Overcoming saline water and a coastal location, Mandurah, south of Perth, is now home to a spectacular two hectare community and sports area of Village Green turf after a rapid transformation this year, which saw bushland and a bedraggled school oval turned into an active open green space within three months. Mandurah, south of Perth, used to […]

Overcoming saline water and a coastal location, Mandurah, south of Perth, is now home to a spectacular two hectare community and sports area of Village Green turf after a rapid transformation this year, which saw bushland and a bedraggled school oval turned into an active open green space within three months. Mandurah, south of Perth, used to […]

Sport has been played at Sydney Grammar School since one of its most prominent alumni, Australia’s first Prime Minister, Sir Edmund Barton, was the school captain in 1864-65. A keen cricketer, his captaincy coincided with the introduction of overarm bowling when England great WG Grace was making the game his own. Much has changed about the sport, […]

There’s a common misconception that grass should not be laid during an Australian winter but the reality depends on the variety of turf being planted. Like that thoroughbred racehorse that thrives in the wet, Village Green is the most winter active and successful of the drought tolerant lawns. Village Green is also one of the hardiest […]