On the network

Should there be compulsory on-site construction training for garden designers?
Would the progression from an illustrated garden design, to finished project, run better if designers had a training in the basics of garden construction?

Where's the best place to sell gardening kit?
One member of the site has been thinking of selling his equipment and maybe starting a new job, but others have offered advice on making things work.

FREE EVENT - Amenity Forum - Weed & pest control workshop
This event will cover all elements of the amenity sector, best practice & give an update on the impact of recent policy changes in our industry.

Marshalls Register

Buxus hedging on sloping bank by Rosemary Coldstream

More from the forum and blogs

Adding up fuel and travel costs
Accounting for travel to projects can prove a challenge, what is the best way to work out the maths behind getting the costs right?

Quote to win ratio
What percentage of jobs won should landscapers be aiming for?

Guerilla marketing
Do you have a creative idea or two for drawing in new customers, especially if looking to use local village fairs?

The first lawn cut
With all the wet weather some members of the site are wondering when it might be time to start grass cutting.

Where to find good landscapers?
A Southampton based company is currently looking for a skilled landscaper/ team leader and labourer.

News headlines

UK has had wettest winter on record, says the Met Office
It has been the UK’s wettest winter on record in the national series going back to 1910.

Kew Gardens commemorative fifty pence coin soars in value
Special coin to mark garden's 250th anniversary is proving popular on eBay.

Tea leaves from Cornwall to be found on UK supermarket shelves
While tea is normally imported from the other side of the world, the 100-acre Tregothnan Estate near Truro, Cornwall is to supply Waitrose supermarket.

Press releases

Pellenc launch the Lumenion portable LED floodlight
Pellenc is proving that it is technologically ahead of the field with the launch of the Lumenion – a mobile, self-powered LED floodlight, sold exclusively in the UK by Etesia.

Souters Sports complete Rhys Jones community pitches
The project required a complete regeneration of the existing open playing field to include two artificial sports pitches.