The Professional Grounds Management Society is searching for the country's best maintained landscapes and is now accepting entries for its acclaimed Green Star Awards Program. The deadline for entries is Friday, August 5.
For almost a decade, supporters of Boca Raton's flourishing youth lacrosse league have waged a turf war with the city and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Parks District. The fight literally is over turf — the synthetic kind that now covers athletic fields at Boca Raton High School, Sand Pine Park and Florida Atlantic University.
While ASBA's facility design and construction award winners won't be announced until fall, the association has already seen a record number of entrants. This year, members entered a total of 126 projects to the awards program.
Oklahoma State University has developed and released two new bermudagrass varieties called Northbridge and Latitude 36. The two new varieties are OSU's first vegetative turfgrass releases since Patriot bermudagrass in 2002.
The Green Bay Packers have to wait until they play a couple of home games before they know whether the playing surface at Lambeau Field has recovered well enough from Kenny Chesney's show to hold concerts there in the future.
City crews will continue mowing lawns, pruning shrubs and picking up trash in Redding, CA public parks. The City Council voted unanimously to keep basic parks maintenance in house after reviewing private sector bids that were considerably more expensive.
The Awards Committee wants to allow for remote judging of applications and provide a level playing field (no pun intended) for all applicants regardless of how much is spent on their presentation of the facts.
Registration is now open for the first Atlantic Sports Turf Field Day July 21, 2011. At the geographic centre of the Maritimes, the City of Moncton is well situated to welcome sports turf managers from across the Atlantic provinces. Educational sessions will be held at the Moncton Coliseum.