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 The RHS Show - Tatton Park

 

 

The Respiratory Educational Garden

 

The Respiratory Education Uk Garden - Bronze Award

Sally Parkinson at  Gardens and Spaces designed this garden to raise awareness of respiratory disease in the Northwest. Her design inco

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Office Plant of The Year 2011

Yesterday for the second year along with fellow judges Mathew Appleby from Horticulture Week and David Curtis, editor of The Landscaper, I was invited to judge Efig Office Plant of The Year.

 

The judging took place at the Headquarters of Indoor Gard
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Morning All,
I wonder if anyone could advise on which is the best landscape/garden design software in their opinion - I need to move into this area to help customers visualise what their gardens will look like after our transformation work but not sur

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Sad News

To all at Landscape Juice Network

 

I have recently found out that one of our fellow members has sadly passed away.

 

My company had the pleasure of recently completing our first landscaping project on behalf of designer Jonathan Fothergill and in the br

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Fit For Purpose

There are always risks associated with playing sport, and we’ve all heard   horror stories of bad tackles, twisted ankles and broken legs, and even serious injuries and fatalities associated with unsafe or incorrect use of goalposts and other equipme

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Long time no Blog

We haven't blogged in a while so I thought id have a type. Thank you to everybody who has supported us and offered advice over the last couple of months. Things are shaping quite nicely, quotes are coming in and we have been nice and busy for a new b

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Hampton Court Flower Show

 

 

It has been a couple of years since I have been back to Hampton Court for the Flower Show and it was lovely to go as a visitor and not as an exhibitor. Having a chance to look round the showground at leisure puts a whole different perspective on th

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Pellenc Powers Ahead of the Competition

French manufacturer Pellenc has announced, with immediate effect, that all Lixion and Treelion pruning shears will now come with a three year battery and motor guarantee as standard, further powering the products ahead of the competition who remain t

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lawn edging

I read this week, as a fire fighter- retained (part time) about work leisure balance. One recommended thing (that successful people do) is to reduce unnecessary tasks!

 

or how not to be like this hamster that his life seems like one very long task.

 

 

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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."
11 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…"
11 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…"
17 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…"
22 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…"
yesterday
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.…"
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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."
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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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