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Course Description: AEC Daily: Green Turfgrass: Sustainable Practices, Innovative Solutions, and Selection Strategies for Warm-Season Natural Grass
This course is designed to educate and raise awareness among landscapers and architects to assist them in making correct turfgrass selections for their projects. The focus is on warm-season sod turfgrasses suited for the southern and midsection tiers of the United States. The selection criteria and best practices for sodding and maintaining turfgrass are reviewed, along with an introduction to proprietary cultivars designed to offer improved aesthetics, greater tolerances, and fewer inputs.
Discuss the environmental benefits of turfgrass, including producing oxygen, capturing CO2, supporting thriving ecosystems, and filtering pollutants for improved air quality.
State the selection criteria for turfgrass to enable landscapers and architects to facilitate the best choices and results in landscape projects while satisfying sustainability objectives.
Review the types of proprietary warm-season cultivars designed to improve drought resistance, shade tolerance, and pest and disease resistance using less water, fertilizer, and pesticides.
Summarize the best practices for sodding and maintaining turfgrass.