The horticultural charity Perennial wants more horticulture professionals to know that funding is available to help their dependent children should they need it.

Gleneagles has announced the appointment of Craig Haldane, a well-known figure in the global golf industry, as its new golf courses manager. He joins from Emirates Golf Club, Dubai.

Goring and Streatley Golf Club’s course manager Matt Aplin says sowing wildflowers “attracted as many complimentary comments about the display of colour as about the quality of our greens”.

Making the switch to a brand new grass seed after using the same mixture for 10 years is a big step, but one that grounds manager Adam Grantham made – and is paying off.

BLEC dealer, Acorn Tractors from Derbyshire, recently joined forces with staff from Charterhouse Turf Machinery for an in-depth training session on the BLEC range of specialist landscaping and turfcare equipment.

Reesink Turfcare is reminding customers that replacing or upgrading to new Toro cylinders gives customers so much more than a perfect finish.

Yes – because it leads to a reduction in the use of water, fertilisers, fuel use and top-dressing, increases the lives of the mowers while reducing engine wear and the need for replacement parts, and, above all, results in better turf quality.

A major course management makeover at one of Scotland’s oldest golf clubs is celebrating a milestone in a two-year project.

Kubota, which supplies greenkeeping machinery to several golf clubs in the UK, has appointed David Hart as its new managing director.

Kent’s St Augustine’s GC’s pop-up greens, on original clay soil, used to cause a headache when it came to top-dressing and drainage. Then the club discovered the unit, which has helped to improve water dispersal and green speed.

After Richard Ayling, grounds manager at Merchant Taylors’ School, drew up a shortlist of new potential machinery to purchase, the Dennis Razor fine turf mower received a unanimous vote from his team.

The SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid 1500 machine greatly increases the speed of the aeration process by directly injection air into the rootzone at a fast working rate, creating thousands of fissures.

When it comes to nutrition, Lee Sayers, The London Golf Clubs’ Golf Courses & Estate Manager, looks to Headland Amenity for advice on applying short-term foliars.

Lee is the golf courses & estate manager at London Golf Club in Kent. The European Tour venue features two highly-acclaimed golf courses.