New Contracts - Horticultural Services
10 Feb 2012
Midland Heart wants grounds upkeep worth between £9,000 and £200,000 to include grass cutting and edging, weed removal and maintenance of hedges, shrubs and flower beds.
Focus on gloom and doom is holding back positive landscape action, conference delegates told.
Midland Heart wants grounds upkeep worth between £9,000 and £200,000 to include grass cutting and edging, weed removal and maintenance of hedges, shrubs and flower beds.
Design and construction firms target specialist work as hedge against decline in public sector.
Landscape architects at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and garden designer Lee Bestall have created a hard landscaped space with plants and bespoke railings in a shopping area in Rockingham, Yorkshire. They worked with Groundwork Dearne Valley and horticulture students from Wingfield Business...
Charles Rutherfoord, the new chairman of the Society of Garden Designers, has said this is a "pivotal time" for the group, which has grown into a significant professional body. Praising his predecessor, Annabel Downs, he said he wanted to bring a similar "clarity of vision and thoughtful approach" to...
Garden maintenance contractor David Smith, who runs Smith Landscapes of Stirling, has made the final of the Lantra Land-based & Aquaculture Learner of the Year competition. He was nominated by Oatridge College, where he completed a higher national certificate in horticulture. The final will be held...
Landscape architect Gillespies has been shortlisted for the Urban Design Group Awards for improvements to Castle Street next to Carlisle Cathedral. The scheme included paving, lights and modern seating with artwork by Hannah Stewart. A winner will be chosen on 15 February.
Hanson Formpave has completed a car park and landscape areas at the Little Harbour hospice in St Austell Bay. The job included 2,000sq m of EcoGranite Aquasett.
A report setting out for the first time the amounts and types of green space for every local authority area in Scotland could be used by politicians to shape future policy, according to the author.
Snow and ice did little to deter buyers as the Spring Fair and Totally Tools exhibitions opened their doors on Sunday (5 February) at the NEC Birmingham.



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