An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 8
Coffee.
Marshalls exterior kitchen
The main feed of armoured cable is fed into the right hand side
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 7
Coffee.
Laying blockwork
Using a Marshalltown bricklaying trowel I apply the 4;1 ratio mortar to t
Over the next few weeks BBC Two looks set to be dominated by talk of cottage gardens, wild flowers, topiary and more.
The Great British Garden Revival will be running on the channel in December and January bringing together 14 of Britain’s top telev
Thirty beech trees in Monks Walk, Welwyn Garden City will be felled before Christmas due to severe infection and extensive decay.
The trees are infected with the fungus Kretzschmaria deusta, a serious decay fungus of various tree species which is oft
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
Bob Howden, managing director and owner of the Ongoing Developments group which includes paving and walling company Grasscrete, has been elected as British Cycling president.
A keen cyclist and racer, Howden has spent the past 35 years heavily involv
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 6
Coffee.
Setting out the blockwork
Using a folding 90 and 45 degree set square I begin setting out
A joint project between English Heritage and the Landscape Group, University of East Anglia, has looked at the work of Capability Brown.
The project report is intended to examine the principal research carried out into Brown and his works over the la
The Environment Agency is warning businesses and home owners of an increased likelihood of flooding this winter.
The warning comes as the agency estimates that last year's flooding cost the UK economy up to £600 million, with the impact on businesses
Options available in everything from willow weaving to landscape design. Larger schools offer courses on many subjects and in many different formats.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/10464621/The-best-gardening-short-courses-for-2
A look over some recent articles from the newspapers.
Autumn colours in the garden to light my fire
From bright-orange Kaffir lilies to tomato-red witch hazel, match your colours for late-autumn pyrotechnics.
Tighter controls on the import of sweet chestnut and plane trees come into force today throughout England and Scotland as the latest action to guard against tree pests and diseases.
These new regulations, which coincide with the start of the new plan
Up to one million trees are planted each year as part of The Tree Council’s annual National Tree Week, taking place this year from 23rd November – 1st December. To celebrate trees and encourage planting and care, we will be coordinating a day of actAt Avon Turf, we've been working as landscape gardeners and turf farmers in the south west for a generation. We've witnessed industry trends come and go, as technology has evolved. We were in this game when rolling turf was an endurance event. Today
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon
Day 5
Coffee.
Mixing Concrete
Whilst one member of the team sets about mixing the concrete, 5;1 ratio, f
Starting a wildflower meadow?
It's that time of year when you need to sow Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus minor. Yellow Rattle, or Hay Rattle, or Cockscomb, is an attractive yellow annual wildflower of meadows. It’s a good bumblebee and butterfly plant a
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 4
Coffee.
18 ton Hi-ab grab
Like clock work my 18 ton Hi-ab grab lorry arrives to remove the first l
An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 3
Coffee.
Hand digging the footings
Landscaping works continue to cut the remaining feature wall foo
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