Guides & Advice

Location, weather, soil, and usage can present many different golf course maintenance challenges for greenkeepers. This detailed guide from Germinal focuses on maximising grass performance.

All wildflower areas are havens for invertebrates who in turn provide food for other wildlife. Establishing a wildflower area, either a 100% UK Native Meadow or a more colourful Urban Meadow containing some non-native species, is of ecological value. The climate smart benefits and visual appeal ...

Germinal Amenity's director Richard Brown shares his insights on using slow-release fertilisers sustainably and how clover can play a vital role in climate smart landscaping.

When it comes to domestic lawns, sowing grass seed can be both a rewarding and challenging task. This guide provides landscape architects and contractors with all the essential practices, including detailed specifications for sowing grass seed and lawn maintenance tips.

This sports pitch maintenance guide covers all of the key practices, including creating new rugby pitches and closed-season and mid-season renovations.

While racecourses may not receive prolonged and intensive wear throughout the entire year, it’s significant that the action of the horses galloping can exert extreme downward force, especially in the landing area of fences.

The focus of polo grounds is to provide a stable surface to protect animal welfare. The surfaces need to be firm enough for the ball to run and soft enough for horses not to jar.

Germinal Amenity’s Sandy Pentecost is an expert in grass tennis court maintenance. Sandy’s guide includes seasonal maintenance techniques to improve the quality of your tennis courts.

Cricket is played on a surface that is possibly one of the most difficult to maintain. The grasses are subjected to extremes of maintenance regarding mowing and rolling, both of which greatly reduce the competitive ability of the plants to survive let alone thrive.

Paul Moreton of Germinal Amenity is an expert in bowling green maintenance. Check out Paul’s guide which covers grass seed selection and seasonal maintenance methods.