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Philip Voice
- 45, Male
- Lot et Garonne
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Philip Voice's Groups
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Philip Voice's Discussions
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Licensing for Landscapers? Stop rogue traders
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Did you hear the one about the elephant with sore feet…?
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Philip Voice's Events
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Garden Expo
June 28, 2010 at 6pm to June 30, 2010 at 7pm – Stonleigh Park
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Glee 2010
September 20, 2010 at 6pm to September 22, 2010 at 7pm – NEC Birmingham
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Profile Information
- First Name:
- Philip
- Surname:
- Voice
- Telephone:
- 00 33 553 01 26 14
- Email:
- philipvoice@gmail.com
- Website:
- http://www.landscapejuice.com
- Skype Name
- philvoice
- About Me:
- Hello everyone
Some of you will know who I am if you read my Landscape Juice blog
My name is Phil Voice and I have lived in France for nearly four years after selling my Landscaping and Garden maintenance company.
I trained as an amenity gardener (Merrist Wood) and later on qualified as a green keeper at Sparsholt College, Winchester.
I started my garden maintenance and landscaping business at 19 years of age and ran it for 21 years.
I sold up in 2004 because I wanted to have a break from the long hours and try to do something a little different.
Moving to France gave me the opportunity to get back to using my hands (which I got out of the routine of doing whilst pushing paper about).
The majority of the renovations on our farmhouse are done and I needed to get my brain working again so I started Landscape Juice.
Landscape Juice keeps me in touch with what goes on in the world of gardening and landscaping in the United Kingdom and it also allows me to keep my interest in gardening and landscaping alive.
I also wanted to be a bit of a thorn in the side of the existing companies who have built their brand yet sat back and let their clients fend for themselves.
I hope you enjoy Landscape Juice and this network too and remember, I am around most of the time to help if you need it.
Best regards
Phil
- What is your profession i.e. Landscaping, gardening, greenkeeping - other
- greenkeeping,landscaping,gardening,business advice and marketing
- If you are a professional gardener, landscaper or garden designer, list the services or special skills that you have
- I have extensive garden design and landscaping skills. My experience ranges from a £150,000 'Victorian Style' walled garden to small one off features costing as little as £500.00.
Philip Voice Ltd provided (and still provides) extensive grounds and garden maintenance services which included running all of Petersfield Town Councils sports and recreation facilities to large private grounds and gardens.
I have a range of experience of private garden maintenance and working with a very wide collection of plants and trees.
I have also gained valuable experience of building a company from the ground up and being involved in a variety of business projects.
I enjoy helping other people with business problems and I like to approach problems from a practical view point and especially costs associated with running small gardening and landscaping companies.
I would rather focus on keeping business costs down rather than chasing higher profits and would advise anyone to analyse their needs and convert it into an hourly rate based on the number of hours that they wish or need to work a year.
- How did you find this site?
- I started it
Latest Activity
wow- this is typical where you have a 'hunch' to stay away !
the bigger the job -the more you can possibly loose eh ?!!
Phil can i be added to this list - i see i'm under London where i have a base/contracts but i am living in Shropshire. thanks -Rob (www.gardens4u.co.uk)
The worst Job I ever got called to quote for was for an import warehouse for spice run by an Indian family.
language was the first barier...... The yard manager hardly had a grip of English so trying to actually understand what the work spec was ...
lol Colin, A definate chancer!!
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Landscapers, gardeners and designers in Hertfordshire
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Copper Beech Tree and Garden Maintenance Services
Jason Felstead
138 Bury Green Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN7 5AL
Telephone: 01992 626751
Mobile: 07979 494610
Email: copperbeechtreeworks@yahoo.co.uk
Gardner's… Continue
Copper Beech Tree and Garden Maintenance Services
Jason Felstead
138 Bury Green Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN7 5AL
Telephone: 01992 626751
Mobile: 07979 494610
Email: copperbeechtreeworks@yahoo.co.uk
Gardner's… Continue
Posted on September 21, 2009 at 3:37pm —
Landscapers, gardeners and designers in Dorset
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Blades Garden Services
Chris Bradford
4 Purbeck View
Swanage
Dorset
BH1 92RE
Telephone: 01929 421891
Mobile: 07912 795381
Email: blades303@btinternet.com… Continue
Blades Garden Services
Chris Bradford
4 Purbeck View
Swanage
Dorset
BH1 92RE
Telephone: 01929 421891
Mobile: 07912 795381
Email: blades303@btinternet.com… Continue
Posted on September 19, 2009 at 12:30pm —
Landscapers, gardeners and designers in West Sussex
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Charlesworth Outside
Gordon Charlesworth
17a Leigh Road
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2ET
Telephone: 0239 2478743
Mobile: 07896 291754
Email: gordon@charlesworthoutside.co.uk… Continue
Charlesworth Outside
Gordon Charlesworth
17a Leigh Road
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2ET
Telephone: 0239 2478743
Mobile: 07896 291754
Email: gordon@charlesworthoutside.co.uk… Continue
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 11:30am —
An open letter to the APL and BALI - A time for change
I write to you on behalf of all good landscapers and garden maintenance workers who are employed within the horticulture trades.
Times are hard - for many it will not get better. For some businesses and individuals, things will never improve and they will be forced to give up what they love; For others, time has already run out.
The writing had been on the wall for the five years before the recession finally arrived. Only fickle people could ever imagined that the boom years would continue to… Continue
Times are hard - for many it will not get better. For some businesses and individuals, things will never improve and they will be forced to give up what they love; For others, time has already run out.
The writing had been on the wall for the five years before the recession finally arrived. Only fickle people could ever imagined that the boom years would continue to… Continue
Posted on July 15, 2009 at 1:32pm — 1 Comment
Starting a landscaping or gardening business
For anyone who might be considering taking the plunge and setting up a gardening and landscaping business there are a number of mind numbingly difficult decisions to make before getting the ball rolling.The easiest possible advice is to start at the beginning - finding the begi… Continue
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 3:30pm —
Comment Wall (198 comments)
- At 2:47pm on April 22, 2008,
Philip Voice said… - Hi and welcome to the Landscape Juice interactive and social forum
- At 11:38am on April 23, 2008,
Stuart Bulbeck said… - No worries, I hope I can help with the growth of your site and if I can be of any help in any way to you please feel free to contact me.
- At 11:57am on April 23, 2008,
Richard Loader said… - Hi Phil - OK - I'll admin if you want - I have just been approved as webmaster of the GPA (Garden Photogs gpauk.org) so the more the merrier!
- At 4:23pm on April 23, 2008,
Richard Boyd said… - Hi All
Good to see you!
- At 3:11pm on April 29, 2008,
steve said… - Hi Philip i have fallen into gardening i hated it i have had no training what’s so ever i started of as a handyman for the company i work for 12 hours a week they couldn’t find a gardener for love or money so i said i would do it for them and now i have landscape it all they have a further 6 nursing homes they would like me to do i have had twenty people ask me if i do it professionally the funny thing is i love it now i have been doing it for four years now and the directors have given me a free rain i would like to grow bigger i make my own garden furniture i also brick and lay slabs i would like to become a bigger concern could you give me any pointers on how to go about this any help would be great I also have a garden centre which is well know locally that would like me to taken on some of there collage students as they have seen my work the thing is Philip I can see an opportunity here and I don’t wont it to slip through my fingers so any guidance from you would be most
- At 5:48pm on May 5, 2008,
Keith Paterson said… - Ok Philip How do I go about adding the gardening post to my Silver Surfers Site ?
K
- At 5:51pm on May 5, 2008,
Keith Paterson said…
- My original question was how to get the plastic nut off that holds the blade on an old Qualcast over. I am sure I must be turning it the wrong way. Ideas please
- At 8:49pm on May 7, 2008,
Neil Petrie BSc Landscape Mgt said… - Yep, now that it's not winter anymore it's fabulous! Excellent service you have put together here - look forward to helping out and being helped out. Still young in the business; lots to learn, eager to learn it.
- At 7:36am on May 10, 2008,
Susan Gallagher said… - Glad to find you all! We really need a place where professionals can interact here in the uk. Its been a steep learning curve for us, and I look forward to sharing our experience and learning from the experience of others.
- At 9:11am on May 18, 2008,
Andrew Fereday said… - Hi Phil,
I just happened across your site while looking to see what gardening blogs are out there. This looks really interesting - a sort of gardening facebook! I was wondering what the culture of gardening is like in France? I have family in the US and they say that the gardening culture over there is very different to the UK - mainly lawns and the odd shrub here or there but not much in the way of borders like we think of them over here. How do you find the differences in France?
- At 7:27pm on May 20, 2008,
martin said… - Cheeers Phil
Loving the site
- At 10:14am on May 22, 2008,
Kevin Hoyle said… - Thank you, I will do.
- At 8:46am on May 28, 2008,
Salman said… - Hi Phil, thanks for your message. Yes, big move alright. I just wonder: brave or foolhardy? Still, it's got to be done, no point in sitting around wondering. Am looking to do part time study and work experience while doing a bit of bookkeeping to pay the bills until I'm trained up. Wish me luck! All the best
- At 9:46pm on June 3, 2008,
keith said… - Hi Phil,
Yes it is Pembrokeshire, and the coast path is fantastic. As I can suffer from vertigo these days, I am afraid that I don't walk it any more, but did before that problem kicked in.
- At 7:51pm on June 8, 2008,
karen johnson said… - thanks i will have fun looking aorund and hope to connect up properly soon
kj
- At 10:42am on June 15, 2008,
Andrew Fereday said…
- Eeek! I've just noticed that in your profile picture you're not actually admiring a piece of hosepipe but that you've caught a snake! I assume that's some sort of adder is it?
I really ought to pay closer attention to these things. Or get my eyes tested...
- At 10:47am on June 15, 2008,
Philip Voice said…
- Hi Andy,
It is a grass snake (rather large female) :-0)) don't worry, I didn't harm her but took her into the meadow and let her go.
- At 8:44pm on June 16, 2008,
Sefton Paine said… - Hi Phil. I checked out this site a little while back and the more time I get to use, I think how beneficial it will be. It is very difficult to combine a passion with business much of the time and I feel this site is going to provide the join in which is sometimes an abyss between the two.
- At 7:27pm on June 17, 2008,
Lara Warner said… - Hi Phil
Thanks for the warm welcome. I hope that this site will be a place where us contractors can bounce ideas around and progress our business and the industry as a whole.
I am interested in the whole customer charter idea however I think that the Landscape Network would be a great idea if there were some vetting and verification processes.
At this stage I should declare myself to be a Director of Yourlocaltrades which is a site similar to the concept of Rated People. We have vetting in place for all our members and would be pleased to ensure that Landscape Network members were returned first on the search results for their area.
That site is still in BETA mode and is not due to launch properly until later in the year. But I think it would give a further layer of credibility to the network and I would propose all Landscapejuice members who join would have no membership fee - for life! There will also never be a pay per lead charge.
If anyone wants to take me up on the offer visit www.yourlocaltrades.co.uk and register as a trader for free.
All the best and look forward to a great summer - I can't wait for winter just to have time to enjoy my own garden!
Lara
- At 9:52am on June 18, 2008,
Philip Voice said…
- Hi Lara and thanks for the feedback.
"I am interested in the whole customer charter idea however I think that the Landscape Network would be a great idea if there were some vetting and verification processes."
This is something that is being considered but I I do not want to add too many barriers for those who wish to participate.
Vetting can only be successful to a point and I feel that by creating a strong ethos will serve well as a self regulating theme for the members.
I will look at your site and get back to you on.
Kind regards
Phil
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