I am tending to use Marshalls as a barometer for the UK landscaping industry. Perhaps this is a little unfair that they should get a lot of attention but when you refer to yourself as the 'UK's leading' it does tend to make one's ears prick up. I am still not convinced that Marshalls haver paid shar...

Newton Abbot based landscaper Jackson Landscape Design has won an award from Marshalls PLC for the ‘Most Creative Use of Marshalls Product’ at the inaugural Marshalls Register Awards 2008. Marshalls created the awards to recognise excellence in hard landscaping design and installation among its ...

There is a huge split building between the Landscape Institute (LI) and its members over the crisis surrounding the retention of the LI archive and library. Without such a comprehensive historical and educational resource at the centre of the organisation, many feel that the LI will become little mo...

Dawn Isaac is going to lead the way this week with a guest blog on a subject that I cannot ever make my mind up on. Should children be taught gardening while they are still at school? If you would like to have your say after reading the piece then feel free to leave a comment in the form below. Are ...

I was too busy recovering from a hard day digging up trees, humping manure and replanting to watch much television last night. Cat Fereday watched Sissinghurst on BBC4 and asks if 'TV redeems itself?' Did you watch Sissinghurst - what did you think? "I had high hopes for this one, but feel a bit non...

Today's guest blogger is garden designer Dawn Isaac. Dawn lives in a tiny Cambridgeshire village with three small children but it used to be so different - Dawn says on her about page: "Once upon a time I led a glamorous life. I designed gardens for fabulous clients on big budgets. I created an awar...

You have to search very hard for any news that is released by the Association of Professional Landscapers. Their preferred and only source of info seems to be Hort Week. I have been catching a round-up of the news in the last couple of weeks and I still think that the APL don't 'get it' when it come...

I have a love hate relationship with moles. On the one hand, this fascinating furry creature that lives beneath our feet, is cute and cuddly and extremely efficient in the way it goes about its business. Yet, in its search for food - up to its own body weight in one day - it causes complete mayhem a...

Janine Pattison thought that is was time we had a little fun on the site waiting for the thaw so she has written here own gardening calendar - enjoy. In these days of global warming and climate change, you can no longer rely on the date to tell you what season we are in. Here is a light-hearted guid...

By coincidence, just about a year ago I wrote about aerating your lawn after snow and ice. I thought it appropriate to link back into the archive because it is as relevant now as it was then. With such heavy snowfalls it is quite understandable that children (and adults) will be wanting to get out i...