A View from the Marsh

Jan 16, 2024 | Blog, news

Let’s not beat around the bush, January can be a bit of a rotten old month, the excesses of Christmas are over and for most of us, it’s back to work, and the thought of paying the bills caused by the excesses of Christmas! But wait, what’s this? As ever, nature has...

The Tender Process

Dec 12, 2023 | Blog, news

As with many businesses, we are often asked to apply for contracts via a formal tender process, this system used to be almost exclusively the preserve of larger companies with considered and very well-defined, procurement policies. However, we are seeing more and more...

Another year, another industry awards ceremony

Nov 7, 2023 | Blog, news

Recently, we attended the Plants at Work, Leaf Awards, a ceremony that recognises the finest work from designer and maintenance teams from across the UK. The event is like the Oscars of our industry, with a couple of major differences, nobody misbehaved, the master of...

In Praise of The Bay Leaf

Oct 3, 2023 | Blog, news

Any chef, or cook will tell you that a couple of bay leaves are absolutely essential for stews, sauces and casseroles, but it is extremely rare to find a single person that can tell you what they actually taste of. Of course, you will get lots of comments like ‘depth...

Plants, they’re a bit boring really

Aug 22, 2023 | Blog, Why Plants

Well, of course we don’t think so, but we have to accept that some people are not quite as enthusiastic about them as we are. There will be people reading this that absolutely love cars, and they could easily hold forth on the subject of cam shafts, or radiator valves...