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After many years of serving the local community, Chinnor Turf & Paving will be closing its doors as Bob and Sandra retire at the end of June. As long-time collaborators, we’re honoured that they’ve chosen George Davies Turf & Stone to continue supporting their customers.

Whether you’re looking for top-quality turf, paving, or landscaping materials, we’re here to help, offering expert advice, fast delivery, and the kind of service you’ve come to expect. This page is your starting point as you make the switch. Welcome aboard.

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Over the last few months, there have been significant developments in St Albans, which now offers an inspirational and convenient location for customers and landscapers to source their premium stone supplies. This transformation firmly places George Davies on the map as the go-to destination for stone and landscaping supplies.

On Friday, 6th December, George Davies Turf and Stone were thrilled to take home not one, but two awards at the official ceremony for The British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) awards.

Visitors to this year’s Futurescapes’ event experienced much more than landscaping advice from the team as they became participants in the incredible tricks and illusions performed by a close up magician on our stand.

In August 2024, George Davies Turf was contacted by Erin, a Support Officer at Hertfordshire County Council with regards to a garden project for a local family in Welwyn Garden City.

The team at George Davies Turf and Stone received some fantastic news this week as we were awarded not one but two BALI National Landscape Awards.

Schools across Olney, Bedford and St Albans were ‘blooming’ with gratitude this week as George Davies and the team gifted rolls of wildflower turf in celebration of Wildflower Week.

Schools across Olney, Bedford and St Albans were ‘blooming’ with gratitude this week as George Davies and the team gifted rolls of wildflower turf in celebration of Wildflower Week. Six schools were treated to a visit by our iconic bright red lorries as we delivered over 20 rolls of popular wildflower turf in a bid to enhance picnic, play and forest school areas.

Based in London Colney and set up by Mike Johnson in 2002, St Albans Stone became specialists in the import and sale of natural stone products as well as providing a wide range of landscaping materials including Flagstones, Aggregates and other Landscaping products.

On Friday 1^st December George Davies Turf took home not one, but two awards at the official London ceremonies of two prestigious national award ceremonies taking place in London.

We’re beyond proud to have been able to support BBC One’s DIY SOS: The Big Build’s recent project in Harlow which involved working with an amazing mental health charity called Butterfly Effect.

We hosted the biggest ever gathering of landscapers in the Midlands this week to promote “unspoken about” industry challenges and hot topics.

We are celebrating after being announced GOLD Winners in the SME Hertfordshire Business Awards, which took place at Tewinbury Farm in recognition for our significant presence in St Albans and for the ‘incredible level of customer service’ we deliver.

The UK’s largest independent supplier of turf George Davies Turf (GDT), based in Olney, has just been announced the winner of The British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI): Supplier Exceptional Service award.

We are through to the finals of another two prestigious local awards programme for our ‘outstanding customer service’.

The George Davies team are celebrating after being announced as finalists in the SME MK & Buckinghamshire Business Awards and the SME Hertfordshire Business Awards – Service Excellence category.

Moving into the summer, lawns generally were given some nice weather in mid-June but we would expect things to carry on drying out as we move into August. This being the case, we are currently applying foliar fertilisers plus surfactants to help any rain penetrate the soil as well as trace elements to help the plants survive the weather should it become abrasive. Weed control continues so we will be dealing with any later germinating or perennial weeds. 

As we move into spring, we often get tempted to think that the weather is lovely and warm. In truth, it often is when we are stood outside mid afternoon but on the last few days, I have had to scrape much ice off the windscreen at dawn! These cold nights and diurnal shifts in temperature can restrict growth and still leave the plants vulnerable to mistreatment if we are not careful.

After a very dry, and often hot few months (seldom though it has been), most lawns are now showing the effects of the summer months, which can be a very difficult time for them. Whilst last week saw a fair amount of rain, and with the exception of 2 rainstorms in March and May, we have had a fairly dry period since Winter. We are now seeing better moisture levels alongside climbing humidity. Generally speaking, we can expect to see an increase in rainfall throughout August, as well as the return of overnight dew.