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I started gardening in the 1970s, when advice was simple, local, and often passed on by someone who had made the mistakes before you. You learned by watching plants fail, succeed, and surprise you. You learned by turning up in all weathers and dealing with whatever the garden — or the client — threw at you.
Today, I read modern gardening advice and often ...
For Mike Powles and his team of six volunteer grounds staff at Walsham Le Willows Sports Club, the aim of their maintenance is simple: to keep the surfaces in the best possible condition all year round. That task is now much easier thanks to the purchase of a Deep Tine Aerator (DTA) and Combislit from GKB Machines – allowing the club to maintain consistently high-qual...
Dobbies Garden Centres has announced a new partnership with Waves, the country’s largest hand car wash and valeting provider. Five premium car wash facilities are now open at Dobbies stores; Woodcote Green, Ashford, Peterborough, Ponteland and Brighton.
Last year, Dobbies launched an ambitious national store refurbishment programme, designed to broaden pr...
No-dig gardening has become one of the most fiercely defended ideas in modern horticulture. Question it, and you can expect raised eyebrows, sharp comments, and accusations of being “behind the times.” Suggest that digging might sometimes be necessary, and it can feel like heresy.
That alone should make gardeners uneasy.
No-dig is a method, not a belief sy...
As price rise season approaches, many small businesses feel the pressure to hold their prices down. There’s a fear that increasing prices will drive customers away, especially in tough economic times. But there’s an uncomfortable truth that needs saying:
Cheap prices don’t just attract more customers – they attract the wrong ones.
Cheap Price...