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I don't know about you, but after the two years the landscaping industry has just had, I'm already feeling stressed about what this year will bring.  The phone is already ringing off the hook with enquiries and whilst it's BRILLIANT to be kept busy (

Lincoln City FC, also known as the Imps, boasts a pitch consisting of MM60 grass seed and Head Groundsman Craig Housley could not be more impressed.

MM60 is the UK’s leading winter sports renovation mixture and can be attributed with playing a key rol

The heavily used pitch at Dartford FC’s Princes Park Stadium is benefitting from a recently installed Hunter irrigation system, supplied by KAR UK.

From Dartford FC’s first team to the academy teams; from the Dartford ladies’ teams and London City Lio

Inspirational groundsman gives seal of approval

Ian Darler, Head Groundsman at Cambridge United FC, has revealed why he has been using the ‘exceptional products’ by Mansfield Sand for over a decade.

Incredibly, Ian has been working at Cambridge United

Earn CPD points while you learn

The Agrovista Amenity Academy, which is free to sign-up to, is an online learning resource providing in-depth Knowledge courses on subjects such as turf disease, chemicals, product application, turf pests, managing moss

Rob Lane, Head Groundsman at The Hawthorns stadium, recently decided that a Dennis G34D cylinder was the mower that would help him achieve that all important pitch-perfect-presentation.

Back in the seventies when Rob was stood in the stands watching h

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