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As part of LONDON GARDEN DESIGN's services, David Beasley (t/a a design and build company) offers other garden designers, landscape contractors, garden product manufacturers and retailers the option of having their ideas/products drawn up in glorious

I am thrilled to bits with my latest bird bath design.  It came out of a recent contact on the off chance I might have something unwanted or even seconds to fit their purse for a special gift. I had been wondering about garden bowls without bases for

Although synthetic surfaces are often described as being suitable for all weathers, just like any outdoor facility a synthetic surface will be susceptible to extreme weather conditions such as harsh frost. Playrite Area Manager Sean Colbert has put t

Autumn leaf fall is a massive problem to Eamonn Murphy, Grounds and Gardens Manager at Haileybury, one of the UK’s leading boarding schools, in Hertfordshire. The co-educational public school, founded in 1862, has grounds of over 500 acres with hundr

We are pleased to be able to offer our guys the opportunity to become NVQ qualified through Marshalls. Anything that gives our industry credibility is a positive!

As there are so many un-qualified landscapers/ pavers/ installers in the industry giving

Something for nothing always goes down well with clients, I find, and the Garden Design Academy has been attempting to provide just that this week.

Residential courses were the surprise success of 2011 and as a result we have been able both to reduce

My name is Josh and I would like to offer free help and advice to users of this forum with any machinery related problems.

 Fusarium induced by overzealous applications of synthetic 'fertilisers'!!!!

It is the time of year that is favorable for infestation of fusarium (microdochium nivalis) to take advantage of weaker grass plants and reduce the appearance of a beautiful

I used to live in Brittany, where I worked for a while on a plant nursery. One day while weeding the pots of Azaleas, my boss pointed at the hedge, saying ‘regardes, troglodyte!’ , which I translated as ‘look, a cave dweller!’. Puzzling: life in rura

Just won a nice landscaping job using Marshall's fairstone sawn paving. Let hope the weather holds out

Its been a hard year starting off with a severe winter, very hot spring, a very wet summer and a reasonable autumn. Lets hope this winter is kinder to us. tree climbing and landscaping is a hard job at the best of times but bad weather makes tree cli

Its been a hard year starting off with a severe winter, very hot spring, a very wet summer and a reasonable autumn. Lets hope this winter is kinder to us. tree climbing and landscaping is a hard job at the best of times but bad weather makes tree cli

Etesia UK has just launched a brand-new website, showcasing their vast range of ride-on & pedestrian mowers, brushcutters and the complete range of Pellenc Lithium-ion battery powered equipment.

“Following years of being told that our UK website was

There have been many comments via blogs and via those peripheral voices of the countryside that the British public are apathetic towards the threats to the UK countryside, its flora and fauna and further the biodiversity of the world. Are they? I don

The RHS is calling on garden designers, landscapers, artists and architects to create an exclusive Visionary Garden for RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2012.

This category offers the chance to break the mould and go beyond commercial garden design by pus

Just finished a new block paved driveway in Hereford using Marshall's Tegula with Jumper blocks. Looks good and the customer is over the moon.

London Garden Design is a working collaboration between established garden designer David Beasley (a design and build company) and experienced garden builder Clive Dearden (The Handmade Garden Company) who (with over 50 years combined experience in

The renovation of 30 full size pitches at Chelsea’s 152-acre training facility at Cobham in Surrey has been recently completed by White Horse Contractors with a notable environmental significance.

The pitches used daily by the Premiership club’s first

Although autumn is one of my favorite times of the year, it is also a very busy time with lots of tasks to complete.  One of my favorite goals to complete in the fall is the Planting of Bulbs.  In early to mid summer the surge of catalogues arrive an

• On Saturday Katrina carried out a consultation for a garden design in Lewisham, South London. The clients had sloping garden which they need to find a way to level to make the space more usable for their family. They have already made a start into ma