There is little existing guidance or methods available to place a realistic value on a garden. Currently a value can be determined on the land; either by way of ‘comparative’ valuations by Estate Agents (a method of valuation that helped cause the cu
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Many people spend £000s on a new kitchen trying to add value to their home,which is a excellent investment,but when it comes to selling your property,its kerb appeal that counts.
Investing in a new driveway also adds value to your home whether you are
stone carpets are another version of resin bound paving,more suited to indoor situations.
Resin bound aggregates are a very adaptable type of surfacing,normally seen on domestic driveways,they are becoming increasingly popular around hot tubs and pool
Aggregate Industries' North End site, Ashton Keynes has been transformed by garden designer Martin Ford to create a new inspirational display area to showcase the new 2011 product range.
With a short turnaround before the launch of the 2011 Bradstone
Peak surfacing have 5 years experience of resin surfacing,100% of our business is installing resin based surfacing.We are looking for landscapers,garden designers or landscape architects to promote resin bonded or bound surfacing to potential custome
A report in Which? Gardening magazine, covered by the Daily Telegraph, tells us what we already secretly knew; that many "wildlife shelters" bought in shops don't really work. An honourable exception in the report is the solitary bee box, which, like
Should you market to residential or commercial clients? Here’s how to determine your expertise and your preferred clientele:
Most of us have our hands in many different pots.
Trying our best to cater to everybody, we offer our services to residential A
Most contractors check their books at the end of the year and find themselves wondering:
“Where did my profit go?”
There’s often more than one answer to that question, but this question brings us to one very common answer: Whoever is pricing the work d
Poppies symbolise remembrance because they often cover battlefields once the guns fall silent. But why? Poppy seeds only germinate in freshly dug soil. All those squaddies’ bootprints, shell holes and tank tracks churn up the ground forcing any poppy
As winter approaches and the leaves fall,people find this is time of year when slips trips and falls occur on slippery paths.Power washing removes atmospheric pollution moss and algae returning the paving to a nearly new state.Many people have a dome
Whilst online forums are a great resource for researching how and when to start a business, it is always the safest ro
SUDs legislation has lead to a increase in options for permeable paving when taking up your garden to add extra parking spaces or make it maintenace free.
Block paving -laid on a screed of gritsand is many peoples favourite method-but the sand washes
We have a page on our websi
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“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…
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I chop them off at ground level with secutears then spray a drop or two of Praxys on the wound... if it doesnt killt he first time, it will the 2nd or 3rd"
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Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
I would love to hear if anyone has had an experience of paving being pushed up because of the hot and dry weather this summer. We have had a number of patios where this has become a problem (a couple we laid ourselves and quite a few more where…
Read more…Growth/Shoots in lawn
Hi All, In a cleints garden, I'm having a real problem with these shoots that are coming up in the lawn.I'm digging them out as I go, they are on long roots. they have an oval shape leaf and develop nasty thorns. See pics.Can anyone help identify…
Read more…Gardening & Landscaping Recruitment
This year's been a real struggle to find good landscaping and gardening staff to join our team up in Scotland, has anybody else been having issues this year? for some reason nobody wants to work. We now have a full diary and still lots of inquiries…
Read more…Eliet Scarifiers and Groundsman aerator for sale
I have a number of machines available for sale. Eliet 401's and 451's and also a sisis autorake mark 5. The groundsman aerator is a 345hd all listed on eBay. Anyone want to make me an offer. I also have a nearly new all battery techneat 3m boom…
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