- Species & varieties
- Mixtures and brands
- Turf for tough conditions
- Turf by use and activity
- Turf management
- Brown patch resistant turf
- 4turf - turf tetraploid perennial ryegrass
- 4salt - enhanced salt tolerance
- ProNitro - Ready to grow
- Accelerator seed coating
- DLF Select - high purity seeds
- Microclover - green and lush
- DLF Academy
- Turf references
- Roots
Amenity turf for parks and recreation
The more inviting a park looks, the more likely it is to be used, loved, and cared for by the local community. You need a turf that's dense and disease-resistant.
A park that's tolerant of children, dogs, and ball games
The days of signs saying 'Keep off the grass' are long gone. Green spaces are there to be used and enjoyed, which means they need a degree of wear-tolerance.
Keeping maintenance costs down
From municipalities, the cost of maintenance of public spaces is crucial. The less often you have to mow your turf, the better. And you certainly don't want to have to water it. These are all arguments in favour of mixtures that are slow-growing and drought-tolerant.
Go pesticide and fungicide-free
Pesticides and public spaces do not go well together. For a park that never needs spraying, choose grass mixtures that are dense, persistent, and disease-resistant.
Grasses for a park to be proud of
The key grass species for amenity use are:
- Red fescues - slender creeping red fescue and strong creeping red fescue
- Perennial ryegrass including the drought tolerant 4turf® varieties
- Tall fescue (dry conditions)
- Smooth-stalked meadow-grass
For special situations, other species may be more appropriate, for example, Poa trivialis in shade.
We offer several mixtures tailor-made for public spaces. They give you resistance to the most common stress factors or a range of all-round characteristics. Our Johnsons Sports Seed mixture is a popular choice for parks and green spaces. For shady areas we recommend our Shademaster mixture.
