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designers and students, but it will now be using its relationships with clients to extend this education into horticulture. It is going to be offering horticulture introduction courses to landscapers and advanced planting courses for designers, as well as providing basic planting plans to complement its stone ranges. Steve Walley, Managing Director of London Stone, explains: “Jamie Butterworth is one of the UK’s leading horticulturists, so I’m unbelievably excited that we have attracted a person of his calibre to join London Stone. “Our vision is for London Stone to become more than just a natural stone supplier. From hard landscaping through to horticulture we want to offer our clients the complete service, all of the expert advice they need to design and build amazing gardens and all under one roof. “I talk to landscape professionals every day and more than ever there is a thirst for knowledge as the boundaries are continually pushed. This new direction is about education, service and ultimately about enabling our clients to build beautiful gardens and outdoor spaces. “Jamie’s passion for horticulture and the landscape industry is truly inspirational, and his appointment will enable London Stone to improve even further on the level and scope of service that we can offer our landscape and garden design clients.” Speaking on how this new offering will benefit the landscaping industry, Mark Gregory – Managing Director of Surrey-based design and build company Landform Consultants – comments: “When I heard the news that Jamie Butterworth was to join the management team at London Stone as a horticultural consultant it caught me off guard and for a moment I was lost for words. I’ve always been an www.prolandscapermagazine.com
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FROM HARD LANDSCAPING THROUGH TO HORTICULTURE WE WANT TO OFFER OUR CLIENTS THE COMPLETE SERVICE outside of the box thinker but I really did not see that one coming. “After the initial shock I have to say what a brilliant idea! It shows a company widening its horizons, a company with vision, looking at
ways it can support its customers and help them to grow. Totally embracing complete customer care, it sets a new benchmark for the landscaping supply chain, is great for the industry, breaks down barriers and brings us all that little bit closer together. “Who would have thought a leading stone supplier, offering horticultural advice - brilliant! I need to think out of the box a little more intently.” To find out more about the opportunities available, and learn more about this new offering, contact info@londonstone.co.uk
Learn more about this new partnership at FutureScape on 14 November, where Jamie Butterworth and Craig Potter of London Stone will be hosting the seminar ‘It’s Better When We’re Together: Hard Landscaping Meets Horticulture’ at 2pm in Room 2.
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