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    Landscape industry delight at hosepipe ban exemption

    Monday, May 21, 2012

    The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) today welcome the news from the water companies that landscaping and turf businesses are exempt from the hosepipe ban as of today. The adjustment to the Temporary Use Ban by the seven water companies in the south and east of England allows gardening [...]

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  • MyGardenSchool

    World’s first virtual gardening school

    Friday, May 18, 2012

      Perhaps the most influential living landscape designer of our time, John Brookes MBE, is launching two new online garden design courses with the world’s first virtual gardening school – MyGardenSchool. The new gardening courses – “Design Your Own Small Garden” and “Design Your Own Large Garden” – are designed to enable enthusiasts across the [...]

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  • Jason Hodges

    Jason Hodges discovers body in River Thames

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    Hodges was at the UK’s Chelsea Flower Show yesterday when he saw the corpse floating in the River Thames on the way back to his hotel. Hodges is currently in the UK to build this year’s ‘Australian Garden’ entry in collaboration with Fleming’s Nurseries for the Royal Horticultural Society’s prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. After finishing [...]

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  • Ormskirk

    UK-Ormskirk: tree-maintenance services

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Tree maintenance and Weed control services 2012-2017. Short description of the contract or purchase(s) Tree-maintenance services. Tree pruning. Herbicides. General tree maintenance including root pruning, removal of branches, felling of trees and stump grinding. Weed control to public highways and Public open space. Other associated works. [...]

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  • Canterbury

    UK-Canterbury: grounds maintenance services

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Canterbury City Council Grounds Maintenance and Associated Works Contract Short description of the contract or purchase(s) Canterbury City Council (“the Procuring Authority”) wishes to appoint a contractor to provide Grounds maintenance and associated works within the Canterbury District. The contract is a complex mix of activities, [...]

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  • Blantyre

    UK-Blantyre: grounds maintenance services

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity: Provision of ground maintenance services. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Provision of ground maintenance services to include proactive grass-cutting, weed killing, and hedge trimming. As well as, reactive ground maintenance services such as, tree works, fencing, channel clearing, construction of paths and steps, winter [...]

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  • Kynaston Gardens Tender

    Tender: Kynaston Gardens Landscape Development Project

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    Description Kynaston Gardens is currently a run down, uninviting and neglected space nestled amongst residential dwellings in Stoke Newington Central ward in the London Borough of Hackney. We are looking for an experienced landscaping company who will be able to deliver physical improvement works and landscape design to Kynaston Gardens a small public park nestled [...]

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  • Balishow

    Plenty to see and do at this year’s BALI Landscaping Show!

    Thursday, May 17, 2012

    With a full seminar programme, the regional heats of the WorldSkills UK Landscape Gardening Competition running, a busy demonstration area, plenty of new exhibitors and a new ContractorZone in place, the 2012 Landscaping Show has plenty going on! Seminar Programme: The show takes place on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th June at Stoneleigh Park, near [...]

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  • Hillier

    APL and HTA members to showcase horticultural excellence

    Thursday, May 17, 2012

    Members of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) and Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) will be presenting the best examples of horticultural excellence, design and landscaping at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which takes place on 22-26 May 2012. Amongst those taking part are…. Hillier Landscapes are building the World Vision Garden which is designed [...]

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    Siberia beckons for leading UK Garden Designer at Fisher Tomlin

    Thursday, May 17, 2012

    Leading UK garden designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin is off to Russia in June to inspire Siberian garden designers with the potential for new home gardens. Andrew will be in Chelyabinsk as a guest of Malinki Village, a brand new development that is aiming to inspire its customers by providing a full garden design service and [...]

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Jason Hodges
May
18

Jason Hodges discovers body in River Thames

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Hodges was at the UK’s Chelsea Flower Show yesterday when he saw the corpse floating in the River Thames on the way back to his hotel. Hodges is currently in the UK to build this year’s ‘Australian Garden’ entry in collaboration with Fleming’s Nurseries for the Royal Horticultural Society’s prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. After finishing [...]

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Ormskirk
May
18

UK-Ormskirk: tree-maintenance services

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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Tree maintenance and Weed control services 2012-2017. Short description of the contract or purchase(s) Tree-maintenance services. Tree pruning. Herbicides. General tree maintenance including root pruning, removal of branches, felling of trees and stump grinding. Weed control to public highways and Public open space. Other associated works. [...]

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Canterbury
May
18

UK-Canterbury: grounds maintenance services

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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Canterbury City Council Grounds Maintenance and Associated Works Contract Short description of the contract or purchase(s) Canterbury City Council (“the Procuring Authority”) wishes to appoint a contractor to provide Grounds maintenance and associated works within the Canterbury District. The contract is a complex mix of activities, [...]

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May Pro Landscaper
May
3

May Issue

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In this issue: Association news Producing Fast, Accurate Estimates Lets Hear It From… Jo Thompson Wildlife-friendly Bedding Latest Kit – Pro Mowers Portfolio – The Garden Builders, Frogheath Landscapes, Arbour Design and Build Stepping Out – Travis Perkins Chelsea Flower Show Green Roofs Look Out For… Adele Ford and Susan Willmott To view the latest [...]

Recruitment
May
2

HTA seeks new Director General

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The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is advertising for a new Director General. The announcement comes after a period of consultation and review by the HTA Board following the retirement of the previous Director General last November. HTA President Carol Paris of the Garden & Leisure Group said “The HTA is a large, complex organisation and [...]

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Apr
30

The Garden Builders Portfolio May 2012

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Hampsted Garden Suburb, London 2012 APL Supreme Award Winner There were very strict guidelines regarding the development of this complex garden landscaping project as the property is located within the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust. The proposed hard landscaping materials specified by the garden designer and The Garden Builders had to initially be approved by the client and then had to be [...]

balishow
Apr
25

SEMINAR PROGRAMME CONFIRMED FOR BALI SHOW

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This year’s seminar programme for The 2012 Landscaping Show has once again been compiled by BALI’s national chairman, Paul Cowell.  He commented, “The aim of the seminars is simply to inspire our members and visitors with the new developments and innovations that are occurring within the industry, support our members with up-to-date information and best [...]