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Show Gardens – Are They A Route To Success?

Most landscape contractors operating above a certain level of ability and seeking to raise standards within their company, and attract higher-end customers, are likely to consider becoming show garden builders at some stage in their career. The use of social

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Specifiers – What’s In A Name?

There are many different styles and types of products and materials included in the wording of a landscape specification, shown annotated on drawings and mentioned in contract documents as a standard element of producing a comprehensive design package. Whilst the

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Solid Foundations – Paving Site Online

Poor advice and inconsistent standards have long been a challenge within the paving industry. In early 2024, familiar industry voices Gareth Wilson and Alan Sargent set out to address the issue directly, delivering a series of seminars for professional landscapers

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Can Value Engineering Affect Landscape Design Integrity?

It is increasingly common to find that a fully detailed and well-planned landscape design project is subjected to what is euphemistically called ‘Value Engineering’, usually by the client who seeks to reduce the cost of the scheme late in the

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Why Are Opinions Polarised Within The UK Landscaping Industry?

Having been involved in the landscaping industry for nearly six decades, it is not surprising I have seen many changes within the working methods, improved tools and mechanical equipment, transport systems and material handling techniques. This article is written from

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Balustrades – Design Responsibilities And Liabilities For Garden Designers

One of the most frequently posed questions from garden designers concerns liability and responsibility for the design of safety rails, especially balustrades to the outer edges of a raised platform, mezzanine, decking or paved terrace with a potential hazard of

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Interview Framework And Legal Awareness Guide For Garden Designers

(Mutual Due Diligence) As architects do not sell gardens, so garden designers do not sell gardens. Their role is to provide the concept, ideas and strategic plans and specification to enable others to build their visions into reality. As designers,

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Professional Rogue Traders

The term ‘Rogue Traders’ is often used to describe firms or individuals who fail to provide services that do not meet satisfactory standards of workmanship or probity. As accredited expert witnesses, we see many cases of poor-quality work and disputes

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Sustainability In Landscape Projects – A Personal Historic Overview.

1960s towards the 1980s – the start of my journey……… Since starting out in landscaping almost sixty years ago, when the majority of construction materials were either second-hand or relatively low-quality when compared with modern products, I and other landscapers

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