Beautiful Morning - In Fact It's UNREAL!!

Well what a gorgeous morning we are blessed with today - The suns shining, wind has dropped, birds are singing and there isnt a cloud in sight.

I dont need much of an excuse to get out in the garden at this time of the year but I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that being outdoors in the nice weather we 'occasionally' get makes you feel so much better somehow. I'm sure i've read somewhere that there is actually a scientific reason behind this and it possibly has something to do with sunlight which generates vitamin D in your skin.

Here are 15 facts which you may or may not know about vitamin D and why moderate exposure to sun and the great outdoors is good for you:

1. Vitamin D is produced by your skin in response to exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural sunlight.

2. The healing rays of natural sunlight (that generate vitamin D in your skin) cannot penetrate glass. So you don't generate vitamin D when sitting in your car or home.

3. It is nearly impossible to get adequate amounts of vitamin D from your diet. Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body.

4. A person would have to drink ten tall glasses of vitamin D fortified milk each day just to get minimum levels of vitamin D into their diet.

5. The further you live from the equator, the longer exposure you need to the sun in order to generate vitamin D. Canada, the UK and most U.S. states are far from the equator

6. People with dark skin pigmentation may need 20 - 30 times as much exposure to sunlight as fair-skinned people to generate the same amount of vitamin D. That's why prostate cancer is epidemic among black men -- it's a simple, but widespread, sunlight deficiency.

7.Sufficient levels of vitamin D are crucial for calcium absorption in your intestines. Without sufficient vitamin D, your body cannot absorb calcium, rendering calcium supplements useless.

8. Chronic vitamin D deficiency cannot be reversed overnight: it takes months of vitamin D supplementation and sunlight exposure to rebuild the body's bones and nervous system.

9. Even weak sunscreens (SPF=8) block your body's ability to generate vitamin D by 95%. This is how sunscreen products actually cause disease -- by creating a critical vitamin deficiency in the body.

10. It is impossible to generate too much vitamin D in your body from sunlight exposure: your body will self-regulate and only generate what it needs.

11. If it hurts to press firmly on your sternum, you may be suffering from chronic vitamin D deficiency right now

12. Vitamin D is "activated" in your body by your kidneys and liver before it can be used.

13. Having kidney disease or liver damage can greatly impair your body's ability to activate circulating vitamin D.

14. The sunscreen industry doesn't want you to know that your body actually needs sunlight exposure because that realization would mean lower sales of sunscreen products.

15. Even though vitamin D is one of the most powerful healing chemicals in your body, your body makes it absolutely free. No prescription required.


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/003069.html#ixzz1yDl2J3gb

So naturally we say get out there and enjoy your gardens and why not spend more time actually in them rather than working on them - Our HQ Gardens are ready year round for us to simply get out there and enjoy - just fabulous!!

Unreal Walls - Now That's What I Call A Great Idea

Ever looked at that wall in your garden and wished it could be pulled down? Or what about that hideous outbuilding you wish you could wrap in new clothing. Or how about a unique, standalone water feature taking centre stage in your garden or interior landscape?

Unreal Solutions & Unreal Gardens are pleased to announce the introduction of a fantastic new range of technologically advanced products which not only look aesthetically stunning but are real to the touch too. Unreal Masonry Panels are a combination materials which are made up of a 4mm thick layer of crushed marble or stone mixed resin and a High Density Injected Polyurethane Backing.

The combination of these fantastic materials not only improves the aesthetics and realism of the product but also helps insulate from both heat and sound.

Unreal Masonry Panels are far quicker to install than

building traditional walls and can be used on both interior and exterior schemes and designs.

The above images show Our product PR442 - Slate Grey which creates a striking feature in any interior or exterior design scheme due to its faceted shape. Lighting also works incredibly well with PR442 due to its non uniform and irregular shapes and features.

The image above shows our product code PR80 an Off White Marbled Slate Panel

No discerning range of ready made walls would be complete without a Brick Effect wall covering and our PR70 & PR71 Unreal Masonry Panels beautifully replicate a rustic brick look to the eye and to the touch with authentically textured mortar between the brick slips, our Unreal Brick Effect Wall Panels can add a touch of the traditional or bring any design or scheme or is equally befitting in modern minimalist designs.

Available in either red or white - PR70 & 71 are beautiful additions to the range. the image below shows how it can be used to fabulous effect in an ultra modern interior design.


Of course there are many advantages to building with Unreal Wall Panels besides aesthetics - weight is a key advantage and particularly in schemes where the costs involved in getting materials to site can be collossal not to mention barely feasible.

Intensive Green Roof designs can massively benefit from the inclusion of Unreal Wall Panels and can add a new dimension to this growing industry and one which we particularly intend to embrace.

For full details of products, prices and specifications visit our website here: http://unrealgardens.co.uk/Unreal-Walls.html or email us at sales@unrealsolutions.co.uk

Welcome To Our Latest Unreal Recruit

Mr. Graham Peterson joined the Unreal Gardens team officially this week as Approved Artificial Grass Installer.

Graham will be working alongside John Stobart - Managing Director of Unreal Solutions Ltd to learn many aspects of the services and products we as a company provide.

Below is a picture of Graham on a recent installation sporting the Unreal Regalia and proving his worth. I'm sure as Unreal Solutions continues to grow, so will Graham's expertise and professionalism and as we venture further into our Green Roof installations later this year, Graham will be part of the team which takes the Unreal Concept to new heights or so to speak.

Please join with us and wish Graham good luck in his new career move and wish him every success in the future.....

- The Unreal Team.

Completely Mobile!!

As we have now come into the 21st century with a bang and acquired our very first tablet - you can expect more entries from Unreal Gardens on many topics and environmentally relevant subjects.

We look forward to your comments and interaction with us and if you have any suggestions as to what you would like to see on here please just let us know at sales@unrealgardens.co.uk or leave a comment below.

- The Unreal Team...

The Unreal Solutions...

The new season for artificial grass has started really well for Unreal Gardens. Lots of new and diverse enquiries from around the UK and other countries too. We hope to spend some time through the winter months in warmer countries carrying out similar fabulous transformations. It isn't just the fantastic transformation in the visual sense that makes an Unreal Garden so attractive, water conservation and management is also a key factor especially as population grows. Our freshwater supplies are becoming more and more scarce and whilst much of our planet is covered in water, much of it is not suitable for the sustenance of life and purification, though possible is extremely costly. Much of the fresh, drinking water we use can be either recycled or saved altogether if we simply adopt new principles such as utilising grey water for the flushing of toilets etc. Rainwater is also incredibly rich in nutrients which are essential for healthy plant growth. Our parent company, Unreal Solutions Ltd specialise in sourcing and supplying a wide range of ecologically and environmentally beneficial products and systems/components which contribute towards making the world a better place for all and for generations to come.

Great Start To The New Artificial Grass Season...

Well once again history repeats itself and as we look down the end of our empty hosepipes due to the imposed hosepipe ban, the enquiries are flooding in for Artificial Lawn Transformations from across the country.

We've said it before and we are quite obviously biased but there are so many reasons why an Artificial Lawn Transformation by Unreal Gardens makes so much sense - especially in poorly drained or shaded areas.

Here are some images and slideshows of some of our recent installations, we think you'll agree that the transformations are quite literally Unreal....

Willerby Artificial Grass Installation, East Yorkshire.

 

Hull Artificial Grass Transformation

 Poorly drained soil and the remnants of a flower bed once covered with a gravel pathway made this garden pretty much a no-go zone for Mr & Mrs McRobbie  

We adjusted the garden levels and tapered off the entrance to the Greenhouse and used MultiEdge Artificial Grass Edging to seperate tyhe new lawn from the stone patio. 

The transformation was quite stunning really and both Mr & Mrs McRobbie are thrilled with their new, low maintenance lawn.

 

Mrs McRobbie also set her heart on a special tree which grows to produce a wide canopy and asked us to create a tree pit exactly central in the new lawn and the picture on the right shows how we achieved this using the aluminium landscape edging

We also used the Aluminium edging to differentiate between the different surfaces as shown in this picture

Overall, the transformation of Mr & Mrs McRobbies garden from a muddy, unserviceable garden to a beautiful, low maintenance garden, is quite stunning leaving our customers with little to worry nabout besides how often to water their tomatoes in their greenhouse.

Artificial Grass for 2012

Well the cold hard winter we were threatened with at the end of summer last year seems to have passed the most of us by fortunately although I'm sure the folks of Scotland have had just about enough of it coming and going now. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if the snow came and stayed, but when it comes for a day or even an hour or so and causes chaos and then disappears leaving nothing but mess it kind of ingratiates even the most tolerant of people.

We did take some Rock Salt into stock in preparation and I am told that we will be on the receiving end of the snow at some point it's just a matter of when, so if you do find yourself stuck, quite literally, give us a shout, we'll get you out!!

Artificial Grass 2012

New year, new developments - never one to stand still and progressing the development of Unreal Solutions we will be working alongside other Artificial Grass manufacturers and importers to ensure we are at the top of our game and are able to offer our customers the right product, at the right price, at the right time.

We not only supply artificial grass from our own range, but we also install other grasses should our customers and clients wish to source their own.

Our nationwide installation services is also now beginning to expand with our growing number of appointed contractors starting to incorporate our products and branding into their own business. If you are a contractor interested in working with us and building the Unreal branding into your business, contact us to see what we can do for you to help your business grow.



Green Roofing

As we move further into the new year, our products and services will evolve further with Unreal Solutions developing more mutually beneficial synergies. The next level of service we plan to build in to our portfolio is Green Roof installations and supplies.

Having spent many years seeing the evolution of these environmentally beneficial building improvements the Unreal Gardens/Unreal Solutions company ethos is befitting to what the whole purpose of Green Roof installations is all about.

We plan to offer the three main types of Green Roof:

• Extensive (or Bio Diverse)
• Semi Intensive (or Extensive)
• Intensive

Extensive Green Roofs are a simple yet effective way of reintroducing wildlife back into urban areas with the minimum amount of maintenance being required. The flora and fauna tends to be self sufficient and none dependent on utilities for sustainability.



Semi Intensive Green Roofs or (semi extensive) are systems or installations which are somewhere between Intensive and Extensive and require periodic or moderate levels of maintenance and may also incorporate some dependence on utilities such as water and electricity.

Intensive Green Roofs are essentially complex landscapes and gardens/ environments which are constructed on top of buildings which can be accessible and utilised by people. Schemes vary in complexity from a simple lawn type area, to outdoor gymnasiums, waterfalls, skate parks, cycle tracks, ornate flower gardens and much more besides. These schemes require a great deal of maintenance and are often complex to install with great dependence on utilities and water requirements.