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Stirling effort to improve greens and tees
With a heritage stretching back over 150 years, the picturesque course at Stirling Golf Club is well-known to golfers across the globe.
A career of course improvements at Dumfries and County
The course at Dumfries and County Golf Club has changed a lot in the 32 years since Steven Knaggs joined the greenkeeping team at 17.
External greenkeepers transform Flackwell fairways
Switching from an in-house greenkeeping team to an external sports turf maintenance contractor has transformed the fairways at Flackwell Heath Golf Club.
The rise of the SuperBents: Five years and counting in the UK
Germinal Amenity discusses the work of Dr Richard Hurley of Rutgers University to develop modern Creeping bentgrasses, which are now widely used across UK golf courses.
Small team delivers big improvements at Caldwell Golf Club
Greenkeeper Barry McCulloch and a team of just three have made sweeping changes to enhance the playing surfaces of Caldwell Golf Club – a historic Scottish course.
Expert advice helps to reinvigorate lawns at High House
After successive dry summers left the lawns at High House in Essex looking worse for wear, specialist overseeding advice from Germinal’s Sandy Pentecost helped restore the site’s green spaces to their former glory.
Keeping East Molesey’s cricket square in prime condition
With a playing season that lasts from mid-April to late September – and on occasion into mid-October – ensuring there’s always a fresh wicket available for East Moseley Cricket Club’s first team is a real challenge, but one that the team at Greenside Up Grass tackles with relish.
Enhanced wildflower mixtures offer additional benefits for pollinators
In an ongoing commitment to promote the ecological benefit of man-made environments, amenity grass and wildflower seed specialist Germinal has updated its range of mixtures to be more beneficial to pollinators.
Germinal launches leading new bentgrass mixture
Germinal has launched an all-new grass seed mixture designed specifically for golf greens. ‘Tour Leader’ – a 50:50 blend of 007 DSB and new cultivar Tour Pro (GDE) – is a landmark in the evolution of creeping bentgrass products: this exceptional blend sets the bar high with unrivaled ...
Off-the-shelf cricket square renovation package
We are pleased to announce we have added to our range of off-the-shelf grass seed and fertiliser bundles. We have developed a new package of products aimed at simplifying the process of selecting and purchasing the relevant inputs to renovate cricket squares.