It may be like getting blood out of a stone but the APL has finally told - read Association of Professional Landscapers invade Chelsea under stealth - the world about the successes of it's members and updated their website with news from last weeks Chelsea Flower Show.
Let us hope that this is a watershed and that the APL get out in the field, on a cold winters day or a wet and inhospitable site, photograph and interview the core companies that keep the landscaping industry going.
Chelsea is all about ego but, the great men and women who run garden companies have to compete every single day for that proverbial 'gold medal' with every client.
Often, landscapers have to create a garden on a budget that is well below (per square metre) that of a Chelsea garden constructor. In these cases it is not ego's that are at stake but real livelihoods with often difficult clients who pay less and demand more.
It is a start, but I will not rest until the APL give back to it's members more than they demand in annual membership costs.
I want to see the APL start a members network that provides support and resources on a daily basis.
In the meantime, if you run a garden maintenance company or landscape construction business, the Landscape Juice Garden Network is there to help.
The latest information - try this simple hourly rate test -that has been posted today helps you to consider how to convert your greatest costs back into charge out rates.
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