August 2009 Blog Posts (14)

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Ultrascape Flowpoint - Jersey's Jewel?

Ultrascape Flowpoint has recently been used to restore Old Street in St Helier, Jersey.

In December 2008 Instarmac’s Training Site Support Team demonstrated how Ultrascape Flowpoint could help them complete Old Street’s restoration, leading from St Helier’s Town Hall to the Magistrates Court. Following this, the local council adopted Ultrascape Flowpoint to grout and finish the town centre, a total of 450m².



St. Helier Parish Council, both client and contractor,… Continue

Added by Instarmac Group on August 28, 2009 at 10:35 — No Comments

I'm Not Alone!!

Hello to you all at Landscape Juice Network from Jan & Paul Rogers!



What a great looking site. When I stumbled across LJN looking for hedge trimming advice I skimmed through a few topics & pages and it was quickly evident that I needed to join the community. I could not believe the posts I saw which were from people just like me i.e. new to the world of running a garden maintenance business, plus experienced people who have been in the game for years.

As a newbie… Continue

Added by Paul Rogers on August 27, 2009 at 0:29 — 7 Comments

Habitat Aid

A quick hello...we sell high quality products (mostly trees, plants, and seeds) which will help create beautiful and diverse habitats for garden, smallholding, farm or estate. We also offer ecological services. Half of the profits we make go to specialist charities working to protect and promote biodiversity in Britain.



Here's our main URL,… Continue

Added by Nick Mann on August 26, 2009 at 19:00 — 1 Comment

Ultrascape to supply MediaCityUK

Ultrasape is to supply the Mortar Paving System for over 40.000m² external paved areas to the new MediaCityUK project in Manchester.



MediaCity UK will be the first purpose-built media community in the UK, housing over 2,500 BBC staff by 2011. The project will provide a “self-sustaining environment” in every way – which meant that Ultrascape products, with their fast-track use and high specification characteristics, were an ideal addition to the site’s… Continue

Added by Instarmac Group on August 21, 2009 at 10:26 — No Comments

First time lanscape. part 1

Hello all. I am writing this blogg to share my first project with you. My own garden. I moved in to my house just over a year ago. On first inspection the garden did not seem to bad. Basically it was just grass. It did need a bit of a clean up and a trim... so i thought. It was only after a bit of rain that i noticed the garden turned to swap, and never seemed to dry out properly.



After speaking to the old guy next door, i found that were my… Continue

Added by chris on August 20, 2009 at 14:53 — No Comments

Joint Fix - For that Freshly Laid Look Is your site or complex maintenance costing you more than it really should? Are you regularly re-applying jointing sand to pavements? Are you looking for a sol…

Joint Fix - For that Freshly Laid Look



Is your site or complex maintenance costing you more than it really should? Are you regularly re-applying jointing sand to pavements? Are you looking for a solution to the problem…? Ultrascape Joint Fix is your solution.

Ultrascape Joint Fix is a versatile product that will guarantee that newly laid look for years. Whether it is an external leisure complex, patio area, town centre, a pedestrian scheme, driveway or a garage forecourt,… Continue

Added by Instarmac Group on August 20, 2009 at 10:53 — No Comments

Completed Decking in Clarkston Glasgow





As promised here is pictures of decking we have recently completed here at NGibblandscapes



Please check earlier blog for pictures of site on arrival



many… Continue

Added by niall gibb on August 18, 2009 at 15:30 — 1 Comment


PRO Member You get what you pay for

I received a voicemail message at ten past eight this morning from one of my clients asking if I could call them back urgently.



It turned out that they had a “visit” the other day from a gardening company asking if they would like their hedges cut. Now we have previously quoted for this work a few years back but was too expensive as the client likes a bargain so happy to leave it for someone else.



When I turned up at 8:30 it felt like world war three was about to… Continue

Added by Graeme @ BGS on August 15, 2009 at 12:00 — 4 Comments

Quay Construction. Traditional quay build with dry stone in Cornwall



We are currently in the middle of two adjacent contracts constructing quays on the edge of the Fal estuary in Cornwall. When we first quoted and tried to gather as much information about quay construction as possible it was difficult to discover much at all. The BS information is based largely on more modern standard construction and concentrates predominantly on the waterproofing qualities of the materials. Using drystone negates much of this… Continue

Added by Sustainable Land Management on August 14, 2009 at 20:00 — 6 Comments

Some interesting statistics from a day in the garden.

Not strictly speaking mathematically significant but anecdotally insightful for anyone who has the idea that gardening is a very romantic and easy career:



* Dimensions & type of hedge cut: 60m length x 10' height - Hawthorn / Beech / Snowberry / Holly / Rose / Nettle

* Weight of petrol hedge trimmers: 6kg

* Time to cut hedge: 5 hours

* Number of cigarettes smoked: 8

* Estimated calorie usage: 2000

* Calories consumed: 1000

* Number of hawthorn… Continue

Added by Andrew Fereday on August 12, 2009 at 21:30 — 6 Comments

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Added by robert lewis on August 10, 2009 at 7:00 — 3 Comments

Where have all the flowers gone?

Hopefully I'm no so much older than everyone else here that some will recognise the title of this post is the same as the one written by Peter Seeger as a call for peace.



A common misconception is the second verse is 'where have all the children gone?', the actual line being 'where have all the young girls gone?'



So why on a nice sunny Sunday afternoon when all is peaceful and well has this song come to mind?



Memories of yesteryear, and especially child hood… Continue

Added by dgeorgea on August 9, 2009 at 12:49 — 1 Comment

Beautiful Blue and Yellow Combo

I was wondering if anyone could help? I've been given this photo and would like to identify the plants and location. Any thoughts?


http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/photo/photo/show?id=2074886%3APhoto%3A50244
All entries welcome!

Added by Elspeth Briscoe on August 7, 2009 at 13:00 — No Comments

Bloggin' freely and feelin' happy

The newsflash of the evening was that the two American journalists had been pardoned in North Korea following the intervention of former US President Bill Clinton (Elvis minus the music). This has very little to do with gardening, I grant you, but it is relevant to LJN's disparate corps of bloggers - we're lucky, really, that we can post and discuss and forum-ise so freely without needing the intercession of an ex-President with a dubious reputation following his marital indiscretions (are we… Continue

Added by Cat Fereday on August 4, 2009 at 23:30 — No Comments

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