News & BLOG
The latest GoLandscape news, details of related industry career events, helpful advice, guidance and tips to get the most out of landscaping.
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11 April 2022Infant and junior schools throughout the UK are being invited to design a garden to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.The only stipulations are that the centrepiece... -
1 February 2022The wealth of technical, scientific, regulatory and storage/handling information on soils that British Sugar TOPSOIL has developed and made freely available via its website has now ...
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24 January 2022GoLandscape, The British Association of Landscape Industries’ careers initiative and The School Gardening Success Plan have come together to form the #GoSchoolSuccess campaign. The ...
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27 July 2021We continue to hear from our BALI Chalk Fund student of the year nominees and as to why they are joining the industry and what they love about it. This time we hear from a design pe...
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26 July 2021Winning a Gold medal, RHS Young Designer of the Year and Best Constructed Show Garden, Freddie Strickland has swept the board at RHS Tatton Show this year with the support of Proven...
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15 July 2021The BALI Chalk Fund student of the year competition is a great way to showcase and celebrate the very best in rising talent coming into the industry. This year it’s been a challenge...
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8 July 2021Moving on from our previous blog on plant knowledge and expanding our look at landscaping skills, next we have what is often referred to as hard landscaping, hardscape, or landscape...
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18 June 2021Continuing our look at industry apprenticeships, we now turn to the world of hard landscaping and hear from Travis, as to why he chose this industry and what he enjoys about it. ...
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3 June 2021Lets catch up with Alyce and find out why she enjoys her apprenticeship so much. Who are you and what is your job? “I am a Landscape Apprentice currently working for Gro...
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24 May 2021Towards the end of last year, the government announced plans to offer the opportunity for any adult, aged 19 and over, to achieve their first full level 3 qualification, which is eq...
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11 May 2021The Chartered Institute of Horticulture are delighted to be able to announce the launch of the YHOY 2021 competition, with Round 1 being offered free and on-line to anyone below the...
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7 May 2021Apprenticeships are a great way to earn and learn at the same time and there are plenty of apprenticeship opportunities in horticulture and landscaping. But don’t take our word for ...
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31 March 2021In my previous blog, the Top five landscaping skills, we looked very generally at the skills landscapers have, and look for in their teams and the future employees they are recruiti...
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25 March 2021Have your say! It’s time to review the apprenticeship standards launched in 2017 and 2018 to ensure they are up to date and can meet the needs of our industries. To ensure we hav...
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24 March 2021The landscape industry offers an incredible choice of career opportunities, but we often only think of the roles available in terms of the design, build and maintenance of green spa...
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17 March 2021The Kickstart Scheme is well underway along with a number of other government incentives, and could provide an opportunity for your business to recruit a new employee. In respons...
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9 February 2021BALI members, Ground Control, the UK’s leading supplier of award-winning landscaping and maintenance services, is proud to announce its involvement in an industry-first scheme to he...
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18 January 2021Now in its 9th year the collaboration between Provender Nurseries and Capel Manor College continues to go from strength to strength despite COVID-19 restrictions. Due to social ...
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21 December 2020Capel Manor college recently organised a horticulture industry speakers’ day, with experts that work in the London Parks. The aim of the day was to offer advice, support, and inspir...
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1 December 2020The BALI Chalk Fund Student of the Year competition is a wonderful way of celebrating the up and coming talent that are training to join our industry. This year, Pershore student, J...
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24 November 2020With so many schemes and incentives available, it may feel overwhelming in trying to understand if any of them are open and applicable to your business. The current one doing the ro...
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23 October 2020Johnsons of Whixley, one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries, has announced the latest crop of delegates to join its Growing Stars leadership programme. The business, that c...
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16 October 2020Getting the call that you have been shortlisted for the landscape job and they want an interview brings two emotions, excitement that you have got this far, and the onset of nerves ...
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30 September 2020It’s challenging to keep up all the different offers of support that the government releases, understanding how they work or even where to access them. In terms of adding to y...
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23 September 2020Pollinators, Habitat and Cut Flowers. That was the aim of ‘The Feast Garden’ Designed by Amber Hine of Hine Garden Design LTD for the Belvoir Castle Flower and Garden Show 2020, the...
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2 September 2020“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison A CV (Curriculum Vitae), or résumé, is still the most popular way of...
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5 August 2020“Always two there are, no more no less. A master and an apprentice” – Yoda In our last blog on education, I promised we would have a closer look at apprenticeships. Apprent...
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16 July 2020After working closely with the potting on and growing of hardy nursery stock Provender Nurseries are delighted to have taken on two Hadlow College students on a part-time basis. ...
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1 July 2020“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X There is often a clear distinction between those that enjoyed...
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28 May 2020‘Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship’ – Thomas Fuller. The landscape industry offers careers that cover a wide skill set, but this can be a double-edged sword, it ...
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28 May 2020The Royal Hospital Chelsea has been the iconic location of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for over 100 years. To celebrate the connection with the Show and to underline our commitment ...
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23 April 2020The Insitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IFATE) has given the industry approval to start development on four new apprenticeships; Arboriculturist, Horticu...
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26 February 2020It was announced last week that more than 5,000 courses were under review because they had either less than 100 students or no students at all studying them each year. The plans wer...
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18 February 2020Many landscaping companies have changed the way they recruit people and what they are primarily looking for. The focus is now more on attributes and behaviours than just industry sk...
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5 February 2020In recognition of National Apprenticeship Week 2020 #NAW2020, GoLandscape would like to introduce you to Max. Max is currently undertaking a Level 2 Landscape Operative apprenticesh...
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24 January 2020Ever wondered what landscaping looks like in another country? Would you like to travel and meet other landscapers, learn how they work, experience a different culture, widen your...
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20 January 2020The Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIoH) are delighted to be able to announce that the Young Horticulturist of the Year 2020 (YHOY 2020) competition is now underway and th...
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17 January 2020Introducing GoLandscape’s new video series! Over the next few weeks, we will share a new talking heads film in collaboration with landscape contractor Maylim, providing insigh...
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6 January 2020We associate branding with companies trying to sell us something, think of a symbol (Nike), a design (Apple), a name (Amazon), a sound (Formula 1 car, Intel processor, Xbox 360 star...
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10 October 2019I’m sure you have been asked that question, ‘What is your dream job?’. How many of us are actually employed in a dream job! Surely the more realistic question is, ‘Are you enjoying ...