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Major brands return to SALTEX

June 26, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Major brands return to SALTEX: The Grounds Management Association (GMA) is delighted to welcome back the grounds industry’s leading global brands to SALTEX 2024, the premier event in grounds management. This year’s exhibition is set to be a landmark occasion, showcasing the latest innovations, and providing unparalleled networking opportunities. After a year of remarkable growth […]

Pro Flora helping to boost biodiversity

June 25, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Pro Flora helping to boost biodiversity: After witnessing good results with the Johnsons J All Bent mixture, Woolley Park Golf Club are now enjoying similar success with new eco-friendly areas created with DLF’s Pro Flora range. The project to enhance habitats and encourage diversity of wildlife has gathered pace in recent years under the stewardship […]

Major brands return to SALTEX

June 26, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Pro Flora helping to boost biodiversity

June 25, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

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Major brands return to SALTEX

June 26, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Major brands return to SALTEX: The Grounds Management Association (GMA) is delighted to welcome back the grounds industry’s leading global brands to SALTEX 2024, the premier event in grounds management. This year’s exhibition is set to be a landmark occasion, showcasing the latest innovations, and providing unparalleled networking opportunities.

After a year of remarkable growth and development within the industry, SALTEX 2024 will welcome back industry giants including Kubota, Toro and Iseki, all reaffirming their support for the GMA’s vision of excellence in grounds management. These returning brands represent the pinnacle of quality and innovation, offering visitors an exclusive look at cutting-edge products and services.

Major brands return to SALTEX

Visitors can expect to see these big brands (just to name a few!) making their presence known on the show floor:

Reesink UK/Toro UK
Kubota
Dennis Mowers
EGO
WEIBANG
Hilltip
Milwaukee
Ariensco
Grillo
Husqvarna UK
Kioti UK
Cramer
ISEKI
Origin Amenity Solutions
SGL

This year’s show will see DeWalt exhibiting as part of Infinicut’s expanded stand for the first time, as well as McConnel’s making a much-anticipated return for 2024.

Sarah Cunningham, SALTEX Event Director added: “I’m really excited to welcome back our old industry friends and can’t wait to meet our new exhibitors this year. Having these top-tier companies here shows just how important SALTEX is for sharing knowledge, growing professionally, and pushing our industry forward. Their commitment really highlights how much they value being a part of SALTEX.”

This year SALTEX is also set to welcome an exciting array of new exhibitors broadening the horizons of the grounds management industry. These new exhibitors are poised to introduce innovative products, cutting-edge technologies, and sustainable practices that promise to revolutionise the way we think about grounds management.

Stogger Turf Care, an internationally recognised tech innovator based in the Netherlands, said: “Stogger Turf Care is very excited to participate at SALTEX 2024. We can’t wait to present our new product line and state-of-the-art technologies to this large audience. Let’s ignite your growth potential with Stogger Turf Care.”

Hayley Group, one of the UK’s foremost value-added suppliers of leading-brand engineering components, consumables, and related support services, are also exhibiting at SALTEX for the first time, and said: “We are delighted to be exhibiting at SALTEX for the first-time in 2024. We’ve got a strong presence in supporting grounds management professionals with their bearings and maintenance consumables, this exhibition will help us build on that. We are looking forward to showing visitors to our stand the full range of products on offer, and how we can be a single-source contact for critical components and consumables they use on a daily basis.”

Their presence signifies the ever-growing interest and investment in the sector. With a commitment to excellence and advancement, these new exhibitors will undoubtedly enrich the SALTEX experience, offering fresh perspectives and opportunities for learning, collaboration, and growth within the grounds community.

SALTEX 2024 promises to be an event brimming with educational sessions, live demonstrations, and interactive exhibits, all designed to empower grounds management professionals.

For more information on SALTEX 2024 and to register for the event, please visit https://www.saltex.org.uk/. You can see the full list of exhibitors here: https://www.saltex.org.uk/exhibitors

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Pro Flora helping to boost biodiversity

June 25, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Pro Flora helping to boost biodiversity: After witnessing good results with the Johnsons J All Bent mixture, Woolley Park Golf Club are now enjoying similar success with new eco-friendly areas created with DLF’s Pro Flora range.

The project to enhance habitats and encourage diversity of wildlife has gathered pace in recent years under the stewardship of Head Greenkeeper John Rowbottom who, with the help of DLF’s Stuart Yarwood, has not only boosted biodiversity but brought new life to previously unmanageable areas.

Pro Flora helping to boost biodiversity

The West Yorkshire club are longstanding users of seed mixtures from DLF. “We’ve used many different mixtures over the years, and specifically J All Bent for the last five. This just seems to really suit our conditions” explains John, who has worked at Woolley Park since its inception in 1995. “We’ve got USGA spec root zone and we’ve found that the bent grass thrives here, the benefits of which are two-fold – improving the quality of the sward and helping us in the constant fight against Poa, with the Bent outcompeting fescues and other varieties.”

Oversown twice a year during spring and autumn renovations, the reliability and results of the J All Bent programme on the greens is ongoing, allowing John to turn his attention to the viability of other areas. “During the COVID lockdowns we had the time to fully appreciate the rich abundance of wildlife that returned to the site while the course was closed. This really kickstarted our trials with wildflower areas, and since then we’ve worked on another patch of land each year with the results getting better and better! It’s been great to see that, as a result of this work, much of the fauna that returned over that time has stayed.”

“For me, it is essential that whatever we do on the course is sympathetic to the environment around it” he adds. So, when a major renovation project two years ago left a large area of ‘unmanageable’ land, it was then that John consulted with his DLF Regional Technical Manager Stuart Yarwood for advice. “I didn’t want bright, bold colours, instead something more subtle and in keeping with the surroundings that would provide some cover and habitat for pheasants and ground nesting birds.”

Stuart recommended Pro Flora 13, delivering a species-rich mix of UK native origin wildflowers and fine leaved low growing grasses. “This has given us exactly what we wanted from an ecological perspective and, visually, blends in brilliantly beside our in-play areas.”

“I believe it is our responsibility as custodians of land to ensure we are doing what we can to protect the environment, and this is something both Stuart and I are keen to continue developing with our wildflower projects. We are incredibly fortunate to be able to look after 150 acres of land and seeing golfers and wildlife out there enjoying what we craft is priceless.”

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Major brands return to SALTEX

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Pro Flora helping to boost biodiversity: After witnessing good results with the Johnsons J All Bent mixture, Woolley Park Golf Club are now enjoying similar success with new eco-friendly areas created with DLF’s Pro Flora range.

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