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Sand Constructed Green

As with Parkland Greens these are suitable for low cost construction n farms (Green cost £7000 in materials and was built using sand from Lough Neagh-Scotts Emerson EMMA 1)

Maintenance

Construction date

August 1993

Sowing date

14 September 1993

Root zone

Type Emma 1 300mm

Construction

Herringbone drainage system using 80mm type at 5m centres

Stone carpet

100mm of 10mm T gravel

Polypropylene

3mm membrane, 10mm of 5mm stone

Seed mixture

  • Chewings fescue-Festuca commutata 'Olivia'
  • Chewings fescue-Festuca commutata 'Frida'

Bar crown

  • Browntop Bent Agrostis tenuis 'Sefton'
  • Browntop Bent Agrostis tenuis 'Egmont'

Peat

5 mm of fine grade horticultural peat

Fairways and Green surround seeds mixture

  • Chewings fescue 'Olivia'
  • Chewings fescue 'Frida'
  • Slendercreeping red fescue 'Suzette''
  • Strong creeping red fescue 'Boreal'
  • Agrostis