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Installation and Design

A TIS system is not just pipe and guesswork. Standard parts, certainly, but each garden is different and will need different amounts of water in each area. So, every system is designed specifically to suit each individual garden - considering lawned areas, flower beds, shrubs and ground cover, trees, hedges, vegetable and soft fruit areas; even the hanging baskets.

The design starts with a controller, suiting the way the system has to operate. Pipe work is designed to channel water in exact quantities for each sprinkler. Pop ups are selected from a range where a full 360 degree arc to, say, 90 degree arc is used to confine water to a specific bed or area. Heads can be chosen to avoid paths and patios.           Pipes are laid underground; out of the way and out of sight. Modern techniques for laying pipes cause minimal disruption to the ground and pop up sprinkler heads are installed below the grass/bed level. These pop up under water pressure when the system starts and, on shut down, disappear back into the ground – leaving the garden safe for mowing, weeding and play.  

Sprinklers are also important and selected to suit the job required. Whether it is tiny bubblers for flowerbeds or big gear driven rotary sprinklers for large expanses of grass.  

To simplify matters even further, TIS has produced an easy to follow do-it-yourself planning guide that can be posted, faxed or e-mailed to them for design and costing proposals.

Easy Operation  

The controller is programmed for when and where the garden is to be watered; some areas will need less water than others. No problem, gardens are zoned into different stations. The controller selects which will be watered and for how long. Sprinkler heads do the rest; having been designed and selected to apply the exact amount of water over the right area and in exactly the right quantity.

With water conservation a pressing issue the installation of a TIS sprinkler system is actually assisting the solution to this problem with a better and more sensible use of available water.

Turf Irrigation Systems is now available nationwide for the private property owner, regardless of property size.

Copies of the do-it-yourself planner are obtainable from:

Turf Irrigation Systems, Water House, 

10 Carvers Ind. Estate,       

Southampton Road, 

Ringwood, Hants BH24 1JS

Tel: 01425 479232 Fax: 01425 472380

E-mail johnr@hydroscape.co.uk 

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And some places to visit...

www.edenproject.com 

The living theatre of plants and people
The Eden Project is a gateway into the world of plants and people. A meeting place for all to discover how we depend on plants and how we can help to manage and conserve them for our mutual survival.

Kew Gardens two locations:-

 http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/

The National Botanic Gardens of Scotland comprise:

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Scotland's Premier Garden

Benmore Botanic Garden, Argyll
Argyll's Magnificent Mountainside Garden

Dawyck Botanic Garden, Borders
Wonderful Woodland Garden

Logan Botanic Garden, Galloway
Scotland's Most Exotic Garden

The National Botanic Garden of Wales

www.gardenofwales.org.uk

The star attraction here is the 91 metre long domed glasshouse, that houses landscapes normally found in the Mediterranean. This would be a super place to visit on a chilly day...

Keep the e-mails with your gardening problems coming

Have a look at previous editions of Gardener`s Diary

Some websites of interest to gardeners:-

www.alantitchmarsh.com 

Alan Titchmarsh MBE, TV gardener, writer, broadcaster and thoroughly nice person. Just a few choice words to describe the peoples` favourite TV gardener. See his website....

Thompson and Morgan: 

A growing resource for gardeners worldwide. The site includes the international online seed catalogues, the young plants catalogue (UK only), the wholesale seeds catalogue, together with the award winning Germination Times and a host of other useful information. 

www.carryongardening.co.uk

Gardening is an important part of many people's lives. You don't have to give up gardening because of accident or illness, the onset of disability or the problems associated with growing older. The information on their website is designed to provide you with the information to Carry on Gardening.

Carry on Gardening was initiated by the horticultural charity Thrive and is funded by the National Lottery Charities Board.  It brings together information on easy ways of gardening gathered over 23 years by Thrive and research carried out since the early 1970s by Mary Marlborough Centre, Oxford, on tools and equipment for disabled and older people. 

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