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Pond clearing and renovation.. 16 years of fish poo!!!

A water feature designed and built by Rylands some 16 years ago is now due for a clean! Leaves, soils washed & blown in, along with fish ( which started as fingerlings and are now 4lb Golden...

Rylands working with Hedges Direct for the first time.. how did it go?

Hedges Direct from Chorley, Lancs. are putting out a new scheme whereby they not only supply hedging, trees, etc. but offer a service of existing hedge removal and supplying and replanting of a new...

Wildflower meadow.. fantastic colours for 2025.

Sown for a customer in the spring, the new wildflower meadow looks fantastic at its the peak of colour, adding a new dimension to a garden area...

A newly landscape garden can make all the difference!

Rylands have just finished landscaping and renovating a garden area around a newly built garage in the Heworth area of York. We undertook to re-landscape the front and rear garden areas for a family...

Askham Bryan College Apprenticeship in Arboriculture

We at Rylands have supported the apprentice schemes at Askham Bryan College for many years. Having all had our training, it’s great to put something back into the system. We support advancement...

Diocese of York

Rylands have worked for the Diocese of York for nearly 40 years, undertaking tree works and grounds maintenance. Recently the Diocese have commissioned Enviroscope, a York based consultancy firm, to...

Crickey what have we done!!!

Looking at the Rylands archives we found a few interesting stories from over the years… Stu Whicker Foreman putting up bird boxes for Colenso at Clifton Business park, York. BALI fishing...

Help my house is falling down. Rylands on TV!!!!

Sarah Beeny from 2010 , where Rylands did some TV tree removal works at Hull. The show was a channel 4 programe, hosted by Sarah Beeny, were a team of experts travelled around Britain looking for...

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