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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

Bee Font garden bowl: detail

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

My Wild and Wildlife Garden

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

A wood fired oven. Italian? I hear you ask? No, strictly British - just the way we like it.

The Stone Bake Oven Company hand cast a range of wood burning ovens for commercial and residential application, to be installed both indoors and outdoors. Also

Freesia "Alfacar Hybrids"

Although Spring is traditionally regarded as the season for planting seeds, many plants from the Mediterranean and similar regions are adapted to commence growth in the Autumn, coming into flower from late Winter to late S

Chafford Hundred, Essex. May 26th 2012.

Giggins Landscaping has completed a new paving area in Chafford Hundred, Essex.

The customer required their old path to be replaced and a new entrance to be created to provide two paths leading up to the front of

It is difficult to pick a favourite and so instead let me share a few of my favourite images of gardens, and areas of larger gardens, from this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

Cleve West’s Garden won Best in Show by doing something that felt that little b