards of £2,000 each will be given to designers who submit the bes
House builder David Wilson Homes has been named as sponsor of the Show Garden Avenue at Gardening Scotland 2014.
The national flower and outdoor living show, which next year will take place from Friday, 30 May until Sunday, 1 June at The Royal Highla
The organisers of Gardening Scotland are calling on the landscape industry in Scotland to take full advantage of the opportunity offered by the country's only national horticultural event as a place to showcase their talents to the public.
Thirty fi
A fungicide with a long history of use in the agricultural sector is to be trialled for its potential to help reduce the impact of a serious fungal disease affecting pine woodlands.
Concerned that Dothistroma needle blight, which affects mainly pine
The RHS in Scotland has launched a new £100,000 fund that will be distributed over the next three years to support grassroots community gardening across the nation.
Gardening groups will be able to apply for funds to make a difference in their neighb
New measures have been introduced by the Scottish Government to further deter those involved in wildlife crime.
There have been a number of recent reports and court cases that suggest wildlife crime is still on-going through the use of poisons, illeg
Seed potato grower, Ian Barbour from Annan, has smashed the Guinness World Record for exhibiting seed potatoes at Gardening scotland 2013.
Barbour from JBA Seed Potatoes and a team of volunteers spent three days washing more than 3000 individual pot
Five-year-old Edinburgh twins Olivia and Matthew Ducreux who are supporters of Poppyscotland meet a one-and-a-half tonne turf panda in the Turffit Garden for Gardening Leave at Gardening Scotland 2013.
Both charities are taking part in the national g
Edinburgh plays host to the Gardening Scotland show which takes place from Friday 31 May until Sunday 2 June at the Royal Highland Centre.
The event plans on showcasing the work of top designers and landscapers right through to amateur gardening club
One of Scotland's rarest carnivores is showing encouraging signs of recovery, a new report has highlighted.
From Argyll to Aberdeenshire, and Caithness to the central belt, the pine marten is proving that rare mammals can recover their numbers, given
SIFSS is a web interface that allows you to:
- Compare your soil to national averages calculated from the Scottish Soils Database
- Find out what soil type in is in your area
- Explore the characteristics of around 600 different Scottish soils
- Discover th
House builder, Barratt Homes is to sponsor the Show Garden avenue at Gardening Scotland 2013
The national gardening and outdoor living show attracts 40,000 visitors every year and the inspirational Show Gardens, which are created by top designers and
On 5th Jan 2012, Hariom Trade International confirmed its growing reputation as a leading supplier of construction materials for roads by securing another major order approx. 10 KM from Eastern Europe. Our client is prominent in the comprehensive exe
I have been operating for over 2 years now and things have gone well. I have (perhaps predictably) got a bit obsessed with running this business and am looking to take things a step further, to work with more clients on bigger jobs and to increase em
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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.
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"Hi Sarah
There are plenty of opportunities for Horticulturists it's such a vast area perhaps as an employee but if self employed as part of a team e.g garden designers often have border work /planting opportunities, perhaps contact some local ones…"
There are plenty of opportunities for Horticulturists it's such a vast area perhaps as an employee but if self employed as part of a team e.g garden designers often have border work /planting opportunities, perhaps contact some local ones…"
"It's always the same, let's go after the homeowners and the little guys first. It's their fault blah blah blah.
Make everyone buy an electric car and lawn mower whilst turning a blind eye to the big industries polluting the planet.
Politicians…"
Make everyone buy an electric car and lawn mower whilst turning a blind eye to the big industries polluting the planet.
Politicians…"
"The UK emits less than 2% of global greenhouse gases do you really think if we all drive EV's, have smart meters we will make any difference?
Net zero for the UK is a pipe dream as it conveniently ignores the carbon emissions from all the goods we…"
Net zero for the UK is a pipe dream as it conveniently ignores the carbon emissions from all the goods we…"
Hi there, I'm a 46yo woman and have done a desk job all my working life, but did do a degree in Landscape and Garden Design back in the day (basically a hort degree with a design element tacked on) and I am a bit of a gardening anorak! …
" Am I the only one that thinks it might be nice not to trash the planet? Even if that means some inconvenience along the way? Climate change is real. If the north atlantic drift stops, we'll have winters like Moscow, that might be a bit…"
"Should be in the manual for each machine, or available from their website. You can then calculate using the spreadsheet here. https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/index.htm"
"We use the Ostrich principal and have done for the last 40 years plus with no ill effects so far. If you comply with all this H&S s**t you end up with getting no work done apart from reams of record keeping and filling out RAMS.
It really is getting…"
It really is getting…"
"You're probably the only person that looks at those ratings lol..........They're bound to say that so they can't be sued if there's problems! Don't worry about it. "
We're just looking at proper HAVS ratings for our machines, and some of the results are frightening. One of our Honda mowers comes up with a result of less than 2 hours use a day, then no other machinery: and there's nothing that lets you do a…
"Yes agree, wire of some sort. Unless someone was planning to fell it and girlded it first and then didn't get around to doing the job. Or something. "
"EV's, heat pumps, smart meters, all a whitewash.
Drax power station burning millions of tonnes of wood pellets imported on diesel ships from North America and emit more carbon than a coal fired power station yet received 500 million in government…"
Drax power station burning millions of tonnes of wood pellets imported on diesel ships from North America and emit more carbon than a coal fired power station yet received 500 million in government…"
"Careful David, your have opinion police knocking on your door.
Net zero is a joke and completely unachievable. China, India, America.
Like the tories, Labour are done. They might as well merge as one party I see no difference between them.
Labour…"
Net zero is a joke and completely unachievable. China, India, America.
Like the tories, Labour are done. They might as well merge as one party I see no difference between them.
Labour…"
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Hi there, I'm a 46yo woman and have done a desk job all my working life, but did do a degree in Landscape and Garden Design back in the day (basically a hort degree with a design element tacked on) and I am a bit of a gardening anorak! …
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HAVS
We're just looking at proper HAVS ratings for our machines, and some of the results are frightening. One of our Honda mowers comes up with a result of less than 2 hours use a day, then no other machinery: and there's nothing that lets you do a…
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things arnt going to work very well
Everything Labour’s net zero advisers want you to give up
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Lawnmower service
I am just about to do my annual service on my lawnmower and i am wondering if you put on genuine blades or aftermarket ones did you notice any difference?
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