LJN Blog Posts

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

This year the sun shone again for Chelsea. There for just after 8am the hoards had already descended (although this year it felt like far more people were there - not far off of the 150,000 people expected for the week). As a designer Chelsea has bec

 we are happy too introduce the sweep range of benches .

Made from locally sourced english green oak the seep bench is sold per running meter,we are able too fit the bench to most radius or too follow the sweep of a lawn ext the bench is available wit

The environmentalist John Vidal wrote yesterday (22nd May 2012) in his piece "The Chelsea flower show is nature for the 1%" that RHS Chelsea epitomises a surreal version of nature so cherished and exalted by London's wealthy "garden enthusiasts".

"But

Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), also known as White Finger, is a condition affecting nerves and circulation caused by vibration. The effect is cumulative – each exposure can worsen the condition. Harm can be caused by as little as 15 minutes of e

Hi Folks

I am well aware that I have never produced (or entered for) "An Award Winning Show Garden" or paid big bucks for a stand at a recognised "Flower Show" and as a result, I may be selling myself short and not getting the exposure/leads that I ne

Over the past few months I've had great difficulty in finding someone to join and eventually run our garden maintenance service in the Surrey and Hampshire areas. I've always heard that finding people was the most difficult part of running a business

The advocating of Biochar personifies a process that needs to be redressed in order to get back on track with land management that allows a future use for land sustainably. I could pick on many dubious products or techniques, but I choose Biochar her

Can anyone help.  These little critters are damaging a friends Clematis, and Roses in Italy.  They have sprayed with Roseclear but to no avail.  To me they look like a type of aphid but hard to tell from the photos, so the Roseclear should of worked,

Critically Acclaimed Gardening Greats: John Brookes (MBE), Noel Kingsbury, & Michael King, Launch New Online Courses with MyGardenSchool to Propagate Gardening Excellence Globally. 

Perhaps the most influential living landscape designer of our time,

Hi everyone,

Has anyone had problems with Lavenders recently.  We have planted several Lavenders on large scales, for a few clients over the last six months and some of them seem to fail while others remain healthy.  They have come from different supp

With recycling a top priority for today's environmentally conscious landscaper, Etesia has launched a new member to the Bahia family of ride-on mowers.

The Bahia MKM is equipped with a bio-cut 85cm cutting deck and offers a very high mulching performa