Planting

Urban front gardens are being paved over and used as parking spaces. This potentially has a negative impact upon urban drainage, the urban heat island effect, biodiversity, wildlife habitat and our own wellbeing. Garden Designer Paul Welford from Norfolk suggest some solutions in his gold award-winning show garden for the Sandringham Garden Show

Based on a previous project in 2003, Johnsons Sports Seed mixtures have once again been used at Adlington Golf Centre in Cheshire as part of major construction works on a new 9-hole 3-par golf course, as well as for a 40-bay driving range and 9-hole pitch and putt at this 125-acre site

Harrowden donated some of its Premium lawn turf to the BBC for its DIY SOS: Kettering – The Big Build home renovation programme. The family whose home was being revamped had been forced to cut short big plans for its home due to illness and, with the work started but not finished, the house was virtually uninhabitable

After a considerable renovation programme in 2013, York Racecourse was looking for a fast return to usability for 5.5 acres of the home straight. The first meet was scheduled for mid-May 2014 and Head Groundsman Adrian Kay turned to DLF’s John Hughes for advice on the best seed to use

Platipus tree anchoring systems were installed to support trees and ensure the stability and longevity of new tree plantings as part of the regeneration of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen. With a rich history dating back to 1878, and originally conceived as a pleasure ground near the railway line, the area featured lawns, a grand granite

MM50 grass seed has become an essential product at Southerndown Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan. With tees that endure relentless wear from players and exposure to some of the UK's harshest growing conditions, Course Manger Andrew Mannion has come to rely on the hard-wearing ryegrass mix to keep surfaces strong, consistent and fit for

The unique blend of cultivars in Johnsons Sports Seeds' J Tee mixture is delivering the combination of rapid establishment and high wear tolerance required at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club, Cardiff. Head Greenkeeper Lucy Sellick cites the small tees and the sustained high levels of play as a major maintenance challenge, overcome with this mix

A combination of ProMaster 79, ProMaster 80 and ProMaster 36 grass seeds from the Masterline range has delivered a first-class finish for the outfields and cricket squares at Kingston Grammar School, Kingston upon Thames. Matt Parry, Head Groundsman at the School, praised mixtures from DLF for delivering great results at a great price, all backed

Andy Spetch, volunteer groundsman at Bury St Edmunds RUFC, needed to renovate deteriorated playing surfaces and used Pro-Master 80 seed from DLF / Johnsons Sports Seeds' Masterline range

Ticking the boxes for wear tolerance and fast germination, J Premier Pitch from Johnsons Sports Seed impressed during its debut season at Dartford Football Club. Under the supervision of Head Groundsman Jay Berkhauer and the team at Jordans Sportsground Solutions Ltd, J Premier Pitch was chosen due to a tight 6-week renovation window, delivering a

The grass seed experts of Germinal Amenity have been visiting UK greenkeepers throughout 2022 as part of its Proactive Seeding campaign to highlight the importance of overseeding golf course greens. One of these visits was to see Iain Marshall, head greenkeeper at West Lothian Golf Club. Embracing a golf course overseeding process Speaking to

ASF were approached by Planit Design and The Casey Group to develop and manufacture bespoke and highly decorative bronze tree grilles for NOMA, a 20-acre mixed-use redevelopment scheme in the centre of Manchester

Overview Germinal Amenity expert Alex Beesley visited Little Aston Golf Club in Sutton Coldfield to discuss with Course Manager, Dave Gibbons, why its ForeFront Greens bentgrass blend is so effective. Encouraging bentgrass greens to out-compete Poa annua Explaining why they overseed at Little Aston, Dave said: “We want to encourage more bentgrass

Lorenz von Ehren supplied specimen trees for an urban regeneration project in West London. The site in White City has 1480 homes with green courtyards and formal gardens, built amidst the newly-created parks. Specimen trees supplied included: Quercus palustris; Parrotia persica; Pinuns sylvestris; Prunus avium; Betula pendula; Corylus colurna; Betula papyrifia

LTC Landscape Architecture were employed by Persimmon Homes to provide a full landscape consultancy service for a new development of 1200 homes on a brownfield site at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. LTC visited Dingle Nurseries to approve all the stock prior to planting. This included semi-mature trees, multi-stem trees, specimen shrubs, roses and