This page contains searches and links for information on the care and maintenance of sports and amenity turf. For listings of suppliers of turf maintenance equipment, see the turf machinery page.

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Use the search box to search for any text in the websites listed below. These websites have been chosen because they contain information relevant to the care, management and maintenance of sports and amenity turf. It is not especially relevant to turf in domestic gardens. It is heavily biased toward the United Kingdom.

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Website links

• Bayer Environmental Science - Includes information on pests and diseases of turf, as well as other crops.
• Construction and Care of Croquet Lawns - Oxford University Croquet Club specifications on substrate layers, soil porosity, drainage pipes, and grass types, including contracting and materials cost and maintenance.
• British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association - Dedicated to the continuing professional development of its members and their industry.
• The Greenkeepers Training Committee - Organises and publicies courses for golf greenkeepers. Online past issues of its journal.
• Horticulture Week - The online version of the trade journal. Includes articles, lists of suppliers, buyers guide, and job vacancies.
• The Institute of Groundsmanship - The UK's leading professional organisation for all those involved in the maintenance of sports and amenity turf.
• IOG Saltex - Annual trade show for the open space management industry, held at the Windsor racecourse.
• Pesticides Safety Directorate - Administers the regulation of pesticides. Provides advice for consumers and agricultural users on pesticide safety issues and regulations. Publishes detailed factsheets and advice.
• Pitchcare - Online magazine for groundsmen and greenkeepers, with articles, job listings, used machinery, interactive message board and weather services. Free registration required.
• Professional Sportsturf Design - Offers consultancy advice and practical solutions for natural and synthetic sports surfaces, including stadium pitches, golf courses, sports complexes, and racecourses.
• Sport and Play Contractors' Association - Trade association for the sports facility construction industry and promotes standards for sports facilities. Features exhibitions and events, technical guidance, industry news, and links.
• Sports Turf Research Institute - A research and technology organisation, also has agronomic advice.
• Turfgrass Growers' Association - UK body dedicated to setting quality standards for the turf industry. List of turf suppliers.
• TurfPages - Classified directory of companies supplying products and services to the UK sports and amenity turf industry. In association with the Institute of Groundsmanship.
• Turf Professional Magazine - Covers golf course, football stadiums, landscaping, sporting and leisure facilities and the work of the UK's top groundsmen and managers.

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  Last modified 22 August 2007.

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