The Stone Bake Oven Company, designers and manufacturers of high quality outdoor and indoor wood fired pizza ovens have extended thier family of ovens to include the conveniently sized Mezzo Oven.

The Mezzo Oven came after the commercial range of restaurant wood fired ovens, the Gio range,…

LANDSCAPE JUICE NEWSLETTER

Wednesday 28 September 2011

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• During a garden design consultation in Hillingdon, West London discussion revolved around solutions for a garden that sits on an old gravel pit.  Suggestions included options for raised beds and planters, possibly constructed from railway sleepers.  Details of Earth Designs garden design consultations can be found by clicking…

Oh it's been a lovely afternoon, with a bit of late summer sun and to the garden-I-will-go. Those asters have been bugging me. Don't ask me how (they weren't there last year)  but they came up in the very front of a raised border so that look very awkward towering above the otherwise rather lovely foliage plants in that bed. Plants can do that you know. It might be you moved something last year or this spring and unwittingly took a handful of roots from another plant. Eh voila! A lovely…

I am often asked this question and I suppose the response will be different depending on the company you approach.

At  OGC we would give a resounding 'Yes'. Most of our design projects are from start to finish, so we normally offer this as…

Lately I seem to have an increasing number of requests to 'endorse' products. I am assuming this is because of the success of the Greenfingers Guides books. It also doesn't seem to hurt I have a minor celebrity.

Yes I can see that getting individuals like myself writing ( via blogs, magazines, books etc.) about  a company's…

Etesia UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Roberts as Northern Area Sales Manager for its range of Etesia and Pellenc Products. Andrew will be responsible for the North of England as well as The Midlands, Scotland and Wales.…

Phew, where has the year gone?

I have recently been in the dying thoes of an edit on my next book Evergreen Plants, which will be released on Amazon et al in March 2012.So look out for it won't you? And did I mention my Border Plants book was shortlisted for Best…

September is proving to be the busiest month yet for Dan Frazer Gardening. It seems that people around Glasgow are very proud of their lawns and want cutting, scarifying, moss and weed treatment and all sorts of other work done to keep them looking perfect. The website has had a lot of hits and our autumn services are in great demand.



Most popular jobs are lawn cuts as some people seem to…

My son Adam of Cambridge Film works had just sent me a video he made for the Creating Landscapes show plus a meadow mat video for Q lawns.

When I read about the Olympics using wild flower turf, I had a bright idea of sending these videos to one of my clients - Kier Marriott who then showed them to their client. A couple of days later we were…

Having established the 10 major stages of the design process; let’s now have a look at how these might be achieved:

Each week I shall concentrate on 1 stage of the design process and discuss my personal approach and what software and techniques I use.  I’d be keen to hear how your approach differs and what programs you utilise and in what way.

STAGE 1: INITIAL PRESENTATION OF THE…

Customer Testimonials  - Success Story Part Two

Here at Abel Landscaping we believe good customer service is key to running a successful business. Many of our customers were willing to give testimonials to tell other customers about their experience with us.

This is Colin Roberts from Kirkby. We carried out a…

We all know garden maintenance can just comprise some uninformed bloke/woman strimming the living daylights out of a garden, without any real knowledge of the profession So I was just wondering what you all felt about this tricky mix and match exercise of finding a gardener to a client?

Fair enough if the client has an existing resident gardener/ gardeners to look after a newly created…

The PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles is staging the 2014 Ryder Cup and as part of an upgrading of course care facilities 600 sprinkler heads have been replaced. The work was carried out by Souters Irrigation Services, a specialist arm of sports turf contractor Souters Sports set up last year specifically to handle irrigation refurbishment and installation projects.

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At the opengardencompany we had luxury ( and challenge) of designing a modern Islamic garden in the Eastern Mediterranean. Trying conditions; blistering heat and coastal weaterh in summer and violent storms and winds in winter. Sourcing plants an absolute nightmare, but nonetheless, it didn't turn out too…

It's not that I don't have or ever use any garden Gloves, it's just that most of the time I choose not to wear them...

Simply because, I like to Feel what I'm doing !!!

I want to know that the Soil has the correct texture, the roots of the planted are anchored, the tulip bulb is nice and firm as I bury it in its spot.

I like that feeling, the sensation…

ANP Services Spalding are the answer you are looking for, for all your professional garden and commercial grounds maintenance requirements in and around the Spalding, Lincolnshire area.

We carry out all aspects of professional garden and commercial grounds care. We are equally capable of cutting a carefully manicured lawn and helping you with a regime…

Customer Testimonials  - Success Story Part One

Here at Abel Landscaping we believe good customer service is key to running a successful business. Many of our customers were willing to give testimonials to tell other customers about their experience with us.

This is Tony Sierbert from Netherton. We carried out a garden makeover for Tony last…

I have been looking round locally with the intention of taking evening classes to gain a history A level. There doesn’t seem to be any available, anywhere, no one seems to be running them. Has history gone out of fashion, is there a lack of interest or is it just a lack of funds?

I know history seems a bit of an odd choice of subject for someone who works with his hands but I work with history all the time. The anvils I use are probably over a hundred years old, one that I own…