LJN Blog Posts

You most probably don't need telling, but this spring is on track to be the coldest in more than 50 years.

The Met Office has said that the UK's mean temperature for the season (March-April-May) is currently 6.0°C, based on figures from 1 March to 28

A campaign has been launched to bring people and communities together to sow, grow and support UK native wild flowers.

Grow Wild, a new campaign funded by the Big Lottery Fund, aims to inspire people to get together to transform unloved urban sites,

Just getting to grips with the prospect of building two RHS Show Gardens this year in July, Hampton Court then Tatton Park. I must be Mad !! to find out more check out my Build Blog http://www.august-garden-designs.co.uk/Blog

Both Show Gardens are es

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

Detailed notes and guidance have been published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) on dealing with invasive plants.

The guide, titled Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and other invasive plants, provides information on the

A widely used insect nerve agent has been labelled a "high acute risk" to honeybees by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). A similar assessment by the EFSA on three other insecticides preceded the suspension of their use in the European Union.

Following a competitive tendering process, Souters Sports, the UK’s leading crown green construction contractors, were chosen to construct the new bowling green on a former decaying factory site for Budenberg Bowling Club in Broadheath, near Stockpor

Does anyone know of a cleaning product to use with a jetwasher, which does not harm plants?

The Woodland Trust has received the green light from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a UK-wide project which could see the restoration of 52,000 hectares of ancient woodland.

The project intends to work with more than 1,000 landowners to offer in

French footballing giant, Paris Saint-Germain, has headed across the Channel to find a new groundsman for their Parc des Princes stadium.

PSG has head-hunted the award winning Aston Villa groundsman, Jonathan Calderwood, who will be taking up respons

This machine is ideal for shredding all forms of nursery waste, wooden pallets, prunings, vegetables, plastic plant pots etc up to 4" in diameter. The machine is capable of volume reduction shredding of up to 1/8 of the original size which in turn sh

Dennis and SISIS, whose turf maintenance equipment is widely used by cricket groundsman at all levels, are delighted to announce a new partnership with the Club Cricket Conference.

These two highly respected names will support the 2013 CCC handbook an

I am very excited to be exhibiting garden art throughout the year at Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry, UK and was recently featured in the Coventry Telegraph newspaper.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/find-things-to-do/art-displayed-new-exhib

Chafford Hundred, Essex. May 27th 2013.

Giggins Landscaping has completed a front garden in Chafford Hundred, Essex.

On this project, the customer required a low maintenance front garden that would look great year round.

We used Namgrass Green Mirage fo

Many of us are walking around with camera phones in our pockets, but just what can you create with them?

Well photographer, Mark Hirsch, decided the take a photograph each day of a 'lonely bur oak tree'.

And he has brought the images together to prod

A QUICK collection of news headlines from the past few days.

Plantwatch: The battle for the ancient British bluebell woods
A great blue wave has spread across the country in one of our greatest natural spectacles, as carpets of bluebells have come in

A performance staging area, café kiosk and major landscaping are just some of the features plans for a town centre park.

Harrow Borough Council has revealed the detailed designs of regeneration Lowlands Recreation Ground behind Harrow-on-the-Hill St

Winter lawn care is all about preparation, adequate lawn preparation during the fall will mean that during the winter your lawn will almost take care of itself - almost!

During the winter months the lawn grass lies dormant in most areas of the country

Garden landscaping and paving using Marshalls Fairstone King Size golden sand multi paving with a Eclipse light granite border detail

Circular steps constructed using Marshalls Fairstone setts

New walls and steps capped off using Marshalls golden sand

Being a natural stone paving supplier is quite an interesting job. It takes you to all sorts of places, brings you into contact with many different types of people and drops you into a whole range of different scenarios. Everyones got a camera phone