Local authorities are still the biggest purchaser of trees for the urban environment.Many people felt the economic squeeze would affect their purchasing power,in fact it has changed the way they buy trees,instead of ordering trees with a girth of 20-25cm they are now ordering 16-18cm.

Smaller ornamental varieties like Sorbus,cherry ,field maple are becoming more popular because of their smaller root systems growing up to 4min height which fits in with the smaller street sizes but…

Our first attempt at putting together a summary video for a design and build project. Production values aren't fantastic but it still seems to work. More to follow as time allows. Enjoy...…

A new project submission has been made to www.garden-design-pictures.com and the pictures can be viewed by clicking Ponds

If you are a Garden Designer or Landscape Gardener you can claim your free advertisement and link to…

Did you know that 11600 people in the U.K reached their 100th birthday this year? I've reached 83 today & I think I might make it. I think they will have to shoot us as we are costing a fortune.

Eric Walker.

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Last nights Panorama program on Supermarket domination did not focus, as so many other media reports have, on simply the taste, price and animal welfare aspects of supply and demand together with our unsuppressed appetite for supermarkets; but contained a lot of information with regards the actual damage this domination is causing on the countryside, and those who maintain the countryside and the landscape in…

This post is about how to use affiliates to increase your online sales.

What is an affiliate?

An affiliate is somebody who will advertise your products or services via their marketing channel, such as a blog or website. The best thing about using affiliates, they only get paid a certain percentage if they

generate a sale or lead. Also affiliates are responsible for their own

marketing costs.

Affiliate marketing is also another way of getting your brand out to…

What is Social Networking?

Social networking can be defined as linking your website / blog to relevant forums and social platforms, which will create away of getting your message or brand seen by the masses. Doing this, you will start creating a list of followers who are interested in your brand and the masses will find you. Eventually, who will have a database of followers who are linking to your blog feed / website, which will enable you to market your product instantly.

The next John Terry could well be sitting in a classroom at Matthew Arnold School in Staines thanks to the opening of a state-of-the-art artificial pitch completed by Agripower Contractors.

The Staines school is celebrating both the opening of the new full size 3G, fully flood lit pitch and a link-up…

 The Glastonbury wounded holy thorn tree has hit the headlines throughout the world recently.

Glastonbury is a wonderfully strange old place. Legend has it that Joseph of Arimathea arrived here with twelve disciples. Standing on Wearyall Hill, he struck his staff into the ground and it took root and grew the branch and blossom of a hawthorn tree. Cuttings have been grafted through the ages to perpetuate its life.…

Yes it is mad! Our dinning table is full of plastic crumbs... I should say recycled plastic crumbs.... the living room looks more or less like a factory..... Oh ... Actually in the middle now... I was cutting 2000 samples of the material that we made Lawn edging, root barriers and any shape raised beds. So 2000 more to cut as I need 4000…

Pictures of the finished garden where taken about 9 months later.…

Well after a great year what a way for Ultimate Driveways to finish..

After…

After initial trials yorkshire based Peak Surfacing have now decided to use the Boundtex range of polyurethane resins,manufactured by Kent based Resin Bonded Surfaces.

The boundtex range of polyurethane resins is made from sustainable renewable biomass materials which make it environmentally friendly .

With the popularity of resin bound gravel and the increasing number or manufacturers it is important to find a manufacturer that you can work with that offers excellent customer…

The UK landscape and woodland suffer significant losses of environmentally and ecologically important species every Christmas time.

The demise of the female Holly tree is relatively well documented but this does not stop continuing damage by way of removing berry bearing foliage to decorate homes over the Christmas period. Ivy is under no such threat but many other native specimens which are vitally important to wildlife, particularly birds, over the winter period by way of a…

Lamberhurst Engineering, the sole UK importer of Ferrari tractors, Caroni mowers, Seppi mulchers, as well as a range of horticultural and forestry equipment and machinery now offers finance for a range of products through their official finance partner, First Independent Finance.

To help customers through the…

Well the day started well. I had a blissful time bagging free tulip bulbs. The boot of the car is weighed down with about a thousand tulips.

This evening, my favourite farmer, whose field I use, says I have to quit it ASAP as his land agent takes a dim view of me using it. Apprently it counts as subletting, even though no money changes hands. He cannot risk his tenancy, Somerset County council would love any excuse to sell another county farm.

I have to rehome…

On Thursday 9th December 2010, we attended the Marshalls Regional Award Ceremony/Roadshow.

We were nominees in five different categories, bringing one award away for 'Best Use of Ethically Sourced Fairstone' which we were really chuffed about.

We have spent the last two years trying out different patio paving layouts and were rewarded for our endeavours.

We thoroughly enjoyed the roadshow and look forward to a prosperous 2011.