Pymmes Park Wetlands Construction Complete

Following the tremendous success of Turfdry’s work at Firs Farm Park in Enfield last year - which saw the restoration of a watercourse that had previously been diverted underground, and the construction of a flood barrier - Turfdry has again been contracted by Enfield Council, this time to construct wetlands and undertake playing field improvements at Pymmes Park, Edmonton.

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IOG Pleased With Progress at Abbey Lane

As part of Turfdry's football pitch 'Design & Build' project for Stoke-on-Trent City Council at Abbey Lane, S-O-T, an independent site assessment visit was made by the Institute of Groundsmanship's Regional Advisor for the West Midlands, Kevin Duffill on 10th June 2015, to check on the ongoing establishment of the pitches, which are due for handover to the client in August 2015.

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Turfdry Enjoys a Successful Return to Enfield Golf Club

Turfdry carried out successful works at Enfield Golf Club in 2014,  installing a flood mitigation scheme designed to return the course to play as quickly as possible following flood conditions brought about by the Environment Agency’s construction of a residential flood barrier at the eastern boundary of the course.

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Flood Mitigation Scheme at Enfield Golf Club Keeps Winter Greens in Play

Last year, Turfdry installed a comprehgensive remediation scheme as part of the Salmon's Brook Flood Attenuation Scheme (FAS) at Enfield Golf Club, where the Environment Agency had constructed a substantial flood defence structure to protect against residential flooding in the area - at the cost of transforming the golf course into a flood plain.

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Turfdry Employs Ground Penetrating Radar to Solve Drainage Puzzles at Great Barr Golf Club

Great Barr Golf Club, Birmingham - one of Turfdry's many satisfied UK golf course clients - has brought the firm in again to resolve drainage issues on the 464 yard Par 5 opening hole. The landing area for the second shot has been a long-term drainage problem despite several unsuccessful attempts to find a solution.

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Healthy Growth at Passmores Academy

A recent site visit to Passmores Academy - where comprehensive earthworks and the installation of the Turfdry Drainage System using Hydraway Sportsdrain transformed the school's formerly 'twisted' and poorly draining field into sports facilities to be proud of - revealed that the sward establishment has progressed well since the seeding in May.

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Turfdry Receives High Praise

Turfdry was met recently with the good fortune to be contacted by John Heyworth - Chairman of Aspatria RUFC and IOG Vitax Supaturf Volunteer Groundsman of the Year 2013. Following the successful installation of The Turfdry Drainage System using Hydraway Sportsdrain on Aspatria's 2nd XV pitch, John has been full of praise for its effectiveness, describing the system as "a reveation".

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Pond Construction Progressing Well at The Rayleigh Club

In addition to their largest drainage project to date - the comprehensive installation of The Turfdry Drainage System using Hydraway Sportsdrain on all 18 holes of The Rayleigh Club's championship standard South Course - Turfdry is also constructing a number of new ponds, in addition to making modifications to existing water features to maintain a uniformly quality aesthetic across the course.

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Turfdry's River Restoration Rolls On

As part of Enfield Council's drive to make environmental improvements to the local area, Turfdry has begun work on a river restoration project at Firs Farm Playing Fields. Won on competitive tender, the works will see the excavation of a watercourse that stretches between the north-west and north-east corners of the park, and will carry the water that has - for the past fifty years or so - been diverted into an underground culvert.

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Turfdry Pulls out all the Stops with Rayleigh Night Shift

With their current work at The Rayleigh Club being the Turfdry team's largest drainage project to date, they have been pulling out all of the stops to keep up the excellent rate of progress already set. Keen to balance the demands of such a substantial installation with the day-to-day activities of the golf club, along with the other Turfdry projects up and down the country, the team worked into the night to complete trenching the 100mm plastic pipe mains on the 3rd and 4th holes of the Rayleigh Club's championship South Course.

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Seeding Works Completed at Passmores Academy

Whilst the typically patchy weather of British summertime delayed the seeding and cultivation work at Passmores Academy, the recent stretch of dry weather has provided the perfect opportunity to seed the re-levelled playing field following completion of the earthworks, and the installation of a Turfdry Drainage System with Hydraway Sportsdrain at 5-metre centres, in early May.

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