Creating Landscapes Trade Show

Marshalls recognised for work towards UN Millennium Development Goals

The Business in the Community (BITC) awards have recognised Marshalls for their work in improving the working conditions of those in the supply chain of their stone products.

Marshalls won the BITC Big Tick for the Coffey International Award at the Yorkshire & Humberside BITC awards ceremony in Leeds.

The awards recognise businesses who support the United Nations Millennium Development Goals which aim to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, improve health conditions and ensure environmental sustainability.

Marshalls has been actively working in support of the UN's Millennium Development Goals since 2007 with the launch of a programme of activity in the Kota region of Rajasthan, India.

Chris Harrop (pictured), Marshalls group marketing director, said: "The Coffey International Award is particularly important to Marshalls because it recognises all of the work that we’ve done to ensure that sustainable and responsible business practices are at the heart of what we do.

Etesia and Pellenc to launch new products at Saltex

Etesia UK will be returning to the IOG SALTEX turf show this September to launch six new products and on the biggest stand it has ever had, adding an extra 50% of demonstration area to the existing plot.

No less than four new products from Etesia and two new Pellenc products will all be making their debut on stand No. U15; details of which are being kept under wraps until the first day of the exhibition.

The Etesia team will be be showcasing its range of professional ride-on and pedestrian mowers, ride-on brushcutters and trailers along with Pellenc’s lithium-ion battery powered chainsaws, polesaws, hedge trimmers and pruning shears, along with the new product launches.

Henchman step up to the Creating Landscapes show

Henchman platforms are a long standing and recognised name when it comes to hedge cutting and working at height in the garden.

So their attendance at the Creating Landscape Trade Show in October is sure to interest landscape gardeners who want to increase productivity, yet ensure safe working conditions.

The Henchman hedge cutting platforms come in a range of styles to suit individual job requirements, for example, tripod ladders are best suited for reaching into fruit or topiary tree canopies and awkward spaces.

Checking search terms to help your website

It is a month on since the last report into how the Creating Landscapes website is doing when it comes to search engines and readers, writes Craig McGinty.

So starting from 20 May and running up to yesterday, 23 June, here are some quick stats:

Number of unique visitors - 1,304
Number of pageviews - 3,569
Average pageviews/visit - 2.01
Average time on site - 2mins 08secs

What is heartening to see is that people are staying on the website to read the articles and find out more about the businesses who are exhibiting.

Lending a paw at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

It is not only us humans who enjoy escaping to green spaces when stuck in cities and towns, our four legged friends need the same stimulation.

Rapid Tractors show how to mow a steep grass bank

Rapid Euro Bank Tractor Demonstration.

The team at Rapid Tractors demonstrate in the video above the safe methods and procedures involved when mowing a bank measuring over 45° with the slope more than 55° in places.

The Lawn Shop moves to new premises

The Lawn Shop has moved to larger premises to cope with increased demand for its lawn care products.

Their new premises, based in West End, Woking, Surrey provides an increased storage and packaging facility and also an opportunity for local lawn owners and landscape professionals to personally visit their site to purchase lawn care products.

The Lawn Shop provides lawn care treatments, tools and products for professional and amateur.

Pellenc lithium powered Airion blower

Etesia will be bringing the Pellenc range of lithium powered contracting machinery to Creating Landscapes.

Developed for the landscape community the hand blower Airion alone has three major innovations: the axial turbine has an efficiency of 800 m³ / hour for an air velocity of 60 m / s, low weight that allows fatigue-free and low noise allowing the operator to work in comfort for longer periods.

All tools work with a range Pellenc multifunction battery, thereby providing them with power tools that are very light, with little vibration and running without noise and pollution.

Website: Pellenc

Seminar on establishing wild flower meadows

Wild Flower Turf - From rolls to meadow in 9 Weeks from James Hewetson-Brown.

The growing appeal of wild flower meadows in gardens and green spaces is clear to see, but what is required to grow and install them?

Avant 525LPG wins innovation prize at demopark+demogolf 2011 show

Avant 525LPG will receive an innovation prize and silver medal at the demopark+demogolf 2011 exhibition in Eisenach, Germany (www.demopark.de) on 26-28 June.

The editors-in-chief of five leading German landscaping and groundcare magazines especially emphasized the concept with the LPG engine, which further increases the multi functionality of Avant, for example in indoor use.

The complete Avant loader and attachment range will be on display, and you can see the machines are in action as well.

Avant will be on stand E-509.