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The links between trees, forests and improved mental and physical health are becoming clearer, with an increasing amount of applied research providing a more solid evidence base. When researchers offer explanations as to why such links are evidenced,
There is an old parlour game; what would be the best professional to be marooned on a desert island with? A clear favourite would be a multi skilled self-employed landscaper. A knowledge of soil management helping to grow food, the ingenuity to fashi
Well no doubt your all rained off (again!) like me. Not sure if I'll ever catch up but I did cut two lawns this morning before the heavens opened. Well all we can hope for is an Indian summer lol!
TVG Landscaping are landscaping contractors that offers a wide variety of design, build and general landscaping and maintenance services in Sussex.
Our Main Services:
Garden Design Lancing
We are able to offer our landscaping services on a personal scal
Marshalls Cobbletech Paving System
As most of us know Marshalls have recently released a new paving system known as Marshalls Cobbletech which is only available to those on the register. We believe that this is a fantastic, innovative, long lasting pr
Our businesses occupy a large percentage of our time, being self employed is a different world from being employed. With most employed work when you clock off you can go home and relax until the next morning.
Self employment, running your own busines
Photo by kind permission of Barakura English Garden
Last year we were approached by a Japanese garden writer working in the UK, to supply a gazebo and rose tunnels for a garden in Tokyo. Our furthest reach until then was supplying British customers w
Discovering a nest of wild bees in my garden spurred me to this post. This is the second nest created in a forgotten clump of grass cuttings. Clearly they love it and find it a perfect environment. The first nest was quit
hi i have recently picked up a qualcast 35s cylinder mower, when i mow it leaves a rib effect on the lawn, ive sharpened blades and set, adjusted the mixture screw, but still no joy, the blade does seem to slow slightly and pick up again when mowing
What did we all think of the show this year?
Our landscape designer went down and filled us in on all the event action!
"The Chelsea Flower Show was an extravagant display of colours and textures as always. Innovative gardens and designs along with new
Hi all,
I'm Matt from Leicestershire. I'm currently in the throws of starting a garden and maintenance company and thought i'd regularly post updates on whats going on here. That's if that's ok/allowed?
I currently work full time as a manager in a fact
I was helping to build the RBS show garden at Chelsea this year, helped by some of my students - a great experience. Writing a series of blogs on the trends at Chelsea - here is the first!
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Although we have been designing and building gardens for 25 years, it’s only in the last eight years that we have been concentrating mainly on a contemporary style (thought we still do many traditional gardens too).
We have just added a new design portfolio to our website to encourage potential customers to have their ideas discussed and a design drawn up before commencing any work.
Most of our designs are hand drawn but as Marshalls Register installers we also h
Artificial sports pitches will soon again be dominating the headlines, as the outcome is known of the Football League’s formal consultation regarding the use of these surfaces for first team football matches.
For the many League and non-League clubs
Thank you for reading “Groundsman in Crisis” today I want to introduce you to Sam who we met earlier this year.
Sam is a well-respected landscape gardener whose work has featured in the trade press so some details have been changed to protect his iden
Here's a link to my latest blog entry with photos of picturesque weeds! The rain has made everything grow like crazy.
Jane
Phew the rain has arrived at last, sounds funny after the wettest April but when your grounds are on sandy soil it does not take too long for the lawns to lose their lush look, still I am sure witht he current rainfall and our expert lawn care progra
Over recent years designers and architects have experimented with decorative glass in there designs.
We have completed 3 projects in the last 3 months using decorative glass. With a vast range of shades and colours we can supply virtually all ral colo
The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
What is it?
LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
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As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
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.
The programme…
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Tiny robot rigby Taylor
Thought I'd sign up to this forum. And I hope I'm allowed to post stuff for sale on here as this will be a one off? I have for sale a tiny pro robot, it's not the new edition but it's the bigger one of the two. If anyone is interested then please…
Read more…Instant hedging
A customer of mine is interested in instant hedging - his is a new build on a prestigious estate. He wants a 5ft laurel hedge, immediately. Length could be 18m or 44m, depending on costing, at £250 per metre unit this is a sizeable project. I've…
Read more…MAKITA ADDS TWO XGT HEDGE TRIMMERS TO ITS GROWING RANGE
Makita has added two powerful cordless hedge trimmers to its range of 40VMax XGT grounds maintenance tools. The 500 mm bladed UH020G and 600 mm UH021G both deliver highly efficient and effective cutting and have been designed for ease of use. The…
Read more…Weibang 53 SSD or Weibang 53 ASD BBC or Honda HRX 537?
As the mowing season has drawn to a close, I am thinking about a new mower for next season. I have now narrowed it down to 3 machines, either Weibang or Honda. I appreciate there have been lots of posts on here regarding the best mowers and…
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