Features

  • Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS), a leader in turf, ground, and environmental management, is returning to SALTEX 2025 with a host of new innovations.

  • SALTEX preview: Baroness

    Baroness is pleased to be returning to SALTEX once again alongside Kubota, showcasing a range of cutting edge maintenance solutions on stand E060.

  • SALTEX preview: Kubota UK

    SALTEX will once again provide the perfect platform for Kubota UK to showcase a comprehensive range of professional groundcare equipment when the show returns to The NEC on the 12th and 13th November.

  • SALTEX preview: GKB Machines

    GKB Machines is pleased to be returning to SALTEX in what is a special year for the company as it celebrates 10 years of its UK operation.

  • SALTEX preview: Trilo

    Visitors to SALTEX 2025 can be assured a showcase of market-leading, versatile vacuum sweepers with a stop by the Trilo stand, when the show returns to the NEC this November.

  • SALTEX preview: BAGMA

    The British Agricultural and Garden Machinery Association (BAGMA) are pleased to be returning to SALTEX this November, showcasing its brand-new EV training course alongside a whole host of other member benefits.

  • The sports turf, grounds care and landscaping exhibition SALTEX is set to welcome James Haskell for a Learning LIVE and DJ session on day one of the show.

  • Brighton College has improved productivity in its grounds maintenance operation with the purchase of a new LM531 fairway mower from Baroness.

  • Battling relentless north east winters, Chester-Le-Street’s Jack Hetherington has turned to H2Pro FlowSmart to keep turf firm, playable, and disease pressure under control — transforming the course’s performance through the toughest months of the year.

  • Paul Wilson, the managing director of Laguna Phuket in Thailand, talks about agronomic challenges in a tropical climate, including drainage during the rainy season and irrigation during dry spells.

  • The recent expansion of the Kubota zero-turn mower range has made the line-up one of the most comprehensive in the market – and one of many highlights in the Kubota groundcare portfolio.

  • Golfers on the first tee at Royal St. David’s have Harlech Castle perched high above them. Surrounded by history, they are about to play a course which recently adopted modern technology to help sustain its ranking among the world’s best.

  • A GKB Combitool has proven the solution to improving surface quality, and reducing reliance on hired equipment, at Norfolk’s Langley School.

  • Managing soil moisture over the next two months will be key to success with leatherjacket strategies this autumn, one of the key speakers at GroundsFest 2025 has stated.

  • Life is all about balance, but for the greens team at Sweden’s Sankt Jörgen Park, achieving the balance of nitrogen in the greens profile became critical as the club battled extensive annual outbreaks of Snow Mold (Fusarium Patch).

  • On Thank A Greenkeeper Day (September 9), if we truly want to help the people who keep our courses alive, we need to think bigger — about what really eases their workload, lowers their stress and improves the health of the turf they care for.

  • A day in the life: Chris Yeaman

    The golf course manager at Royal Burgess Golf Club in Edinburgh, Chris Yeaman, takes us through his average day.

  • Blackpool FC has seen major improvements to both its stadium and training ground facilities following the installation of a new Hunter irrigation system, supplied by KAR UK and installed by Arden Lea Irrigation.

  • With reduced maintenance, great manoeuvrability and presentation that impresses, the Snake S3 is winning over greenkeepers across the UK.

  • When the world’s best female golfers arrived at Royal Porthcawl for the AIG Women’s Open this August, they were greeted by fairways that had been meticulously mowed — not only by human hands, but by a fleet of Husqvarna CEORA robotic mowers.

  • STIHL will exhibit a range of new products at this year’s GroundsFest, a leading trade show for the grounds management and landscaping industries, taking place from 9th – 10th September 2025 at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.