Our shop / showroom hours are changing with immediate effect. New opening hours: Monday – Friday 10am-5pm Saturday & Sunday Closed We’ll now be opening Monday to Friday 10am-5pm. This means; You’ll get faster delivery of your goods Orders palced over the weekend will now be processed on Monday, speeding up our service Our showroom will be open Monday – Friday for you to Get inspiration form our displays Hand select your plants from our…
We love to travel! In July 2015 some of our team visited Hong Kong, China. This is a city rich in culture, with an astonishing history- we highly recommend a visit. During this visit they took a trip to the fishing village Tai O – on the western end of Hong Kong, on Lantau Island. Built on stilts in a narrow creek channel, these houses are the most distinctive characteristic of Tai O. They are inhabited…
In this video you will see professional aquascaper and founder of The Green Machine; James Findley, creating a stunning planted tank in a huge 300x60x60cm aquarium. Whilst creating this video, we were all deeply saddened to hear of the loss of the photographer, designer and aquascaper ; Mr Takashi Amano, who was the pioneer that first started injecting aquariums with carbon dioxide which enabled the nature aquarium to be possible. He also founded and directed…
The Aquasscape… Here are some grown in shots of the supertank created by James Findley which he has titled ‘Pebbles’. We’ll publish more photo footage as well as a video in the future. We’ll also publish a full setup specification. It measures a huge 305cm x 61cm x 61cm (approx. 1200 Litres) and is currently on display in our gallery showroom. Visit us to see it for yourself. Front view: Back view: Basic Setup Specifications…
Today James Findley is training a team from Chester Zoo in aquascaping techniques. The team are creating several Nature Aquariums as part of the new ‘Islands’ project at the zoo. The aquariums will be located in the new Monsoon Forest building which will be the largest indoor biotope in the UK. The extension to the zoo is currently the largest building site in the UK and will be the biggest extension to a zoo in…