Keeping you updated with our latest Great News
At The Great Turf Company, we like to keep our clients up to date with the latest news from the world of turf care, and share any stories we think might interest you.
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Managing Drought Stress
Recent reports tell us that millions of water customers are likely to face hosepipe bans until the end of the year and, despite the wettest April in at least 100 years, drought continues to affect many parts of Britain. Drought…
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Friday, April 27th, 2012
Green Golf Seminar in St Andrews
Yesterday The Great Turf Company’s Managing Director, Ian Morrison, and Global Development Director, Jimmy Kidd, joined around 50 other representatives of the golf industry at the Green Golf Seminar hosted by St Andrews Links Trust. The seminar, which was supported…
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
The Great Turf Company Reaches Final for National Business Award
The Great Turf Company is in the running for HSBC’s Business Growth Grant, a business award that will help propel its international growth. The Great Turf Company, is one of five finalists with the chance of winning one of two…
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
The Great Turf Company submits products for independent research from STRI
The Great Turf Company’s natural nutrient products for sports turf are to undergo independent research trials from the STRI, the world’s leading authority for sports turf research. These trials mark a significant development in the progression of quality assurance for…
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Wind of change blowing at Falkirk Golf Club
Falkirk Golf Club Head Greenkeeper Matt Thomson is in shock after having to cut the greens at the golf course in January, the first time he has every had to undertake this task in his 35-year career as a greenkeeper….
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Soil Biology Proves Popular at Harrogate Week 2012
In its first year exhibiting at BTME, The Great Turf Company was delighted to see excellent attendance and a warm welcome to the company and its ethos at Harrogate Week 2012. BIGGA’s official attendance figures for the show over the…
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
‘I want to tell you a story…’
In an article published in this month’s edition of Pitchcare magazine, Jimmy Kidd tells us that soil is a gift that will provide us with the quality of turf that we need, as long as we let the rootzones, micro…
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Continue to Learn with The Great Turf Company at Harrogate Week
The Great Turf Company’s Turfgrass Biology Director, Ian Macmillan, and Technical Director, Andrew Turnbull, are presenting a seminar on Activated Microbial Turf Management at Harrogate Week as part of the BIGGA Continue to Learn Education Programme. The seminar will focus…
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
New Products & Lab Services Launch at BTME
The Great Turf Company has joined forces with Laverstoke Park Laboratories (‘Known as theUniversityofOrganics’) in our mission to reduce chemical dependency and optimise turf health by natural means via ‘Activated Microbial Turf Management’. Laverstoke Park, owned by ex Formula 1 racing…
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
A Few Days at the Dunes
Last week The Great Turf Company’s Turfgrass Biology Director, Ian Macmillan, and Global Development Director, Jimmy Kidd, spent a few days at the beautiful Machrihanish Dunes golf course in Kintyre. The pair were there to meet with Keith Martin, Director…
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