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Tree planting & Hedge planting in Glasgow & beyond...

Tom provides a tree planting and hedge planting service in the Glasgow area throughout the year. The best time to plant trees and hedges is during the dormant season over the winter, but both trees and hedges are supplied as bare-root and root-ball plants.

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Urban Planters, Traditional Planters, or Modern Planters..?

A 'planter' is simply a word for a decorative plant pot or container. Styles are myriad, so whether you are on the look out for urban planters or more traditional-style planters there is something to suit you. Using containers for your plants allows you ultimate versatility, increased accessibility, flexibility and less weeding. Planters and window-boxes are as popular in Glasgow as they are anywhere else, and increasingly popular with long-term renters.

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How do you balance your garden?

Garden design is a creative process based on a series of principles and ‘rules’. As with most things in life, you can bend the rules to achieve great things, but the principles of garden design need to be your starting point. For garden design in Glasgow the rules are the same as elsewhere, and one of the key principles that garden designers in Glasgow will pay attention to is the principle of balance.

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Garden designs and garden maintenance

Horticultural consultants and garden designers in Glasgow are often asked for advice about maintaining newly created gardens. Garden designs should be created with an idea of future garden maintenance requirements in mind. Tom Angel ran a garden maintenance business for a long time before starting up his garden design studio in Glasgow, ensuring that garden designs are created with a precise knowledge of what garden maintenance is going to be required in future years.

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How do I know how big my plants are going to grow?!

Wherever your garden is, and whatever kind of garden design or landscape gardening dilemmas you are trying to solve, there are similar themes that always seem to come up. As a garden designer in Glasgow, this is no different, and judging appropriately-sized plants is one of these garden design factors that comes up. Garden designers and landscape gardeners in Glasgow and anywhere else you go will have this at the forefront of their minds when creating their planting plans.

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Dealing with Japanese Knotweed in Glasgow

Japanese Knotweed receives a lot of hysterical attention, and pragmatic voices can be few and far between. The truth is, in many situations, japanese knotweed removal can be dealt with by any professional gardener armed with a management plan. Larger and more complex infestations of japanese knotweed may require a specialist contractor - but you will always be better off by getting an independent assessment to begin with. Tom Angel offers japanese knotweed surveying services in Glasgow, as well as working as a garden designer and garden consultant.

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