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Continental Initiative continues to pay dividends!
Ashford based Oakover Nurseries were once again showing for the third year running at the Groot-Groen trade event held in Zundert during early October . They were the first U.K. nursery to
exhibit in
Welland Vale Nurseries are delighted to report on a very positive Four Oaks debut! Their range of high quality trees, shrubs, conifers and herbaceous plants drew much interest. One new plant which caught
the eye was
Graham Renny, the inventor of the fully-patented multi-purpose garden waste-collecting device, the Gator Grabber, will be on QVC tomorrow - Sunday 24th - at 2pm.
This will be Graham's second appearance on QVC following his debut in March during which
Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
Covered so far:
Ask yourself some tough questions before you get started
Planning a business plan
Determining your market and finding customers
Ha
Garden fencing is something which you don’t really think about and take for granted
about 90% of the time. It is usually not until one of your fence panels is blown down in a gale, or a concrete fence post cracks during the
winter frost that you sudden
Agripower undertook a detailed consultation and planning process with t
Gardens can very quickly become unruly and require your attention. Next time you get in there and tidy it up why not upgrade it with some extra features?
Railway sleepers are an extremely low cost addition to any garden. They are extremely versatile a
1) Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist': I first s
Our newest grounds maintenance contract is around some converted barns that were last used as a motor museum, it's down the hill a bit from a Hall where several Wellingtonias are growing.
he previous owner got into trouble and the bank took everythi

If you are a Garden Designer or Landscape Gardener you
Garden Beet has just completed its first critique of Woolly Pockets after almost 12 months of trialling various plants in the Pockets.Whilst Garden Beet is a retailer of the product we feel our review remains honest. There is no point in Garden Beet
A wildlife garden can be well structured and beautiful. All too often we think that a wildlife garden needs to be a mass of unkempt grass and nettles, but the good news is that the birds and bees don
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…
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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"
I have a Gleditsia myself, (my…"
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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