A man sustained serious, life-changing injuries after striking a 415v electricity cable during work to refurbish a pharmacy in central London.
The labourer struck the underground cable while digging a trench during work to lay a new sewage pipe. Afte
Before we now it this year will be gone, it has been my most succesful year to date, in terms of projects and creations, decking has been the top earning this year, the first time its overtaken patios for about 5 years.
I put this down to my new ve
Visitors to the garden bridge in London will be tracked by their mobile phone signals and supervised by staff with powers to take people’s names and addresses and confiscate and destroy banned items, including kites and musical instruments, according
The construction equipment market as seen a decrease in sales this year and as a result jobs are being cut!!
In the first six months of the year, the market of construction equipment in Russia has dropped by 70 per cent, Brazil by 36 per cent and Chin
Town hall bosses have found one way to help with council cuts - let the grass grow longer.
Trafford council chiefs say they could save £44,000 next year by doing a little less mowing.
It will go a little way to the total of £21m they have to save. Th
Landscaping company Aura Landscapes have won a nationwide competition to find the best five landscaping projects in the United Kingdom.
The Travis Perkins competition sought to find the UK’s five best landscaping projects. Five winners were chosen fro
It's an eerie feeling approaching what's meant to be the safest place on the planet.
High on a wind-blasted Arctic mountain, a stark concrete doorway leads to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a store to ensure the survival of the world's most precious
Confor has joined forces with The Woodland Trust to urge the Government to raise its ambitions and ensure tens of millions more trees are planted in England for the lifetime of this Parliament and beyond.
The new joint approach was announced on Wedne
If you are thinking about a new driveway for your home but can’t decide yet which driveway materials to go for. There are so many different types of driveway materials out there that available and s
A new range of gate locks has been released from Zedlock, its the new high security alternative to your standard rusty padlock and chain and it cant be cropped with bolt cutters.
They have flooded into the UK with no failures or bad reports as of yet.
A tiny beetle could wipe out Britain’s ash trees much faster than the established ash dieback disease which is expected to eventually kill millions of the trees, according to the government’s leading authority on pests and pathogens threatening UK fo
The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 is designed to protect workers from injury resulting form exposure to hand-arm vibration.
To manage the risks from hand-arm vibration exposure and to comply with the regulations you will need to asses
A campaign against cutting down thousands of trees lining the streets of Sheffield – often said to be England’s greenest city – has picked up over 15,000 signatures. We spoke to Prof. Ian Rotherham, who has been actively supporting action groups acro
Hi everyone. We are making some room in the yard for new stock so practically giving away "Tons" of paving at "Rock Bottom" prices.
Hey, if it ain't punny, it aint funny!
Alan Abel, a Complete Weed Control franchisee for over thirty years, gives his advice for turf managers over the winter period.
As we enter the last part of the year; it has been a season of exceptional autumnal colours on our trees. The Rugby World
Genetically modified ash trees could replace the 80 million expected to die in the next 20 years from a deadly fungus, scientists have proposed.
The radical solution to the greatest woodland disaster of the last 50 years is being explored by research
Gardening in an allotment can improve mood and self-esteem, according to research by two universities.
The study, by Westminster and Essex universities, questioned 269 people - around half of whom did some gardening.
The results revealed that those w
A 105-year-old golf course in Leicester has closed as the city council looks to save £90m by 2018.
The closure of Western Park municipal golf club will save the authority £123,000 a year.
Councillors say they could only save either Western Park or Hu
New rules have come into force that will crackdown on waste crime, creating cleaner communities and protecting our natural environment.
The legislative amendments will speed up prosecutions for rogue waste site operators, making it easier to take act
• Moss is from the Bryophyta Division of plants and comes in more than 12,000 varieties
• Moss uses ‘anchors’ to cling to surfaces called rhizoids they are not proper roots or part of a vascular system
• Moss can stop/ start growth during
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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…
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Thought there might be some unaware of this. So briefly and I am not an accountant . As from 6th April 26 anyone who has income from self employment, rent from property etc or a combination that equates to a turnover of 50k or more (not profit) will…
Read more…Hi all,A few quick questions for anyone running garden waste or clearance work:What vehicle setup works best for fast, one-person jobs?Do private firms use their own green waste bins, and how do you manage them?How do you deal with overfilled dumpy…
Read more…Ideas please..The garden I look after is mown by a couple of large very heavy robot mowers - they are generally my friends - they remove the bore of cutting the lawns which used to take 2 full days a fortnight with a large ride on and smaller…
Read more…As winter conditions set in, White Deicing Salt is being deployed to keep roads, car parks, and pathways safe across communities. Known for its fast action, it quickly melts ice and snow, reducing slip hazards and ensuring safer movement. Unlike…
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