Etesia Bahia Electric
Forest Green Rovers FC is truly green. The chairman of the Nailsworth-based club is green electricity company boss Dale Vince OBE.
Breadcrumbs
National Contractors' Forum
National Contractors Forum is run by Bob Ivison and Mike Fitt for contractors to share experiences and discuss issues of common concern in the sector, from skills to the contractor-client relationship.
News/Info
- Funding provided for Land Trust coalfields upkeep
- Councils invest in new environmental team
- New contract: Grounds maintenance for Eastbourne Council
- Blakedown secures record wins
- Workshops aim to guide pre-qualification tender submissions
- Conflicting water advice hits landscapers affected by hosepipe bans
- IoG head urges groundsmen and green space managers to 'open dialogue' with water companies over drought restrictions
- Residents approve Pinnacle
- Water companies look at non-potable water to ease hosepipe ban pressure on landscapers
- BALI warns of lost contracts ahead of water company hosepipe ban summit
- Early start to bedding season sees large quantities of stock shifted
- Grounds care injury risks spelled out
- New contract: Playground maintenance
- New contract: Grounds maintenance
- Call to action on hosepipe bans from National Contractors' Forum
Latest Machinery Tests
In Depth & Resources
Reviewed - Handheld tools
18 May 2012What will the Thenford estate garden team make of the latest hand-tool offerings? Sally Drury finds out.
Pest & Disease Management - Moles
18 May 2012Moles are widespread throughout Britain but absent from Ireland. Even small populations can damage sports turf, playing surfaces and amenity lawns, but control may not be necessary in less intensively used or managed areas. The damage is a side-effec...
Interview - Robin Wallis, co-owner, Hortus Loci
18 May 2012Last October, Robin Wallis set up Hortus Loci with Mark Straver at Whitewater Nurseries in Hook, Hampshire, to grow 400,000 perennials, roses and fruit trees a year and supply gardeners and landscape architects. Between them, they have sourced and gr...
Green space guardians - A career in parks, arboriculture and sports groundskeeping and management
11 May 2012Whether maintaining parks, sports grounds or trees, the sector offers a wealth of opportunities, Graham Clarke reports.
Creating landscapes - a career in garden design, landscape architecture or contracting
11 May 2012Designing a garden or building a landscape requires vision, practical skill and sound business sense, says Sarah Engerran.
Plant heritage - a career as a professional gardener
11 May 2012As a professional gardener, you could find yourself working in prestige locations or maybe travelling the world, says Sarah Engerran.
Interview - Des Smith, head gardener, Olympic Park gardens
11 May 2012Des Smith landed one of the biggest roles in horticulture when he became Olympics head gardener two years ago.
Green Space Management - Best practice tendering - part three
11 May 2012In the last of his series of articles on tendering, Sid Sullivan looks at how to approach service delivery.
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- Maintenance Foreman & Team Leader (16654) Anders Plus 17 - 22k doe, North London/Herts
- Horticultural Manager Horticruitment £28K, Liverpool
- Horticultural Manager Horticruitment £28K, Somerset
- Maintenance Gardener Horticruitment £8-12 per hour, South East London
- Business Development Manager (Growing Media) Horticruitment £24-26K + Commission, Car,etc., Northern England (Midlands to Scottish Borders)
Latest Tenders
Contract for the Supply of Horticultural Machinery & Equipment
Sunderland City Council
CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF PARKS
MAINTENANCE AND TREES MAINTENANCE
Wandsworth Borough Council
In This Issue
NEWS: Garden centre sales start to pick up after relentless poor weather
GROWER: Packaging update
INTERVIEW: Robin Wallis on the Hortus Loci launch
PEST & DISEASE FACTSHEET: Moles
KIT TESTS: Handheld tools
