Ten months after its formation, the Landscape Juice Network has soared past four hundred members.
Landscapers, gardeners and designers are catching onto the notion that you do not need a committee of people to vet you just to be able to tell your customers that you are good.
What is more, members to the Landscape Juice Network can potentially save hundreds of pounds by associatiing with fellow professionals when joining the free site.
There is growing disillusionment with the two established landscaping associations. I have recently criticised the APL for telling their members one thing while seemingly ignoring their own advice.
in Defence of the APL, Chief Executive Officer Jason Lock, responded by saying that the comments reported on the Horticulture Week site were his alone and not the APL's.
Both the APL and BALI are planning new websites and I will be interested to see how close their new 'interactive' media models are to the Landscape Juice unique Network?
Could it be that both organisations are fighting back in a bid to win new members and have they acted with enough time to spare?
It has been announced that BALI chairman John Gillan is to step down after just one year in the job. Mr Gillan is reported on Hort Week as saying that he had always intended to remain in the position for just one year but it does beg the question - how can you expect to complete a job in such a short time frame?
The Landscape Juice Network is a self sufficient organisation that is funded by member sponsorship and private donations and is completely free for businesses and individuals to join.
The image is a 'drifts of Rudbekia Goldsturm' by garden designer Laara Copley-Smith.
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