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Technical Surfaces, the UK’s leading artificial pitch maintenance specialists, have recently carried out their specialist deep-cleaning Revite^® on the 3G sports pitch in Stoke City FC’s Academy Dome.

The facility, adjacent to the club’s Britannia Stad

We're starting a programme of random germination testing of the seeds in our wildflower mixes. So far as I can make out we'll be the only reseller in the UK doing this. We're also offering a testing service for our commercial customers buying bespoke

The cathedral town of Guildford in Surrey is very mindful of its appearance and well recognised for it, having collected an array of Britain in Bloom and Chelsea Flower Show awards over the years.

It is the latest municipal authority to introduce Pell

Hosepipe Ban -The answer is dripline this connected to a timer is approved by some waterboards, gets water to the roots and if used with mulch will keep the garden healthy with low usage. Use at night when there is no evaporation. For more advice con

See what has been growing on in our London Garden Design Studio.

Katrina has been busy with her teaching this week. Her Norwegian students came over to do a bespoke garden design course. Katrina has been running a series of short courses on a one to o

 Whilst people visiting the countryside must accept a level of risk, blatant hazards can be removed or reduced. The pictures below illustrate how annual surveys of rights of way can remove unacceptable hazards. The tree was dead, with the top snapped

Rhytisma acerinum, commonly known as sycamore tar spot, can be seen on trees throughout the country. During the summer, Rhytisma acerinum manifests itself as raised black spots on the leaves of sycamore trees. Although slightly detrimental to the aes

On the day of budget 2012 the (possibly) revised National Planning Policy Framework designed to cut red tape and bureaucracy enabling development to progress and underpin economic recovery is rumoured to be unveiled.

One cannot deny that the archaic p

I read few success stories here on LJ about members that got good contracts. Few times it was explained by good SEO effort that had good 'crops'.

I tried my way too, for a while , I used several ways and the results are great ( never thought I will ge

2012 has started as a busy year for Oxfordshire based White Horse Contractors, with some projects being carried over from the previous year, but also a pleasing number of new contracts having been won for season ahead.

Currently, the company is opera

Agripower Contractors, a specialist in all aspects of natural and synthetic surfaces has completed further enhancements to The Regent’s Park, London. The works follow the £2million+ refurbishment project of the Royal Park which was awarded to the com

Sustainable Gardens

Sustainable gardens are a popular subject in the landscaping world as people are becoming more and more aware of the environment around them. People are re-cycling more and even growing there own food. Our research has show than r

On 10th February 2012 as the lead company in Manufacturers, Importers and Stone Merchants, Hariom Trade International secured a major order for an award winning development in Edinburgh. Our client is Edinburgh and Scotland's most innovative and far

On 5th Jan 2012, Hariom Trade International confirmed its growing reputation as a leading supplier of construction materials for roads by securing another major order approx. 10 KM from Eastern Europe. Our client is prominent in the comprehensive exe

First of all I must start this book review with an apology to the author.

It was November 2011 when I was asked if I'd like a copy of An Introduction to Landscape to reviewfor Landscape Juice and it's sat on my desk ever since. A +300 page paperback

Follow the weekly diary of a London Garden Design Company:

This week Katrina has been working on a garden postal design for a client based in Hackney. They would like their design for a small urban garden to include a small area of grass, paving and a

Tools needed = first you need a straight edge (a rectangular tube up to 8ft long), spirit level & trowel.

Order your Premier Mortars ready mixed Screed with a retarding agent (to allow 8 hrs working time) you can buy from the nearest plant to you. We

Staff at a Mansfield landscaping firm are celebrating after winning a regional award for their hard work.

Weedfree Landscapes Ltd, based on Westfield Lane, are well-known landscape and grounds specialists which have been serving the Mansfield distric

While talking about our crazy weather in this country, this week, my husband and I started to reminisce over our time in Burma and my husbands idea of a garden in Burma. In Burma, most the year is warm or hot, cooler times tend to be in the rainy sea

RTF Turf has been developed by Barenbrug Research and includes a new type of fescue, which produces rhizomes; a rhizome is an underground stem that grows outwards from the main plant, producing more shoots, which will produce a nice sward. The turf h