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
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
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
There are some exciting marketing developments from Pistoia based Giorgio Tesi Vivai who are one of the oldest growers in the famous Pistoia region of Italy. Their proud traditions have become the cornerstone of their profile and
Traditional Molecatchers “We don’t make a Mountain out of a Molehill”
In exterior design water has always played a vital role, and literally so – vital as in ‘life’. The very earliest gardens we know of were devised as ways of providing access to water which was also used to grow trees for shade. In the otherwise ho
Green-tech are currently looking for Northern England, Midlands and Southern England Area Sales Managers to service the Horticultural Market place.
With the increasing demand for our products and first class service we are looking for highly mot
Mrs G from Botesford near Scunthorpe ,North Lincolnshire contacted Peak Surfacing recently,with a old concrete driveway which was in urgent need of resurfacing. Due to the thickness of the concrete,a mechanical excavtor would have to be brought to s
Festival of Gardening for wildlife championed by Alan Titchmarsh
1-31 March 2011
“A garden without wildlife…
is like a kiss without a squeeze.”
Celebrity gardener, Alan Titchmarsh
speaking at the opening of the RBC Rain Garden at WWT London Wetland Ce
Today I was handed a sprig of mimosa in advance of International Women's week beginning March 8th (apparently this is a tradition but I've not heard of it). Co-inciding with the warmest day of the year so far here in Southampton - it's 15 deg out in
February 21st 2011.
TOP QUALITY LAURUS TOPIARY!
In keeping with their annual tradition, Belgian based Laurica Plants have once again been a major attraction at some of the leading trade events in early 2011. Great interest in their top quality topia
The Landscape Juice Network (LJN)
What is it?
LJN is an open association of individuals and companies involved in landscaping, garden maintenance, horticulture and garden design.
The site is…
As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
Dan never knew that he would be orchestrating a ten-man-band five years ago when he packed in…
This series isn't just for landscapers and gardeners starting out: it's also a refresher for existing…
Now in retirement mode and as previously.posted been looking for a cordless long reach and was going to buy something at the budget end,but as they all have the motor at the blade end making them very unbalanced along with slow blade speeds and very…
Read more…Now in retirement mode so dug out my old cordless drill that was bought from Argos a long time sgo for £10 to start all those jobs that have been put off. Its dead but to be fair has been used extensively for fencing jobs.Just need something simple…
Read more…Hi all.We have a plan to transform our front garden into a driveway. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say transform the garden into somewhere to park our two cars. We have decided to install grass reinforcement grids, rather than a non permeable…
Read more…Hi all. I have a Stiga 955 purchased 14 months ago. It gets used maybe 4 hours weekly. Almost a year to the day the drive belt went on it, so I put a new one on. Two months later with maybe 30 hours use the bloody thing has gone again. Does anyone…
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