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After his last meeting with Bill, Dan returned to work with his mind set on jumpstarting the spring hiring process.

Dan started right away. He

More than half a million people play golf regularly in Sweden; Parnevik and now Henrik Stenson have made top ten world rankings. The country may not be blessed with an ideal golfing climate, but it is one of the games’ rising stars.

The prowess of Sw

This is the title of a seminar to be delivered by Mark Gregory of Landform Consultants and the London College of Garden Design at Landscape, the industry trade show to be held at Olympia on13th and 14^th April.  It’s a question that caught my eye, as

Rammed Earth by Kerry Jackson

Talented multi RHS award winner, garden designer, Gaynor Witchard writes a weekly garden design column for the Western Mail every Saturday, here's what Gaynor has to say about my rammed earth garden structures in S

Hi all, hope the last few weeks were good for you. Lots of things are happening for me and some things takes too long.

The internet is amazing tool for information, as you know, think about all things that happening in many arrabs countries thanks to

Landscaping Liverpool

Property Prices have now fallen, so why move home? We can improve your garden or driveway which will increase the value of your property. Many people are now getting their gardens landscaped rather than going abroad to also save

Has anyone got some hints on planting fruit trees, is there a rule of thumb i should know about? any hints would be most grateful

As Spring seems to be in the air and many are starting to venture into the gardens again following the long hard winter - there seems to be a few jobs more pressing than others. Some of those less pressing jobs if done now could save hours of time in

Horticultural learners were among the prize winners at the eighth annual Lantra Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year awards.  This highly prestigious event, held at the Crieff Hydro hotel, attracted 140 guests and was attended by the Cabine

Just to let you all know that I am being interviewed by Jane Garvey on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour at 1000 on Monday 7th March. For details check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z58b4. I am not sure whether you can hear it live on the internet

Ready for the coming season - Unreal Gardens officially launched on March 1st ready for the Spring season.

Unreal Gardens Specialise in supplying to both the trade and the general public, a wide range of low maintenance & artificial garden & landscap

What is the difference between Resin bonded and resin bound.?

The bonded or "scattercoat" process uses cold applied resins,screeded over the surface with a thin dressing of kiln dried aggregates.Once dry the excess is brushed off leaving a 3-5mm thick

• Claire and Matt have presented a design for a family garden in Hackney. The landscaping will include a large artificial lawn, gabion planters and decorative screens. The client is very happy and, subject to a little tweaking of the quote, has indicat

How highly successful companies replace time spent on waste with more time spent on billable work

We all want to maximize our profit. The good news is that most contractors in the landscape industry actually have room to increase the profit line on th

The first UK sale by French manufacturer Etesia of its latest 4-wheel drive BPHPX rotary mower with a near full complement of utility attachments has been made to a major 364 days a year visitor attraction. Dealer Parks & Grounds Machinery of Bidford

My copy of the above just arrived in the post from iGPOTY - thanks Phil for organising the competition.

The book looks great for anyone interested whether Pro or Amateur - as you'd expect some lovely examples in there.

Cheers

Richard

Thought some of you may like to take a lok ast my main blog, with the most recent post. OK, so Eranthis hyemalis is mostly all finished now, but I thought it worth the add, FYI.

Regards, Gary

http://gardener-gary.blogspot.com/2011/02/why-wait-until-sp

Ecobuild, which opens from Tuesday 1st March until Thursday 3rd March, is the future of design, construction and the built environment. It is the biggest sustainable building exhibition in the world.

Following the last years success at the Hampton Cou

It is virtually impossible to write a brief summary of fertilisation requirements and nutrient deficiency with regards trees. The subject could amount to a 300 page book with regards one species and still be non exhaustive. It is however one of those