Lucy Sellick has been appointed head greenkeeper at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club – the first time ever that a Welsh golf club has employed a female head greenkeeper.

DLF Seeds has acquired PGG Wrightson Seeds. The combined business is being seen as a significant strategic leap towards a major global presence.

The true definition of sustainable greenkeeping is to achieve the desired level of performance from our greens – but with minimal input. Agronomist Adam Newton champions the working smarter approach.

The Bukit course at Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), originally designed by Scottish legend James Braid in 1924, is the venue for a new partnership between two of the worldʼs leading bunker technology firms.

When Toro developed its irrigation strategy, one of the early thoughts was longevity, so, for example, Toro sprinklers dating all the way back to the 1960s are easily updated when clubs look to renovate their irrigation.

Four SU60 vacuum units from Trilo are the latest additions to fleet at the City of Wolverhampton Council, and have quickly made the momentous task of leaf collection that much easier.

The Northants club was sold last year and its course manager talks about a forthcoming bunker reduction programme thanks to new an investment from the new owner.

An independent body that represents the amenity horticulture sector has said it is ‘very surprised’ by a decision by a US jury that found that chemical giant Monsanto knew its Roundup weedkillers were dangerous.

Sittingbourne and Milton Regis Golf Club in Kent has remodelled its bunkers, utilising Durabunker’s synthetic edge and liner products along with its design and construction services.

Ten new machines are scoring ten out of ten for results on the ‘Long’ and ‘Short’ courses at North Foreland Golf Club in Kent.

The course manager who owns a Ventrac 4500 compact tractor possesses the industry’s equivalent of the Swiss army knife as this robust and deceptively powerful 24.9hp unit is equally versatile.

Capillary Concrete® offers the best piece of mind when it comes to bunker liners; this is why it makes perfect sense for so many golf courses across five continents who have successfully installed the product.

Europe’s top-selling wood chipper manufacturer GreenMech will have a vast range of machinery on display on stand 80-110, in the outside area, at next month’s APF exhibition.

Frilford Heath GC near Oxford had an Otterbine Air Flo 3 diffuser installed in its 6m, 10-million-gallon reservoir to aerate the water two years ago. And course manager Sid Arrowsmith is a big fan of it.

A Facebook group with over 3,000 active members – mostly landscapers and gardeners – is to appear at SALTEX 2018, at the NEC, Birmingham on October 31 and November 1.