By Dalton Quigley Thank you for visiting our site, please use the links above to get to know us at Quigleys Landscaping and Hardscapes one of Nashvilles finest Landscaping Companies. We also have links to the right which have companies we recommend for different products you may need if you are doing a garden / landscape project in the Middle Tennessee Nashville area. There is also a services area of links to the right which are some of our websites that specialize in one kind of work or another. We know when you are looking for a Nashville Company there is the possibility you may need a host of services and we are here to help.

The above image is a new type of landscaping called a xeriscape. This history of this type of landscape is from Arizona and New Mexico where regular plants and mulch cannot be used. So instead of mulch for this landscape there is a type of stone, and drought tolerant plants are used. We pride ourselves on being able to provide the latest trend in landscaping for the Nashville area. We will give you the best service and you will look good after we work in the landscape / garden.

We specialize in more modern, drought tolerant, insect resistant, lower maintenance landscapes. I use lots of color and contrasts in texture to make a landscape interesting. I frequently use natural stone in the landscape, and even create xeriscapes. We can actually work with any style and like input from the client to help us with feedback. We use lots of communication and after everything is finished we feel we have given our clients their ideal landscape within the budget they allowed.

I want to say that Dalton was really a joy to meet. He sat with me to put together a plan for the ideas I had for a new rock patio in my backyard and to change out all my landscaping in the front of my house. His ideas for the rock work as a beautiful setting for the new plants around the entire front of my house was right on target for the effect I was looking for. He also came up with ideas for beautiful plants which require minimal care. Dalton kept me informed of the progress the entire time and the end result was georgous. I have had many compliments from my neighbors! His professionalism and enthusiasm cannot be beat!

Spring Hill Tn, Garden retaining flagstone wall. We have used Quigleys Landscaping on 2 separate occasions and couldnt be happier with the work they have completed for us. Our first project included replacing 2 trees in our front yard. Dalton knows his plants! He recommended a brandywine maple that would produce great fall color. We went with his recommendation and enjoyed the most spectacular color of reddish purple in the fall. Our trees stand out on our street! Our second project was a 95 foot rock wall. Dalton and his team showed up promptly and completed the work quickly. The wall is a beautiful addition to our backyard. We highly recommend using Quigley for any of your landscaping projects. John and Shannon

Dianne and David Brentwood Tn. We landscaped this year instead of taking a vacation for Spring Break. Really, Really worth it. We will enjoy our beautiful yard for years to come! Dalton did our neighbors yard and now our landscaping is equally georgous! Thanks Dalton!

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Bury Hill Landscape Supplies Limited is a family run business selling a wide range of high quality topsoils, landscape materials, turf and seasoned hardwood logs and coal.

Renowned for our trade marked 'Bury Hill Black', one of the finest topsoils available anywhere in the country, we also sell a selected range of quality landscape materials which includes a choice of premium grade and contract topsoils, organic soil conditioner, composts and mulches, bark and woodchip, play bark and play sand. In addition we stock a selected range of aggregates and decorative stones, turf and seeding products as well as seasoned hardwood logs, coal and kindling.

With FREE delivery throughout a large area of London, Sussex, Surrey, Dorking, Hampshire and the South East included within our highly competitive prices, our topsoils and landscaping materials are all supplied in large bulk bags with our topsoils also being sold loose in 10 to 29 ton loads. Our seasoned hardwood logs are supplied in Jumbo 1m3 bags, providing a clean delivery and storage solution.

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A NEW farmer led forum focusing on hill farming and the benefits it can provide is a step nearer.

Upland farmers from across the north of England met last week to discuss setting up a hill farming forum that would provide a stronger voice for upland farming, showcase its benefits to society, and influence Government support.

The two-day meeting at Redworth Hall Hotel in County Durham was organised by the Northern Upland Chain Local Nature Partnership and sponsored by Natural England.

A common theme was the distinct benefits of working within a farmer group, from improving farm business performance to having direct contact and influence with government.

Farmers agreed to begin the process of setting up a Northern Upland Chain hill farming forum, which would seek to bring together existing farmer networks and interested farmers to champion the wider benefits of hill farming.

The LNP was set up in 2012, and now includes more than 50 organisations. It covers five nationally-designated landscapes the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Northumberland National Park and the North Pennines, Nidderdale and Forest of Bowland Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Partnership is working to promote High Nature Value (HNV) farming looking at ways in which traditional farming systems can deliver environmental benefits more effectively, at the same time as making the farm business more economically viable.

Helen Keep, Senior Farm Conservation Officer at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority said: The idea for the forum developed from work the LNP has undertaken with four groups of farmers looking at the opportunities and costs of being a High Nature Value farmer within the uplands. There was a real desire from the farmers to work together to showcase the benefits that hill farming can bring to society and the environment.

Richard Betton, a farmer from Upper Teesdale and an LNP Board Member, said: High Nature Value farming remains the best and only realistic way of maintaining some of this countrys most valuable landscapes but things could be so much better. This event was about real sustainability farmers getting their act together, and then collaborating in ways that will secure a more robust economic future for the low intensity, upland farming systems that are particularly valuable for wildlife, the environment and people.

James Farrar, Chief Operating Officer of the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership, said: High Nature Value farming is an essential part of the distinctive economy of places like the Dales. We are committed to finding ways to help make these small businesses more profitable, while boosting the unique landscape and wildlife on which a multi-million pound tourism industry depends.

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Families took advantage of a sunny, if cold and a bit windy, day on Tuesday, Feb. 17, to try out the snow tubing hill at Adventure Point at Keystone Resort. The spinning colored rings whizzed down the mountain as solitary missiles or tethered teams, riding the waves of snow to the finish line and a conveyor-lift ride back to the top.

Snow tubing at Adventure Point is open daily through Sunday, April 12. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The price is $32 per person for one hour, and reservations are required.

Call (970) 496-4386 for reservations, or visit http://www.keystoneresort.com for information on tubing and other activities.

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The structures would be almost 400ft to blade tip, twice the height of Edinburgh's Scott Monument.

Planning officials are recommending approval, but have attached a long list of conditions that must be met.

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However the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) says these safeguards are not enough to protect the acclaimed glen which lies in the middle of the large tract of land between Loch Ness in the east and Loch Duich on the west coast.

On Monday members of the Highland Council's South Planning Applications Committee will visit the site on the slopes of Beinn Mhor, near Tomich, just to the south of the glen. The following day they will consider the application from the German developers 'the wpd.group.'

MCofS's Chief Officer David Gibson said: "This site cannot support a wind energy development of the scale proposed without causing an unacceptable and intrusive impact on the important and iconic landscape of the Glen Affric area, with consequent impacts on tourism.

"The planning officer's report is disappointingly empty of original content and repeats much of the developer's own information. It is alarming that it recommends consent but makes no attempt to rebut the 1,019 objections from the public and two community councils, whereas there were only 179 responses in support. On tourism it contradicts itself, stating that the impact would be negligible and the development won't put hill users off climbing the mountains of this area yet also saying it may discourage repeat visits. "

He said there were existing and proposed wind farms in the vicinity at Bhlaraidh and Corrimony and to consent to this development, which would be closer to Glen Affric, would facilitate "the steady march of turbines to the west."

He said "The area has high scenic value which is of international repute and popular with a wide range of visitors, not just mountaineers. If consented, the development could turn a landscape which is outstanding into something which is plain ordinary."

But wpd rejects the idea the development would have such an impact on the landscape. It insists: "The project area was chosen because of its close proximity to other man-made structures, including overhead power lines, existing roads and communication masts. The wind power project could thus be built with only short sections of new access track required, minimising any impact on the environment. The surrounding hills and plateaus would shield the project area almost completely from the main travel routes, the town of Tomich and preserve the amenity of the area for local residents and visitors."

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This spring, Drake Community Library is moving into the second phase of its landscape redesign. The library features prairie plants and grasses in their landscape, but decided last year to remove these plants in some areas and replace them with more conventional landscaping.

The first part of the project, completed last year, focused on making the streetscape more appealing to visitors, including planting Rhizomatous Tall Fescue grass, which will be greener and look cleaner.

This whole campaign has been about bringing people together, making our library grounds a gateway to the prairie, versus trying to be the prairie, said Library Director Marilyn Kennett. We reevaluated our goals and purposes and therefore did more of a conventional landscaping on our streetscape because literally there were comments that people couldnt find us because they thought we were an abandoned school building.

Drake Library moves ahead in landscape redesign. Contributed photo.

The second part of the landscaping project will focus on structural improvements which are necessary for the prairie to be successful and accessible.

We have to be able to have people who are in their hiking boots and their high heels, Kennett said. We need to accommodate people in their high heels with pathways and park benches and we need to accommodate people who want to delve into the prairie by leaving as much natural as we can. Thats the convergence, the compromise that were aiming for.

This includes building permeable pavement walkways in several places in the prairie. The permeable pavement allows for water to move through spaces in the pavers and there are special soils underneath to absorb water, which is not presently being absorbed due to the high amounts of clay left in the soil after the construction of the library.

Additionally, areas of bioswale will be added in order to help solve erosion problems and keep excess rainwater on site. They help to improve water quality and convey heavy rains to storm sewers.

At the start of this project, the library was in a difficult position as community members had conflicting positions over the prairie landscape.

They had some folks in the community thanking them for installing the prairie and others telling them that it was an eyesore and to rip it out. I met with the Drake Library board of directors and convinced them to give us a little time to manage the prairie before getting rid of it, wrote Center for Prairie Studies Outreach Coordinator Elizabeth Hill in an email to The S&B. Prairies are composed of a large diversity of perennial plants, and they take a while to grow, so it is going to take a while before the prairie reaches our goals of beauty and functioning, but it will be worth the wait.

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Fancy a walk this weekend? There's nothing quite as satisfying as a climbing achallenging hill to be rewarded with an incredible view. Fortunately, Dorset has a lot of incredible views. Here are some of our favourites.

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The one with the ancient civilisations: Maiden Castle

People have been living on Maiden Castle, near Dorchester,for almost 6,000 years, although it's the Iron Age settlement - the biggest hill fort in the UK - that is most obvious now. The hill is maintained by English Heritage, who don't charge for access. The lowest hill on the list at 134m. Picture by Michael Day, via Flickr. Click it for more details

The one with the views over Lulworth Cove: Bindon Hill

Bindon Hill is accessible from West Lulworth or along the South West Coastal Path from Lulworth Cove, but only when Lulworth Ranges are open. (see here for times) The hill itself is 168m high and offers incredible views along the coast, as this picture by Geoff Hill via Flickr shows.

The highest point on the south coast:Golden Cap

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Feb. 19, 2015, 8:44 p.m.

They were the rain clouds with a $1 million Labor silver lining.

Pledge: Labor candidate for Heathcote, Maryanne Stewart, Federal member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, Federal member for Cunningham, Sharon Bird, and Keira MP Ryan Park brave the wind and rain on Bald Hill, Stanwell Park, to announce Labors plans for the walking track. Picture: KIRK GILMOUR

They were the rain clouds with a $1 million Labor silver lining.

As grey skies rolled over Bald Hill on Thursday, concealing the picturesque landscape below, the region's ALP politicians donned umbrellas to pledge money for the first stage of an Illawarra Escarpment Walk.

The money, which would fund the upgrade and connection of three walking routes - Otford to Bald Hill, Bald Hill to Stanwell Park and Stanwell Park to Stanwell Creek - is subject to the party being elected on March 28.

Shadow Minister for the Illawarra, and Keira MP Ryan Park, was joined by Labor candidate for Heathcote, Maryanne Stuart, and federal deputy Labor leader, Tanya Plibersek, for the announcement.

"This has been on the cards for decades," Mr Park said.

"It is now time to accelerate this as we transition our economy from traditional industries to one that we need to rely on - the growth in tourism - particularly here in the northern suburbs."

The continuous walking track would link Oftord and the Royal National Park with Austinmer.

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The whine of spinning tires is broken only by the mind-numbing beep, beep, beep of a snowplow backing up to take another run at the mountain of snow outside the window.

Once in a while, the cacophony is accented by the passing siren of another police cruiser racing to a collision on icy roads.

Less than two months from now, this will all be a distant memory, something to laugh about in the cheery sunshine of early spring.

For now, however, there is snow to shovel and ice to chip, salt to spread, expletives to well, you get the idea.

Oh, and once again in the Halifax region, there is the little problem of where to park your vehicle overnight.

There is a parking ban instituted for tonight so crews can be out there clearing the snow away, Jennifer Stairs, senior communications adviser with Halifax Regional Municipality, said Tuesday.

We want to get (snow) carried away before the storm comes on Thursday.

Tuesday would be the fourth night in a row the municipality announced enforcement of the parking ban, which is enforced during declared snow and ice events and when snow removal is in progress.

Tuesdays ban is the 13th time it was enforced this season, compared to 14 last year.

Before Sundays snowstorm, the municipality had loaded the equivalent of 1,900 dump trucks full of snow in attempting to clear the streets.

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Start/finish: The Lion, Winchcombe (thelionwinchcombe.co.uk)

Explorer map OL45: OS Grid Reference SP024285

Surrounded by steep escarpments and with its own eponymous walking trail, Winchcombe is a magnet for walkers for good reason. Historic Sudeley Castle is a mile to the south-east but the stars of this walk are the Neolithic chambered tomb of Belas Knap and bleak, moody and magnificent Cleeve Common. Potentially a tough walk in winter, its also one youll never forget.

Follow the Cotswold Way through fields south-west of town and briefly along a lane before starting the 600ft climb to Belas Knap. Then head west to Cleeve Common with its famous Single Beech and Iron Age hill fort perched on the Cotswold Edge with epic views reaching into Wales. Follow the path back down to Postlip and back into Winchcombe.

Read more: Cotswolds travel guide

Cleeve Common affords magnificent views over the Cotswolds. Photo: AP

2. Stanton, Snowshill & Stanway: 8 miles

Start/finish: Mount Inn, Stanton (themountinn.co.uk)

Explorer map OL45: Grid Reference SP071342

Arguably the most beautiful Cotswold village of them all, Stanton is refreshingly free of gift shops. This delightful highland yomp includes Snowshill (nationaltrust.org.uk) and Stanway (stanwayfountain.co.uk), both famous for their exquisite manor houses. The latter, with its superb water garden and 300ft fountain, was a favourite of Peter Pan author, JM Barrie. Along the way youll also see Neolithic Shenberrow Hill Fort.

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