Etesia UK is returning to GroundsFest 2025 with a stand full of innovation, high-performance equipment – and some of its biggest ever show offers.

At GroundsFest 2025, Avant Tecno (Stand OSA270) will be showcasing two major new product launches – the Avant e727 fully electric compact loader and the Leguan 265, the most advanced spider lift in the Leguan Lifts range.

Monty Miracle is returning to Groundsfest with a range of new products for all types of groundspeople and professional landscapers. 

Golf courses have reported a new and likely growing disease during humid summers and early autumns in recent years: Waitea patch, which is often mistaken for fairy ring.

Harewood Downs Golf Club is preparing to install a trio of water storage reservoirs on its grounds in a major step towards taking even greater environmental responsibility.

Bedford School’s head groundsman George Mills wasted no time in bringing in a Redexim Verti-Drain® 2519 when he joined the team.

For Adam Rowlands, owner of Turf Doctor Specialists, maintaining high-quality cricket surfaces is about using the right tools for the job – and when it comes to seed, MM50 from MM Seed is his go-to solution.

GroundsFest 2025 is raising the bar yet again – and this year’s free CPD-accredited educational programme is set to be bigger, and more varied than ever before.

Recently some of the The Richmond’s course machinery fleet needed replacing and a Ventrac demo persuaded course manager Les Howkins that it had a place at Richmond.

It’s every greenkeeper’s worst nightmare – receiving a call informing them of vandalism on the course. That was the reality for David Byron of Thorndon Park, who returned from BTME 2025 to discover the “destruction” of six greens, three tees and numerous fairways.

One year after The Open Championship returned to Royal Troon, the club continues to raise the bar in turfcare excellence, with the help of Toro’s technology and Reesink support.

As one of the UK’s leading arboricultural businesses, Gristwood & Toms (G&T) rely on a vast and varied fleet of high-performance 2-stroke equipment to deliver consistent reliability on jobs around the country. Powering that operation for the last seven years has been Aspen Fuel.

Richard Windows is assistant director of Sustainable Agronomy Services at The R&A, where he leads the global team responsible for Championship Agronomy and Sustainable Agronomy programmes worldwide. Here he talks about preparing an Open Championship course from an agronomy perspective.

A host of the biggest brands in ground and turfcare were on show at Wildwood Machinery’s first Open Day, at East Horton Golf Club, attended by groundcare professionals and buyers from across southern England.

Aerators play the central role in creating a balanced water management programme and Otterbine’s Fractional Series is now even more efficient and easy to use.

The purchase of an Avant 630 compact loader has not only accelerated operations across Brentwood Tree Surgery, but it’s also unlocked new opportunities, turning the machine into what owner Adrian Strudwick now calls “the centre of the firm.”

With a new SP100 from GKB Machines, the team at Stanmore Golf Club now has a robust, versatile topdressing solution to support ongoing course renovation and drainage works.

With the recent installation of a Hunter irrigation system — supplied and supported by KAR UK — Leigh Sports Village is now seeing the full benefits of precision turf management across the site

We speak to five senior members of staff at Blairgowrie Golf Club in Perthshire, including the head greenkeepers of its three golf courses, and the venue’s managing secretary and chief mechanic, to find out how the courses are maintained.

John O’Gaunt Golf Club has improved safety, efficiency, and environmental care across its 300-acre estate by adding a versatile Ventrac tractor and attachments to its fleet, allowing the team to mow steep slopes, soft peat areas, and rough terrain more effectively while reducing labour and enhancing course aesthetics.

Kubota’s ZE Electric Zero-Turn range is winning over operators seeking to lower their environmental impact while maintaining high productivity and cut quality.