LJN Blog Posts

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

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