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Regular pitch re-laying to continue at Wembley
The regular re-laying of
pitches at Wembley stadium will continue at its current pace as Bank debts mean the stadium's heavy usage will continue until at least 2023. IOG chief executive Geoff Webb said: "we are hoping to work together to help ensure that a top quality playing surface can be achieved, which benefits our national stadium”.
Landscape architecture firms see
business pick up
Signs of recovery in the house-building sector are having a positive impact on landscape architecture practices as work starts to pick up. The statistics showed applications in the three months to February 2010 were up 66 per cent on the same period last year. Studio Engleback director
Luke Engleback explained: "The rug got pulled from under our feet at the beginning of last year. But it has picked up and there are definitely things happening." The firm has been working with Countryside Properties, Linden Homes and smaller, niche developers.
Landscape Man on Channel 4
Former RHS head of
creative development Matthew Wilson has launched a new TV show The Landscape Man on Channel 4. Wilson, Landscape Director at The Landscape Agency said he hoped the show would prove positive in promoting the landscape industry.
No vacancies sign goes up The JCB Academy has opened
a waiting list for places at the unique £22 million regional centre of learning after becoming fully subscribed months ahead of its September opening.
JCB
Academy Principal Jim Wade said: “We are delighted that The Academy is fully subscribed.”
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FSC certification for Timber Crib system Maccaferri has won Forestry
Maccaferri Timber Crib is
Stewardship Council [FSC] Certification for its Timber Crib product a mass gravity retaining wall system of treated, interlocking, timber header and stretcher units which form a cribwork structure, which are then filled with granular durable stone.
manufactured from New Zealand Radiata Pine, taken from FSC recognised sources. The elements are treated against decay, insect and fungal attack to provide long term durability and reassurance. At Loadman St in Newcastle, [illustrated] Maccaferri Timber crib has been used to create
MAY 2010
3 year warranty
retaining walls for an industrial regeneration site. Three walls totalling 400m in length and up to 5.5m high were installed to create flat, terraced construction sites to accommodate new industrial units.
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A Solution for Horsetails Much myth and folk law
surround the control of the problematic weed “Horsetails” (Equisetum spp) which is often confused with and called “Mare’s Tail”. Cultural control methods are difficult and usually make the problem worse. The roots can extend 1.5m deep rendering complete removal virtually impossible. New plants can grow from broken roots and fragmented stem sections. Until recently, chemical control methods have also been unsuccessful. “Glyphosate”
struggles to
penetrate plant’s waxy cuticle and stories of attempting to “bruise” the plant before chemical treatment are also unfounded. A new total weedkiller called
“Kibosh” (containing glufosinate- ammonium) appears to be a solution. Always read the label
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Trimax Mowing Systems has announced it will now offer a three year mechanical warranty as standard on new rotary and flail mowers. The warranty covers the mowers in full time commercial use and was previously limited to one year, with two years on certain components. Marketing Manager for Trimax, Tim Fanning, believes the offer is unlikely to be followed by other mower manufacturers. “We have always built mowers of
exceptional quality, and have total confidence in every machine that comes out of the factory. That’s an easy thing to say, but to back it up with warranty is quite a different matter.Our product is not the cheapest to buy, but if you consider life cost,
maintenance and downtime, the value is easy to see”.
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awareness campaign to help protect garden lawns,
John Deere has launched an called
National Gardens Park, with an aim to safeguard the important environmental benefits they bring to our increasingly urbanised
society.The company has identified that there is between 17 and 20 million domestic lawns, the majority of which are in inner city or urban locations – but they are under threat from the paving slab and the spade as homeowners create car and caravan parking, home extensions and hard landscaping. “Lawns are an icon of our gardens and we neglect them at
our peril,” says John Deere’s division manager, David Hart. “They have so many benefits to the environment, helping to prevent flash flooding, cooling temperatures, absorbing carbon dioxide which is converted into oxygen and they provide a natural environment for birds, animals and insects.”
He also points out that 100
square metres of lawn will produce sufficient oxygen each day to support nearly two adults and the total area of domestic lawn produces enough oxygen each day for half of the UK population.
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