- Katrina enjoyed a successful trip to the Tate Modern and The Victoria & Albert museum with some garden design students last week. Inspiration came in many guises, from a chest of drawers to an art deco portable radio. Matt, our senior garden landscaper, accompanied us on the tour of London galleries. Seen here making the most of the tube journey by writing some blog copy! The garden design course continues this week with an introduction to Google’s 3D CAD ‘Google Sketchup’.
- Katrina is presenting a rooftop garden design to a client in Stepney this week – every inch of this small roof terrace has been utilised. This London garden design features a bespoke dining pod and day bed.
- The first garden design consultation of the year starts with a visit to Hackney for Katrina, Claire and Matt, along with all the equipment needed to complete a site survey ready for the garden design to be produced.
- The kitchen garden at The Manor House is nearing completion, despite the rain. Only the sealing and grouting remain and the team will be ready to move to the infinity pool area.
- Claire’s will undertake her first garden design consultation for Earth Designs, for an garden design consultation voucher client in Lewisham.
- We received an email from someone interested in a garden design and build for the roof terrace of a school in Plaistow.
- Katrina and Claire have been working on the creative for the new website for Earth Designs vouchers: garden postal designs and garden design consultations.
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" Just for others, there are a number of Etesia manuals that can be browsed on the Mower Spare Parts site:
https://www.mowerspareparts.co.uk/category_s/2113.htm"
https://www.mowerspareparts.co.uk/category_s/2113.htm"
Andy Richards, Grounds Manager at Haileybury School, has praised the Dennis ES-34R battery-powered rotary mower for its sustainability, quiet operation, and exceptional performance.At the prestigious independent school in Hertfordshire, which boasts…
"I don't think this is type 1, it looks finer. It might be 20mm to dust limestone (like a fine type 1), but it could be something like Breedon self-binding path gravel (google it). Either would need a free-draining sub-base."
"Thanks so much everyone, great advice, will give it some thought and try some new pricing ideas with new customers....best to give it another chance and if all fails will try something else. Best wishes. "
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"Have you checked under the seat? I don't know this mower, but I think that is where the manual states the oil filler is."
"Thanks for taking the trouble to reply Ian - much appreciated. Unfortunately the manuals don't help in that my machine doesn't have a reservoir or dipstick so I'm scratching my head!!! "
"Yet more good advice, charging an hourly rate is an illness which seems to be prevalent in "our" trade all it does is to devalue our skills,experience and investment in our businesses along with pandering to customers expectations for a low cost…"
"Try and price per visit instead of hourly rate. 2-3 hour slots say to custumer £90-£100 per visit.
This will be half your day if you add travel to and from the job. Or have a minimum fee of x amount per visit. If a customer wants an hour or 2 it…"
This will be half your day if you add travel to and from the job. Or have a minimum fee of x amount per visit. If a customer wants an hour or 2 it…"
"A copy of the manual can be found here:
https://www.mowerspareparts.co.uk/v/Etesia%20owners%20manual/Etesia...(early%20version)%20owners%20manual.pdf
or if any help, also the latter one:…"
https://www.mowerspareparts.co.uk/v/Etesia%20owners%20manual/Etesia...(early%20version)%20owners%20manual.pdf
or if any help, also the latter one:…"
"More good advice"
"As relative novices to gardening - 4th year of trading - we have experienced what you are going through and feel your anxiety and frustration and "is-it-all-worth-it-I-might-as-well-go-and-work-at-Tesco" thoughts .
At the end of the day it boils…"
At the end of the day it boils…"
"I sold the Sthil and bought a good second hand BCS 730. It did a far better job, then my son raked it then dragged a pallet around. "
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