Creating Landscapes Trade Show

Marshalls fire up digital engines for Creating Landscapes

Headline sponsor of the show, Marshalls, has fired up the digital engines with its websites across the internet heavily promoting Creating Landscapes.

Visitors to the Marshalls Group page on Facebook are provided with an introduction to the show as well as details of some of the products that will be available to view.

Elsewhere on the internet, Marshalls own page on Twitter now features a full screen background image highlighting the show with the date, location and website address featured prominently.

And on YouTube, where you will find a variety of videos from Marshalls, again a large background image has been added to every clip the company has uploaded.

Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel's special offer for show visitors

If you are travelling a long way to the show and have to stay overnight, then check out the special offer we have arranged with the near-by Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel.

The deal is priced at a reduced rate of £79.00 Bed and Breakfast Single Occupancy or £89.00 Bed and Breakfast Double Occupancy.

Follow this link to receive your discounted rate.

The Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel is perfectly sighted for the Creating Landscapes show, as it is found just off Junction 26 of the M25, while Capel Manor is a short distance off Junction 25.

Landud and Pro Landscaper magazines feature the show

The Landscape & Urban Design (Landud) magazine, as well as the newly launched Pro Landscaper, have featured the show in their latest editions.

Somerstock offer a peek into plant list for show

The team at Somerstock have provided a list of selected plants they are bringing along to the Creating Landscapes Trade Show.

The co-operative of plant growers has put their heads together to provide a fine range of hardy nursery stock available through Somerstock.

Plants are being supplied by a total of seven nurseries, Steve Jeffries, of Somerstock, picks out some the plants destined for the show.

Bring your garden indoors over winter

Keen to stay in touch with new ideas and opinions within the landscaping and garden design industry?

Well make sure you check out the seminars on offer which will take place on both days of the Creating Landscapes Trade Show.

One of the talks will be provided by garden designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin where he will discuss the use of trees in the urban environment.

Landscape Juice launches industry first legal document service

Landscape Juice, the landscape and horticulture industry’s open association of landscape industries, has partnered with LEGAL365.com to launch a new legal document website.

Landscape Juice Legal is a powerful depository of thousands of bespoke legal documents covering everything from landscaping service contracts, terms and conditions through to employment contracts and health and safety policies.

In these difficult trading times, it’s never been more important to safeguard your business by issuing the right paperwork to support your offer of services or products.

The only routes previously open to landscapers and gardeners was to engage a lawyer or join a trade association; both of these options come at considerable cost and does not necessarily provide the right solution.

Q Lawns are bringing a piece of ancient woodland to the show

Q Lawns have revealed that their stand design at the Creating Landscapes Show will include a small landscape feature using bogoak, aka Jurassic Bark.

Bogoak is the somewhat unromantic name for native timber that has been preserved in the ground for several thousand years. Many of the trees whose bits and pieces will be on the Q Lawns’ stand were growing about 400 years before Stonehenge was built.

Each piece of Bogoak is entirely unique and not only does it make wonderful design features, especially if combined with planting and lighting, it can be sculpted, carved, made into furniture or just left in its natural state where it will provide shelter for overwintering insects.

Check out the web site at www.englishbogoak.co.uk and be sure to visit Q Lawns stand at Creating Landscapes to see how Maxine Tricker has combined BogOak and planting in a low maintenance garden.

New Groundsman turf cutters tick all the boxes

Groundsman Industries have been producing and developing its range of Turf Cutters for over fifteen years. The new Turf Multi Cutters (TMC) range are the third generation in this process and encompasses all the knowledge and experience Groundsman have gained to produce a product which really does tick all the boxes.

This product development by Groundsman Industries has been approached with a focus to excel in four key elements, *reliable performance *operator safety and comfort *ease of maintenance and repair * value for money.

What will the weather be like for Creating Landscapes?

What will the weather be like for the Creating Landscapes Trade Show later this month?

We are all going to be keeping a keen eye on the weather forecast for Capel Manor and the south east corner of the UK.

Thankfully the Met Office long range forecast for the period between 18 October and 1 November, 2011 has a positive ring to it:

The south and southwest, however may see drier spells, with temperatures nearer to normal. Temperatures should recover into the following week to around normal, with daytime temperatures perhaps just above in the southeast.

And to keep track of the sunny spells you will find in the left hand column of the Creating Landscapes website a Met Office weather widget that offers up a forecast for the coming five days.

Here's hoping it stays fine and dry on 25 and 26 October.

Habitat Aid and British Wild Flower Plants set sights on Chelsea 2012

Want to learn how to create a garden for Chelsea Flower Show? Well follow the work of two exhibitors over the coming months and you could pick up a tip or two.

Habitat Aid has teamed up with British Wild Flower Plants to build a show garden in the RHS Lifelong Learning area at next year's Chelsea show, which runs from 22 to 26 May.