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SuDs: ‘New Planning Guidance’

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May 29th, 2015 by

You may recall a blog post we brought you back in March, regarding developments in sustainable drainage systems (SuDs) regulations. If not, click here to give it a read. In a nutshell, though, the developments were in Parliament, referring to the ‘foolhardy’ exemptions to SuDs regulations and plans to scrap them. These exemptions in question […]

Project Update: OMHS at the Thames Barrier

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May 11th, 2015 by

You may have heard from a previous blog post regarding recent developments for Oakleigh Manor Horticultural Services, you may have even read about it in issue #3 of the Oakleigh Journal, our monthly email newsletter, or you may be reading about it here for the first time. Whichever category you fall under, the reality is […]

Project Update 3: Swimming Pool in Brentwood, Essex

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May 8th, 2015 by

Some of you may remember two blog posts very recently, of a swimming pool construction and installation project we currently have in Brentwood in Essex. Well, since the last blog about it, one of in-house teams has really kicked on with the work! If you can recall, the swimming pool was just a grey concrete […]

OMHS – Recent Developments

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May 7th, 2015 by

The last couple of months here at Oakleigh Manor have been astonishing; enquiries have been been coming through the office thick and fast and everyone is rushed off of their feet. But we wouldn’t have any other way; we find that busyness only improves our company values as well as our ethos. These ultimately help […]

Project Review: Loughton, Essex

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May 6th, 2015 by

Some of you may have caught a video we had scheduled for release on social media last night. It revealed a large landscaping project we carried out in Loughton in Essex a year ago. Unlike some projects, this one wasn’t just limited to one or two of our services; a number of them were utilised […]

Importance of Urban Trees

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April 30th, 2015 by

The regular readers of our blog will know that we like to keep in touch with environmental aspects of our industry. We ourselves have a strict environmental policy, that has been discussed in a previous blog and that is very prominent on our website. However, when it comes to any developments we believe are important […]

Oakleigh Manor’s Garden Joinery

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April 20th, 2015 by

Slogans are used by firms all over the world from a marketing perspective to capture your attention. They are also called ‘straplines’ in the UK; some are more memorable than others. Some even have nothing to do with a company’s activities – simply used as a commercial tool. But here at Oakleigh Manor, a saying […]

Project Update: Resin Gravel Surfacing in Westerham, Kent

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April 17th, 2015 by

If you follow our Instagram account, you may be familiar with a resin gravel project we have been doing in Westerham in Kent since February. With the large number of projects we have at any one time, our teams have been working very hard to keep this project up to speed; hats off to them! […]

Government’s Green Infrastructure Commitment

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April 2nd, 2015 by

With the General Election around the corner, I bet it seems that politics is dominating the news landscape of the UK. Of course, it’s very important stuff, but we aren’t going to spark a political debate! We’ll leave that to the professionals on TV this week! However, what we will touch on, in the political […]

Ten Spring Landscaping Tips

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March 27th, 2015 by

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I do not have a clue when each season officially starts and ends. I just go by the temperature, and if it’s too cold I’ll grab a jumper! It might just be a gap in my own personal knowledge, and I’m sure you know more about it […]