Best wishes to you from STERFs board and director. Back row (from left to right): Jerry Knox, Gunnar Håkansson, Maria Strandberg and Stefan Nilsson. Front row: Pål Melbye, Bruno Hedlund, Torben Kastrup Petersen, Kim Sintorn (co-opted) and Jari Koivusalo. Missing from the photo are: Trygve S. Aamlid and Edwin Roald.
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Multifunctional Activities on Nordic Golf Courses: A Survey
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Multifunctional golf courses are an untapped resource. These can help increase the societal benefits of golf if operations are run with a holistic perspective in which the efficient use of green areas and public interest in nature and recreation are central. In 2017, a survey was carried out to gather information from Nordic golf courses about multifunctional activities at today’s clubs. There are a lot of good examples in the report!
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What’s the meaning of IPM on golf courses?
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According to the writer of the article, Trygve Aamlid, it is all about growing healthy, disease-resistant and stress-tolerant grass plants that together form high performance playing surfaces. IPM is the oldest and most comprehensive of STERF’s research programs. Read it!
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Video about biodiverse roughs
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The project "From dense swards to biodiverse roughs" have produced a great short video, talking about how to use cutting regimes, soil amendments, seed addition and hemiparasitic plants to reduce grass dominance and improve biodiversity in your roughs.
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Article - Fairy rings
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Read the article on fairy rings that helps you identify and choose measures to treat the turf.
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STERF yearbook 2017
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In STERF yearbook 2017 you will get a summary of important events during the last year, more information about STERF´s activities and get an up-date of STERF´s ongoing projects.
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