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October 2025 - Featured Article:

Barking Up The Wrong Tree!

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A recently published Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) report has confirmed what I’ve long suspected and is plain to see.

55% of front gardens (car parking spaces I imagine) and 36% of back gardens (patios etc) throughout the UK are fully paved over. 

Meanwhile, besides trees and bedding, only 33% of gardens are comprised of lawns.

So, when you think that 40% of gardens are paved over and a mere 0.15% are covered in artificial grass, surely our product and service is an unfair and disproportionate target for the ire of the concerned garden purists.

A Word From Mark ...

This blog is my own take on the many issues faced by self-employed landscapers and designers. As such it contains plenty of strong opinions and occasional 'adult' language (i.e bad!).

Technically a disclaimer means 'a denial of any connection with or knowledge of'.
I do take responsibility for my musings but can't and won't accept complaints regarding any offence readers may choose to take.

That said, feedback is always appreciated. I'm unlikely to be gratuitously politically incorrect and I do hope you find it informative, honest, sometimes challenging, and, at the very least, enjoyable.
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