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Lakewood School - Langford BC Lakewood School - Langford BC

For more information on turf & construction visit www.kinipela.ca

CONTACT:Office 250.590-8016 www.terraworxlandscape.com

Terra Worx also provides Turfgrass Cultural Practice's programs

such as,- Topdressing with sand- Aeration (solid or hollow tines)- Deep tining- Overseeding

Some of our Sports Fields

A.T. Gordon Sports Field - Langford BC A.T. Gordon Sports Field - Langford BC

North Saanich Middle School - Central Saanich BCNorth Saanich Middle School - Central Saanich BC

Terra Worx has the expertise and knowledge to build your

sports field to any specifications, we take great pride in our

ability to create a very successful turf project. The final

results will produce a healthy, dark green, dense turf canopy.

Careful considerations are given to;- Subgrade- Drainage- Irrigation- Root zone mix (growing medium)- Fertility & watering- Grow – in

Sports Field Construction

Subgrade is a very important first step, the field needs the ability to

move large volumes of water (rain storms) off the playing surface.

By shaping the subsurface to a 1% slope, either have a crown in the

middle of the field, then run the 1% to the field edges or have the

field appear to be flat and run the 1% from corner to opposite

corner. Later when we add the growing medium, it will mirror the

subgrade and the slope.

Is the “heart” of the whole sports field project, you want a growing

medium that will give the grassplant the best opportunity to grow and

survive in. Sports fields can fail due to compaction

and poor drainage, using large volumes of sand to

create a sandy loam mix will provide one of the best

growing environments. Using soils in the mix will

bring high silt, fines, and clay content which will

drastically increase compaction and leads to poor

drainage, loss of turf and weeds.

Subgrade

Drainage

Since most water that lands on the field (irrigation or rain)

will leave by gravitation pull, it's very important that this water

has somewhere to go once it has drained through the sandy

loam mix. Having drain lines trenched into the subgrade will

help to achieve this. A field that repeatedly reaches the

saturation point (after rain storms), will produce poor

playability & safety issues, maintenance problems, and

will have a negative effect on the growing conditions of

the grassplant.

An irrigation system is needed to maintain high

quality turf, this is very important during the

grow in stage (light & frequent applications) and

the on going life cycle of the grassplant. When

there are high volumes of groups using the field,

damage will inevitably occur, and having the

ability to turn water on to assist in recovery is

essential.

Irrigation

Root Zone Mix

Hydroseeding typically costs 50 – 80% less than using sod,

Costs associated with sod;- Shipping many sod pallets to location using tractor trailers.- A crew of 5-7 people for 2 days, for complete instillation.- Bobcat equipment to move sod pallets where needed on the field.- Reshaping & smoothing the surface damage, from labour and equipment movement.- Hours spent on clean up & removal of all left over sod material. Benefits of Hydroseeding;- Sprayed down & completed in the same day, by 2 professionals - All material is in spray tank, no hours needed for clean up- Root system is healthier and grows deeper- No layering of different soils - Very little disturbance to the field surface when being applied.- Fewer weeds

Hydroseeding