Agronomic Consulting
Pest Monitioring
Entomology Support
Root Extraction
Soil Extraction
Soil Analysis
Turf Management
Integrated Pest Management
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Services

 

Ecogrow is an organization committed to providing solutions for the Environmentally sound management of Amenity Turf and Horticultural growing organizations.
Our intial focus is on commercializing a range of Environmentally sound technologies for the control of insect pests. In addition to providing world leading product technologies we are equally committed to backing these up with a comprehensive range of services to help managers and growers make the transition to more sustainable management practices.

Turf | Horticulture

IPM Strategy development
Pest Monitoring-Pest identification
Supplier / Facility reporting
Facility Pest Hygiene practices
Trouble shooting / Iinvestigation work
Environmental Planning
Agronomic consulting
Cost Analysis and management planning
Specification / benchmarking / Maintenance / Management guidelines
Project Management

The range of agronomic services, include laboratory functions (biological, physical, chemical), tender evaluation,and project consultation.

Turf

The following is an outline of services which can be provided.

Trouble Shooting
Ad-hoc trouble shooting services can be provided to determine appropriate solutions to problems encountered in managing sporting and amenity turf.


Investigations Analyses of on-site soils/amendments/treatment/suitability.

  • Sourcing and analyses of off-site soil/sands for use in topdressing and construction of turf areas

  • Sourcing of suitable drainage aggregate.
  • Investigate sources of grasses/species selection, based on client's desire of quality.
  • Advise on grass and weed eradication procedures
  • Nematode management and control strategies
  • Water quality monitoring

Cost Analysis

  • Sand/soils/gravels.

  • Grasses.
  • Amendment procedures.
  • Drainage
  • Irrigation

Reporting

Preparation of investigation and appraisal reports for turf areas (i.e. amenity, sports ovals, cricket wickets, passive re recreation, golf courses and bowling greens

Maintenance - Facility

Provide recommendations on maintenance equipment needs, based on client's projected maintenance input level.

Specifications & Turf Maintenance Programs

Provide turf maintenance specifications and or review specification documents, which include:-

Cost Analysis

  • Soil performance specifications

  • Renovation requirements
  • Nutrition
  • Integrated Pest Management Techniques
  • Benchmarking , Performance Indicators & Service frequencies
  • Quality Control programs
  • Provide a maintenance program of nutrition and pest control, mowing and irrigation schedules.

FEE STRUCTURE

An all-inclusive fee, based upon a given brief outlining number of visits/hours/scope, or be contracted on an hourly rate.

Examples of PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SPECIALIST CONSULTATIONS

David Westall our turf consultant has been involved in providing agronomic advice for construction projects in many sectors of the sportsturf industry ,within metropolitan Sydney, country and interstate; some examples appear below:

Consultations Concerning the Upgrading of Existing Playing Fields and /or Playing field assessment for Councils

Blacktown Council
Dubbo City Council
Newcastle Council
Port Stephens council
Bathurst Council, NSW
Campbelltown City Council, NSW
Great Lakes Council, NSW
Randwick City Council, Sydney, NSW
Kuring-gahi Council

AIRPORT EXTENSION PROJECTS

Third Parallel Runway Project (Sydney) for Federal Airports Corporation (FAC) and Baulderstone Hornibrook Dredco (BHD).

OTHER

EDAW Australia

Newington Olympic Village

Olympic Co-Ordination Authority

Sydney Showground Project

Stadium Australia

Olympic Stadium

Randwick City council

Turfgrass study, strategic plans forplaying field improvement and user satisfaction

Warringah Council Benchmarking ,agronomic advice and strategies for playing fields

City of Sydney Council Assessment and strategies for Parks, open space and playing fields

Horticulture

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