A diary of  London Garden Design Company:

This week we have been busy compiling quotes. Matt went to see the clients who want to landscape their…

The designer Russell Page wrote that “To plant trees is to give body and life to one’s dreams of a better world”. I couldn’t agree more. It’s not just fond memories as a tree surgeon that draw me to trees, and make me want to plant them wherever I can, but something more primal.

So what trees to plant? There is such a huge choice but often people, and designers, will stick to tried and tested favourites. There is nothing wrong with this as, in the right…

Spring is well on its way, and gardeners everywhere are thinking about how to bring colour and interest into the garden this year.

For a really tropical look, there is a host…

Planete Jardin is a Paris based landscape gardening company who can offer the full range of services for your garden by an English speaking team throughout the Ile De France.

We specialise in the design and construction of all domestic…

Etesia UK will shortly be hitting the road, after announcing the dates of their first road show since 2006, with an emphasis on all things green. The 2012 Green Technology Show series kicks off on Tuesday 27^th March at Merrist Wood College, Guildford.

Planned as a hands-on, arrive and drive…

If you are reading this blog post, you may be asking yourself some or all of the following questions:

WHY should I scarify my lawn?

Lawns benefit from regular scarifying in order to remove and control the build up of moss and 'thatch'. 'Thatch' is the build up of dead grass, partly rotted leaves and debris that builds up in a lawn over time.

Both moss and thatch restrict…

The area to be prepared for sowing wildflower seeds was a steep bank over looking a swimming pool in a secluded part of the grounds of a large block of residential flats in Torquay. 

 It was thought that the area needed changing to attract more people down to the swimming pool by growing wildflowers and attracting more insects, especially bees, butterflies and hoverflies.…

Cheshire Landscaping Contractors

We have been developing our Cheshire website. You will notice each day we are adding between 5 and 10 pages to the website as we are trying to make our cheshire customers aware of what services we provide.…

Thurrock, Essex, February 23rd 2012.

Giggins Landscaping has completed the installation of new paving, decking and turfing areas in Thurrock, Essex.

The customer required the whole garden to be given a new lease of life, including a new patio which we laid with…

Landscapers Liverpool

Dempsey are a professional landscaping company serving Liverpool and Merseyside. No sub-contractors all work is undertaken by Dempsey's experienced, professional and reliable landscapers.…

Images and a video showing the process of a Concrete slab construction, with 3mm crushed glass tamped into the RC 25 fibre concrete, a black cement dye will be added once the power float pan is able to be positioned on the slab.

Day 17:

The curved wooden retainer to the turf has been staked and screwed into position and the remaining turf laid to the edging strip.

Additional stone has been brought in, raked and levelled to allow for a 100mm concrete…

Hello all!

I am currently a student at Sparsholt College Hampshire and studying for my BSc Garden Design.

I am just getting stuck into my dissertation and I'm hoping I can get some valuable views and feedback from you all about my topic area.

So my topic area is....

Why restore gardens? And what impact does restoring gardens have on the history of garden design and the potential future of garden design?

Any views…

With the start of the New Year we are starting a new series of blogs on tree knowledge. This will mainly feature on causes of ill health in trees and will help you identify when further action is required.

Giant polypore, botanical name Meripilus giganteus, is a large bracket fungus, which usually…

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Katrina was contacted this week by a couple looking for a…

For many years, 2 or 3 litre plants have become the boring, industry tradition.

At the South West Landscape Centre, we intend to change this tradition and show, that larger plants are actually better value for money for Landscapers and Garden Designers.

With 2-3 litre Shrubs, say costing £3.50-£4.50 each, Trade.  What you get is something normally Tunnel grown, covered in fleece over the Winter, so safe for planting out in a domestic garden around…

Just thought I would share the free PR we managed to get in our local newspaper for winning the Marshalls awards. Will this get the phone ringing or should time have been spent elsewhere to generate more enquiries? Whatever the result we hope this will give us some brand awareness in the local area and urge any other landscapers with accolades to contact the local press as it was very easy to do and free!…

Spring is almost here and for us who have sandy soils they are starting to become lighter which enables us to get onto the soil earlier than other types of soil.

We took on an allotment last July and have spent the time since bringing it up to scratch as it had been let go which involved basically removing loads of old carpet which the last owners had used to control weeds and had failed and digging through and removing loads of grass weed.

Its quite a hard way to start an…

As the world goes Sarah Raventastic we're starting a programme of random germination testing of the seeds in our wildflower mixes. So far as I can make out we'll be the only reseller in the UK doing this. We're also offering a testing service for our commercial customers buying bespoke mixes. Native Seed Technology in…

Plants for life, Next time you decide to buy plants for the garden, take time out to check whether these will assist the biodiversity of the garden. Try not to get swept away by the bright colours and the fancy flower shapes of the heavily cultivated plant varieties.

Perhaps this is a legacy from the garden competitions that occur all over the UK each year, where bright, big and convoluted usually wins an award. But times are slowly changing and many people are starting to realise…

Some people will read the title of this blog and think HOW can hiring a professional gardener or maintenance person to maintain my garden actually SAVE me money over the course of a year?

(Incidentally this blog interconnects with another of our blogs on how hiring a garden maintenance professional can save you time - read that at: …