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1.8 Meter Adjustable Tripod Ladder by Henchman

Small Orchard Ladders. #SOTG Owns & Deploys the ‘Biggest brother’ of these ladders. They come in at a whopping 4.8 Meters, & we love them. We consider them the Apex of Larger Professional Ladder work & Safe use while on… Continue Reading →

Yamadori Larch repot

Nov 2022. Yamadori – Wild grown Larch – 7 years Old.  

Ulmus parvifolia – Chinese Elm

Over the last Month or so we have been harvesting some of our potential bonsai stock. Grown locally here in Rutland, locally hardy and in an exposed place.  So the stock is weather worn and also generally tougher and more… Continue Reading →

Yamadori Redwoods – 3 more harvested today!

The SOTG Ground team and Tree Division, out and about with the hand tools today. (Josh my assistant with a few shovels & bags & me with the dog and the tree knowledge!)   Good conditions for Shadow the dog,… Continue Reading →

Nature pond

One of the projects we are currently working on. A nature pond, for one of our Clients. We’d like to thank the following for getting us the stock or items we needed to get the project under way, & those… Continue Reading →

Taming Monsters

Taming Monsters… It’s been a hard week, physically demanding & mentally draining. (The kind of work I love & require!) The weather has however been glorious in Rutland this week. The hard work and amount of concentration required to do… Continue Reading →

Turning the lights on and the heat up

Spring 2019 seriously begins for SOTG… Now the frost chance overnight has seriously reduced and the workload of post Winter and Pre Spring clearing and tidying for Clients is mostly in hand or close to being so. I turn my… Continue Reading →

A few months ago there was of course the usual spate of slow news day journalism, when many of the usual Newsagent shelf papers name some weather front and roll the dice on it causing a day or two of… Continue Reading →

Fairy Garden – January 2019

Although the images are not taken from the exact spot, it’s clear to see that a fair amount of work has had to be done so far to prune, shape and work the trees and shrubs in the project area…. Continue Reading →

New skills for 2019

OK, so this latest Project has me scratching my head a little and using the Ol’ Grey matter.   It is nice to have the creative juices flowing and to get some research into new things underway.   I’ve just… Continue Reading →

Serious Pruning Fairy Garden Grove Project

June 2018: Initial Visit and discussions with Client This area was hugely overgrown and had several small really nice Shrubs in place, but all so close they are not having a chance to flourish nor be shaped and looked after… Continue Reading →

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