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After a year’s absence, SALTEX roars back into life and celebrates a very memorable 75th anniversary.

Put back a year due to the pandemic, the buzz was certainly back on the show floor as SALTEX 2021 reunited the industry and brought together almost 7

Mansfield Sand has rounded off a hugely successful year by winning an astonishing three awards.

The first award came at the Nottinghamshire Live Business Awards 2021, where the company picked up the prestigious Company of the Year Award.

Held at the Ea

In the wake of COP26, I got to thinking about our own working practices (I run a landscaping business as well as a garden design studio).  What more could landscapers and gardeners do to combat climate change?

Waste is sometimes an issue for us - not

The head groundsman at Boston United FC, claims that the Dennis PRO 34R provides a quality of cut that he has never seen before in a rotary pedestrian mower.

For 12 years Jim Portas worked as a volunteer groundsman for his beloved Boston United FC, ak

Rykneld Bowling Club, in Derbyshire, has not only benefited from a new SISIS Auto Rotorake Mk5 but has also seen major improvements to the green after various committee members enhanced their greenkeeping knowledge through the Dennis and SISIS virtua

The renowned Alan Sargent has very kindly penned a guest blog for the My Garden Design website - an it's a good one!

Alan, as always, has lots of good advice on every aspect of landscaping and maintenance. From technical advice and 'how to' guides, to

STIHL has launched an updated set of breathable and comfortable safety boots, designed to support and protect wearers when undertaking gardening and landscaping jobs. 

Enhancing its current footwear range, STIHL has manufactured the updated steel toe

Makita UK has exclusively supplied the Eden Project with a range of its cordless outdoor power equipment to assist with the maintenance and redevelopment work at the famous site. By adopting Makita’s battery-powered machinery, Eden Project is able to

It's tricky isn't it?  When you know that a garden is just craving a lawn rather than a hard landscaped area, but your client is adamant that he or she doesn't want to be mowing on a regular basis.

We all know that natural lawns have heaps of advantag

KAR UK, a leading wholesaler of irrigation equipment, has boosted its team with the appointment of Lee Williams who joins as a new area sales manager.

Lee will be covering the areas of North England, North Wales and Scotland, and brings with him a wea

The Etesia ET Lander utility vehicle has won the SALTEX 2021 Innovation award within the vehicle category, while also finishing second within the environmentally friendly category.

The SALTEX innovation awards were introduced to reward companies launc

Have you ever been in the situation where you've finished the hard landscaping on a project and then the client asks for help with the planting?

Plants are great - and in my opinion, if you get it right, they really do make the layout and the hard lan

From bunkers to greens, Martin Scothern – Head Greenkeeper at Wollaton Park Golf Club has long relied on a range of products from Mansfield Sand.

Wollaton Park Golf Club in Nottingham is widely regarded as one of the finest parkland courses in the Eas

From bunkers to greens, Martin Scothern – Head Greenkeeper at Wollaton Park Golf Club has long relied on a range of products from Mansfield Sand.

Wollaton Park Golf Club in Nottingham is widely regarded as one of the finest parkland courses in the Eas

Hard Graft Garden Services, based in East Lothian, Scotland, believes that Pellenc is a ‘superior’ brand of battery-powered technology.

Hard Graft Garden Services is a family-run business based in Longniddry, East Lothian. Founded by father Stuart, th