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Marshalls Cobbletech Driveway

 

The Marshalls Cobbletech paving system is proving popular with our customers. Many people are interested in this new product as it looks fantastic when laid.

 

We are now on our second cobbletech driveway which is being c

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Artificial grass for children

Schools have it. Play areas do too. Indeed, artificial lawns are becoming an increasing popular choice at more and more venues where children are involved. At the other end of the age range, grandparents are also turning to the synthetic lawn option.

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Peak surfacing have been installing resin bound surfacing throughout Yorkshire for the last 9 years.We are putting pictures of our work on twitter with a brief description so homeowners can benefit when choosing a aggregate to match their surrounding
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Decking Board Lengths

Many Timber Merchants are restrictive in the choice of decking board lengths that they offer - if you are laying a deck and want to keep the cost down its important to be able to purchase lengths that are economical to the deck dimensions and low in

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Railway Sleepers Best Buys

If you are looking to buy Railway Sleepersfor your landscaping project and are looking to do some research in terms of size availability and prices look no further than TimberShops, there is an up to date list of current best deals from both TimberCl

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Over the last few months, the South West Landscape Centre have reviewed their pricing.

The result is very simple, as follows.  For all our home-grown production, our prices will be fixed for the next 12 months.

5 litre - Shrubs, Grasses and selected He

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efig Office Plant of the Year 2012

eFig Office Plant of the Year 2012

 

I was invited by eFig and Ian Drummond , Creative Director at Indoor Garden Design to again join three other judges for Office Plant of the Year.

 

The judging takes place in Highgate, North London at Indoor Garden’s

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The woes of success!

Hey all I am hoping you are all as flat out as we are now that summer is finally here! After three years of keeping small I have decided to expand my business. I have taken on a gardener who I feel is a good guy and has good knowledge although no cer
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The mower to bank on

Etesia UK say that they have recently seen an extremely high demand for demonstrations of both their Attila A180 all-terrain ride-on mower and also their Attila SKF which is now available with an optional dual wheel kit for extra stability on uneven

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Cedar Decking

Cedar Decking, Cedar Deck Boards, Cedar Decking Boards

Cedar is without doubt the premier timber of choice for outside use and as such is ideal for use when laying a deck. Its natural beauty ranging from pinky brown colours to warmer reds and weaterin

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Brian's Garden Maintenance replied to Brian's Garden Maintenance's discussion Revive a lawn
"Thanks for that, Peter that a great help."
8 hours ago
Billybop replied to clive bates's discussion Privet hedges dieing
"i quite like photinia, quick to get to a good size, yes not so dense but it depends on the customer's requirements, to me its like the difference between solid wood fence and a trellis with plants on, still marks the boundary but not as…"
8 hours ago
John F replied to clive bates's discussion Privet hedges dieing
"Is this an isolated stretch of privet Clive or all the privet in general ? 
Worrying if it's all the local privet , I know of flourishing privet over 70 years old .
Do you know when the affected privet was last pruned , I am thinking is it stressed…"
14 hours ago
Ian Harvey replied to clive bates's discussion Privet hedges dieing
"I would agree with Peter's suggestion of Grisilinia. I have some in a mixed shrub hedge, and it makes an excellent hedge. It's quite fast growing, but upright in growth as well, meaning that it keeps its shape well without too much side shoots…"
19 hours ago
Peter sellers replied to clive bates's discussion Privet hedges dieing
"Suspect Honey Fungus its highly susceptible and before retirement a few months ago we were seeing a lot of it, whether the weather has suited it and hence the increase?
As to replacement I would not use Photinia it has a rather open habit and does…"
21 hours ago
clive bates posted a discussion
Hi Has anyone got the same problem we have in our area in Warwickshire, the privet hedges atleast 40years old or more are dieing, I appreciate the dry weather hasn't helped but this looks like the same as what's destroying the box hedging.And any…
yesterday
Jake replied to William Frost's discussion Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
"Happened this year on a patio I installed 4 years ago. Lifted two porcelain slabs 10mm but were still stuck solid to mortar and the mot stone base. The base was 200mm and rolled with a sit on bomag roller with Terram membrane underneath the mot.…"
yesterday
Jack Wright updated their profile
yesterday
Landscape Juice replied to Peter sellers's discussion Help change email on here
"Hi Peter,
Let me have a look into this.
Craig"
yesterday
Peter sellers posted a discussion
Trying to change my email on here, followed instructions and received an email from LJN asking me to confirm changes by clicking on link within the email ,but there is no link!!  Why make it so difficult?  LJN is not exactly a high risk site , in…
yesterday
Peter sellers replied to Brian's Garden Maintenance's discussion Revive a lawn
"Liquid fert, anything will do miracle gro etc. Liquid iron will help it green up and get some granular fert on it when rain is forecast or water it in."
yesterday
Intelligent Landscapes updated their profile
Monday
Juliet Roper and The Stonemart Ltd are now friends
Monday
Billybop replied to William Frost's discussion Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
"A good idea to have a "Force Majeure" clause in your contract for such work. Just as nobody would expect a patio to withstand an earth quake of significant magnitude, nor a sink hole opening up beneath it, less exciting than such unexpected events,…"
Sunday
John F replied to Graham Mitchell's discussion Gardening & Landscaping Recruitment
"Initially I started gardening after being made redundant from a trade where decent take home pay would depend on lots of overtime but the bottom dropped out due to cheap imports . 
I started with a push bike , a pair of vintage rolcut secateurs and…"
Sunday
Brian's Garden Maintenance posted a discussion
Hi AllI would like some advice on the best way to revive a lawn after this hot weather we've had, please.I look forward to hearing from you
Saturday
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Privet hedges dieing

Hi Has anyone got the same problem we have in our area in Warwickshire, the privet hedges atleast 40years old or more are dieing, I appreciate the dry weather hasn't helped but this looks like the same as what's destroying the box hedging.And any…

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