Landscape industry newsletter - Winter work; Cordless tools; Pigeons nesting

The great age and location dilemma  What future for younger workers in the north of the UK? One member of the network wonders what options are open to him. Winter work & marketing  There are plenty of jobs to be done through the winter months, but how do you sell these tasks to your customers? Members pass on their ideas. Comments are dead. Long live comments!  This could lead to a new type of contributor, which we have named the reactfluencer: a combination of reactive comments from influencers.

Featured member

▪ Contact: Terrafirma Landscapes  ▪ Location: Wirral ▪ About: Landscape & tree services ▪ LJN page: Rory Irvine ▪ Website: terrafirmalandscapes.co.uk

Latest landscaper & gardener vacancies

Drop in on the Landscape Juice Network job board.  Check out the latest opportunities.  Or post your own advert if you have a vacancy - just £19.99 for 60 days. Maintenance gardener: Loughborough Landscape supervisor: Uxbridge, Denham Landscape operative: Slinfold, West Sussex Landscape gardener – team leader: Farnham, Surrey Landscape supervisor Truro

In the Business Objectives Group

Question: How to deal with negative feedback and harassment?  What steps can you take to deal with a problem customer both offline and online? Marketing new business advice  What ideas do people have to improve a website and bring in more business?

A photo pic from members

Ibiza garden, north London by Jenny Bloom

Featured job vacancy

Landscape supervisor Truro  Iron Orchid Landscapes require a loyal and passionate person to work within their team with the capability of supervising and working under their own initiative..

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More from the forum and blogs

Cordless tools  What should you be looking out for when thinking of investing in some cordless tools such as a hedge trimmer or strimmer? Makita Li-ion garden tools  One member takes his battery powered hedge trimmer out on a job and reports back on how his day went. Pigeons nesting in a hedge  What legislation is in place to protect wild birds and where do you stand when it comes to undertaking a bush cutting job? Multiple ants nests in flower bed  What experience or advice can you pass on to deal with ants' nests in a flower bed?

News headlines

RHS appeals to gardeners to help combat pest attacking Agapanthus plants The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is calling on gardeners to help it learn more about a new insect that is attacking Agapanthus plants. Memorial to nurseryman destroyed by vandals  Vandals have destroyed eight young birch trees and a liquidambar tree in Brinton Park, Kidderminster, planted as part of a memorial to a Wyre Forest District Council employee.

Meet your supplier

▪ LJN Supplier: Etesia UK ▪ About: Grass cutting machinery ▪ LJN Page: EtesiaUK ▪ Web: www.etesia.co.uk

Press releases

Dennis FT510 helps bowling club maintain its busy schedule  In 2014, St. Austell Bowling Club in Cornwall graced over 3,000 bowlers. With such an inundated fixture list, only the finest turf maintenance machinery would make this possible and the Dennis FT510 ensured that the reputable bowling club could keep to their busy schedule. Horticultural scholarship season opens  The David Colegrave Foundation (DCF) Scholarship Season opens next month, giving young horticulturists five months to apply for a scholarship.

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