{"id":144,"date":"2017-12-24T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T20:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/clayfieldsmel\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2026-09-25T05:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T05:05:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/139.59.85.161\/~clayfieldshort\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column el_class=&#8221;about-sec1&#8243;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;about-sec1-col&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;about-sec1-left&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Know Me&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Clay Fields Hort &#8211; A Horticultural &amp; Landscape Gardening Company&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;about-para-sec&#8221;]Being self-employed \u2013 means clients are always dealing with the business owner.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Qualified &amp; 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