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  Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com January 31, 2009 at 6:08pm

  I understand your sentiments but I believe this is a really new service(?) so perhaps they might be extending the supplier list in time - but what do you think about the service offer of speeding up the plant selection process?
  
  I checked out your wholesaler site and am looking forward to the stock photos and descriptions but I think Guildford might be too far from Glasgow for us to forge a business connection!!
  
  Cheers
  
  Nicky Patterson
  GardenImprovements.com
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  Nick February 5, 2009 at 12:42pm

  Thanks for your comments, I can understand that you might have been expecting to see more nurseries listed. It is the intention, and we are working on it. There are more features coming including regular articles by top UK designers and directories of landscape contractors. The first article will be up within 10 days. Being able to choose plants by selecting the criteria that you need, and being able to check that they are available should speed up the process of creating planting plans, and also bring you into contact with plants that perhaps you weren't aware could be used in those situations. Students have one year free membership, and there are special offers going out in the press regularly. I would be interested in any more comments you may have.
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  Nick February 5, 2009 at 12:43pm

  Just so your aware I created the ILEX site!
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  Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com February 7, 2009 at 6:44pm

  Nick I have used it for the last design I produced and I was impressed with how much it made choosing plants more efficient - it certainly saved time rooting through the RHS Encyclopedia's I have here and I reckon it's a good aid to this end. I'm certainly considering a subscription for these purposes (but will of course be on the look out for special offers!) but perhaps this will be more worthwhile once some more suppliers are added since neither of our 2 main local wholesalers are in the list; McLaren's and Craigmarloch.
  
  Cheers
  
  Nicky Patterson
  GardenImprovements.com
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  Nick February 7, 2009 at 7:31pm

  Thanks for your comments Nicky, I am now putting out ads for nurseries to contact me to get their plant range on the site for FREE. I want to try try to avoid the site becoming overrun with ads and keep it clean and easy to use, so I opted to charge the user. If I find an alternative I'll let you know! I have contacted your local nurseries to ask for their plant range and I will give you a Year Free Subscription for your helpful comments, which I am acting on. Many thanks, Nick
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  Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com February 8, 2009 at 5:22pm

  A year's free sounds great to me Nick thank you!
  
  I understand the concept of keeping advertising to a minimum and I don't think that £60 is too high a premium to charge for this service. I will recomend it to whomever I think may benefit from it.
  
  Cheers
  
  Nicky