Established Sports Turf at North Harbour Sports Stadium
Click here to view a number of the projects that I
undertook while in New Zealand
Ecoman
Sports Turf and Lawn Expert
I have considerable
experience with establishing and managing both warm
season as well as cool season grasses which has been gained in Durban, South
Africa, Wilhelmshaven,
Germany
and Auckland, New Zealand.
Sports Turf
Construction Experience
My sports turf
construction experience includes the construction of many
sports fields for football, rugby hockey and cricket, golf course
greens,
bowling greens, turf wickets in Durban, South
Africa
over a period of more than 25 years mostly while working for the Durban
Parks
Department, which were all planted to warm season grasses in particular
Cynodon
dactylon varieties. I also constructed and renovated a number of
football
fields and rugby fields in New Zealand.
Amenity Turf
Construction
Experience
Most of my amenity turf
construction experience comes from over 28 years
constructing and maintaining parks and gardens for the Durban Parks
Department,
I also gained valuable experience as a private contractor constructing
parks and
sports fields as well as establishing cool season grasses mostly for
the North
Shore City Council in Auckland New Zealand.
Sports Turf
and Amenity Turf
Maintenance Experience
Most of my sports turf and
amenity turf maintenance experience comes
from the maintenance of a large number of parks, sports fields, road
verges etc
that were under my direct care as a
horticulturist then later as a horticultural manager during the 28
years that I
was employed by the Durban Parks Department
Domestic lawn
Establishment and
Maintenance Experience
My domestic lawn
establishment and maintenance experience has been
gained on warm season grasses in Durban
and on
cool season grasses in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and Auckland, New
Zealand.
My first experience with domestic lawn care was gained as a young child
helping
my father do his annual spring treatment of our own domestic lawn up
until
today where I still do all my own lawn care including the cutting of my
own
lawn. I have also cared for lawn for commercial clients in South Africa, Germany
and New Zealand
over a period of over 40 years.
For a number of years I
over seeded portions of my own domestic lawn in Durban in winter with
cool season grasses to maintain a lush green lawn in areas that Cynodon
dactylon had been planted.
Academic
Achievements
Certificate
in Turf Grass Management (Cum
Laude)
Best
Student Turf Grass Management Association
1984
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