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New Fencing product market research survey - many thanks for your feedback! congratulations.
Congratulatiosn to
Hayden Stark
Landscape Architect (Hons)
Goom Landscapes Ltd - Christchurch who won the $200 luxury Hamper.
And some feedback from our client:
The market research conducted through the Landscape Design website provided us with critical insight into a new fencing product we are developing and has influenced our strategic decision making on both production and marketing of the product. The level of response exceeded expectations and the quality of answers was very high. We would not hesitate in using this service in the future.
Kind regards,Tim EllettManaging Director3i Limited
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Welcome to new companies
A warm welcome to the following companies who have joined our pages recently.
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Greetings and welcome to this edition of Groundwork
I am off to Dunedin this afternoon to attend the Landscaping New Zealand "Taste of the South Conference". I am looking forward to catching up with industry members, meeting new people and enjoying some southern hospitality.
It has been a tough few months down there with the recent loss of livestock, not to mention the earthquake. There has been extensive coverage on the media about both these events and my thoughts have been with the people who have the difficult task of rebuilding their farms and homes. It will take quite some time to rebuild and for many things will never quite be the same. Rebuilding is not just physical, it is finding the strength to overcome fear and get back to normality. It has been great to see how communities have supported each other.
Despite all the doom and gloom we read and hear, there is a damn load of good in our communities.
Regards
Tim Durrant
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 A warm welcome to Peter Fell - Specialists in Coloured Concrete.
The transition from indoors to out can be fluid using coloured concrete and sealing solutions. The Peter Fell system provides scope to achieve bespoke surfaces to suit the style of your design.
Check out a range of projects on the new Peter Fell Directory Portfolio
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Hard to reach places
Where there is will there is a way. Every time I visit Wellington I am reminded of what it was like landscaping on steep sections. House sites carved into steep banks and seriously brave engineering.
In London we had another problem to overcome. A 300 year old terraced house backing onto Highgate cemetery. The only access to the back yard was through the house. You have to have your wits about you when you are carrying a lawn mower and bags of weeds past a an original Rembrandt the client doesn't really like. In Denmark we had every toy imaginable - motorised hydraulic wheelbarrows.
I was reminded of this when Excaveyor came on board earlier this month. A great company based in Auckland. Sorry Wellingotn I am not sure if you have one of these - please let me know if you do. Check out Excaveyor here >>
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Water Quality
A vital and topical part of our landscape. We have published a series of articles and videos about water quality. Please feel free to put your opinions and thoughts in the comment boxes below these articles on our website.
First step in the direction for fresh water - New Zealand Government
A comprehensive report by the Land and Water Forum on the management of freshwater in New Zealand has been welcomed today by Environment Minister Nick Smith and Agriculture Minister David Carter. "The Land and Water Forum has achieved a first in New Zealand - consensus on a way forward for managing freshwater," Dr Smith said.
Read full article and access the report
Forest & Bird response
 "Overall, the Land and Water Forum report is a good outcome and is a step change in trying to overcome the confrontational and expensive way water has been managed up to now," said Forest & Bird Advocacy Manager Kevin Hackwell, one of the trustees of the LWF. Read Full article >>
Federated Farmers response
 Federated Farmers believes the Land and Water Forum report is just that, a report and its recommendations to Government, do not set in stone any future policy or actions.
"The Land and Water Forum report reflects a major journey, in which we have changed our minds on issues and shifted our positions after talking, listening and understanding," says Lachlan McKenzie, Federated Farmers co-spokesperson on water. Read full article >>
Water Quality video Lecture Series
Dr Jan Wright speaks to MPs about the science of water quality
Video 1: Dr Jan Wright speaks to MPs about the science of water quality
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What ever happened to the ozone hole?
This year's ozone hole season is "slow to kick in," says NIWA atmospheric scientist, Dr Olaf Morgenstern.
In New Zealand the official ozone hole season starts in the second week of September and runs through to November.
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A New Bramble Variety - Wally Richards
I am always interested in any new variety of fruit that comes available to the home garden market.
The nursery, Incredible edibles, will soon be releasing a newly bred bramble called 'Thornless Jewell'.
Bred by Plant & Food Research to produce a thornless bramble with easy care and a good flavour. Read full article >>
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Tomatoes of Yesteryear
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The old types of tomatoes are really fascinating; with a myriad of colours, shapes and delicious flavours it is no wonder that we of this age, who have been brought up to think that a tomato is round and red, are amazed to discover that the modern tomato is a fruit that our forebears would hardly recognise today! Read full article >>
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Use our sister site findaplant.co.nz to source plants for your landscape. Take a look at the video here...
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Sticky Lemon Slice
Ingredients- 225g butter,softened
- 70g icing sugar
- 275g plain flour
- 200g sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten together
- 20g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- zest of 2 lemons
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- icing sugar for dusting
MethodPreheat oven to 170 C. Beat the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, either with a cake mixer or in the food processor. Mix in the flour. Press dough into a 20x 30 cm slice pan. Bake for 15 minutes then remove from the oven. While the base is cooling, make the topping. Beat the sugar and eggs until pale and creamy, flour, baking powder, lemon rind and lemon juice. Mix together. Pour the mixture on top of the base, then return it to the oven and bake for a further 30-35min, or until golden in colour and firmish to the touch. Cool in the tin, then dust with icing sugar and cut into squares. Transfer to an airtight container when cool. Disclaimer:The recipe above has been supplied by a member of the public and has not been individually tested by Helen Jackson. Helen Jackson does not accept any liability in relation to publication of this recipe.
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That is all for this month!
Kind regards,
Adv. Cert. Landscape
Design & Construction
Editor | Managing Director
Landscapedesign.co.nz Limited | Findaplant.co.nz
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