Landscape & Amenity
May 2019 Getting ready for summer
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Industry told to take proactive approach to disease management Technical Article The drive for greater efficiency
Page 15 The challenge of protecting turf and soil has arguably never been greater with the threat of disease and pests causing havoc for both high-profile sports and amenity surfaces as well as grass roots and local community sites. A variety of challenges, from changing climate patterns to new rules on the use of chemicals as part of treatment and prevention programmes, are combining to increase the threat level. An emergency summit was held with the aim of finding industryled solutions to the threat of Chafer Grubs and Leatherjackets
in the turf industry took place on May 9 2019 at Burton Albion Football, Staffordshire.
Marker A/S and is held in association with both The IOG and BIGGA.
also how important collaboration and sharing best practice within the industry has become.
Now that many of the chemicals which were routinely used to keep golf courses and sports pitches free of pests have been withdrawn, we need to find alternatives.
Dr Minshad A Ansari, Founder and CEO of Bionema, said: “This summit is the first step in working together as an industry - pooling our knowledge and using all the tools we have in an integrated way to achieve control of these devastating pests.”
As a result of the feedback and discussions generated by the events, the Amenity Forum is developing a standard for the sector.
This Summit explored the current challenges in sustaining turf quality in a chemical-free environment. The event was supported by Bionema, Rigby Taylor, Maxstim, EcoSpray and E.
The Amenity Forum’s 2019 Conference will be entitled 21st Century Amenity Management. The forum has been holding a series of updating events to highlight some of these issues and
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Professor John Moverley, Chairman of the Forum, said “I would like to see this standard as an essential requirement when employing anyone involved in amenity management. “There are a number of well recognised assurance schemes in our sector, this new standard
seeks to embrace these and in a simple way, provide everyone of an assured standard and best practice. I would like to see the logo associated the standard to be proudly displayed across the UK in our parks, golf courses, sports grounds and indeed all our public spaces.” The new standard is due to be launched later this year and in the meantime, everyone is urged to seek evidence of a recognised assurance scheme when employing those charged with amenity management in all its forms. Amenity Forum
Details of SoilsCon 2019 unveiled SoilsCon, the landscape industry’s ‘go to’ conference for soil-related topics, will be returning once again to the elegant Phyllis Court in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on Thursday, September 26. This year’s event will be the fourth soils conference to be organised by soil scientist and landscape consultant Tim O’Hare. It promises landscape architects and specifiers, contractors, garden designers, developers, topsoil manufacturers, local government officers, and wider industry professionals a day of invaluable professional development, discussion and
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debate, with presentations by some of the country’s leading experts in their respective fields. This year’s conference will again include a Soil Surgery, held during the day’s networking periods. Members of the Tim O’Hare Associates team will be on hand to help delegates with their specific soil issues. The final programme and conference details will be issued shortly but to express your interest in attending, please email info@toha.co.uk or call 01491 822653. SoilsCon
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