LJN Blog Posts

That time of year is approaching fast - you know the scenario - the sun peeks out from behind a cloud and all of a sudden the phone starts ringing off the hook.  "I need a bigger patio" "When can you re-plant my borders?" "Please give me a quote for

After joining The Tree Council as a Jubilee Partner, Agrovista Amenity recently participated in a planting day to celebrate National Tree Week.

The Tree Council is an official delivery partner of The Queen’s Green Canopy, which is a unique tree plant

ICL is rebranding its alkaline-extracted seaweed ‘SeaMax’ as ‘SMX’.

SMX is a highly concentrated Atlantic Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed, harvested from sustainable and renewable sources by Acadian Seaplants.

For any turf professional it is important to w

Midlothian may be one of the smallest councils in Scotland, but it is certainly making a big impact with a little help from a range of Pellenc battery-powered equipment.  

“I think we are the second smallest local authority by area in Scotland,” said

When preparing soil for turf, grass seed or wild flowers, what’s the best piece of equipment to use?

A rotavator will churn up the ground, bringing stones and debris to the top, leaving four of five inches of lumpy, soft soil that will need to be re-c

I'm sure that most of my landscaper colleagues on here will have encountered a challenging garden like this at some time during their career.  Built on a hillside with wonderful views but "interesting' topography, the challenge faced by Murray Landsc

Landscaping project manager

Are you passionate about sustainable landscaping and want to put organic principles into practice, to make positive choices for biodiversity?

Do you enjoy coming up with solutions that incorporate traditional and innovativ

KAR UK has revealed its delight at the recently announced partnership between Hunter Industries and POGO and is looking forward to revealing more details at BTME 2022.

Hunter Industries has joined forces with turfgrass technology solutions leader POGO

Adam Patterson, owner of Patterson’s Gardening Services in Northern Ireland, needed a mower that would perform in the wet, and in his opinion, there was only one brand which was comfortably up to the job.

Over the past 30 years, Etesia ride-on and ped

Agrovista Amenity has joined forces with Duralock and leading seed breeder DLF to sponsor the 2021 Racecourse Groundstaff Awards (RCA).

The Racecourse Association, formed in 1907, is the trade association for British racecourses and serves the interes

MM Sports Seed, one of the most respected brands in the UK amenity industry, recently brought together their distributors for their MM distributor conference held at Hotel du Vin Wimbledon, followed by a tour of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croque

The Grounds Management Association (GMA) reveals that almost 90% of SALTEX 2022 stand space has been sold.

Early indications for SALTEX 2022, which takes place on 2 and 3 November at the NEC, Birmingham, are extremely positive after show organisers re

After trialling various tractor mounted scarifiers, Steven Harvey, Head Greenkeeper at Stourbridge Golf Course, concluded that the SISIS Veemo MK 2 was by far the most suitable for his fairways.

Stourbridge Golf Club in the West Midlands was formed in

Sean Kauffman, Head Groundskeeper for National Football League (NFL) side Baltimore Ravens has revealed how two Dennis G860 cylinder mowers have significantly helped the grounds crew to improve the standards of the pitch at the M&T Bank Stadium.

M&T B

With over 204 Approved Installers working nationwide, choosing just one to become Approved Installer of the year was by no means an easy task.

We look at a variety of areas when deciding and consider each one carefully. We look at the quality of insta

This guest blog on the My Garden Design website was written for us by Simon Hedley of Boughton Loam.

Soil is at the heart of most landscaping schemes and certainly every planting plan we work on.  And caring for the soil is an integral part of sustain