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2012 Great Places Awards - Call for entries
Golf courses serve multiple functions in our urban and suburban landscapes. Although they were originally designed primarily for recreation, our courses now play a role in urban storm-water management, habitat and corridor preservation,...
World Food Day Guest Blog: The Urban Artichoke
In an effort to promote sustainable and self sufficiency practices, Turfhugger is celebrating World Food Day by providing tips, tricks and experience of those who love growing food. Our first post is by Patricia Larenas, aka Urban...
Musket Ridge Goes For Zero Food Waste
I'm a big fan of Bokashi. I have friends who used it for kitchen scraps in their houses and apartments and I've even seen it at one golf course (Blackburn Meadows on Saltspring Island in BC) to generate their compost tea. Basically,...
Got Bees?
We've covered the possible impact of golf operations on Bees and we've also explored the possibility of integrating Agriculture into a golf course operations, but never together. In the Orange County Register article 10,000 honeybees...
The Quest for a "Zero Waste" Golf Course
Seems impossible doesn't it? Well not for Josh Heptig of Dairy Creek Golf Club. His efforts were recently the focus of this short article, where they discussed how he shares his "waste" in the form of fertilizer with 2 other courses Morro...
Solar: Fastest Growing Industry in USA
Did you know that Solar PV (Photovoltaic) is the fastest growing industry in America? I recently learned this from Joe Boyce, a very active entrepreneur in the American solar industry (www.solarvisionaries.org, www.gaiaworldwide.com). Joe'...
Calculating Carbon Emissions on the Golf Course
In last weeks TWIGG we covered the release of Sengentas GreenCast EcoMeasure, the new Turf Carbon Calculator. Currently with 12 Marriott courses testing the calculator, the press release was meant more as a teaser than anything else. But for those...
Talking Turf: Artificial, But Natural? An Alternative Made from Recycled Materials
I'm not a fan of artificial turf, but I think this product is a huge improvement on traditional rubber crumb versions. The 10 Environmental Benefits listed after the video are definitely compelling. Watch this video from GeoTurfUSA....
The Golf Industries Role in Water Conservation
// // When considering the worlds water shortages, we often conjure up images of Arizona, Nevada, Alberta, Australia, or even Dubai. But water issues have surfaced in regions such as Florida, Georgia, Ontario or even Spain, that have never before...
Can You Golf Eco-Friendly?
I could talk about sustainable practices in the golf industry until I'm green in the face, however golfer and industry understanding and acceptance is the deciding factor on whether these see the light of day. The hackers over at ...
Highland Pacific's Environmental Program
Vancouver Island's Highland Pacific superintendent Gary Stadnek talks about the steps he's taking to keep the golf course environmentally friendly, and green! Check out Highland's stewardship commitments on their club's website and...
Floating Islands at Hillandale GC
Dr Bill Hunt - NCState University, BAE Dept., discusses the installation of floating islands at a wetpond at Hillandale Golf Course in Durham, NC. The islands, made of recycled plastic beverage bottles, provide a floating home for wetland plants,...
