LTL Landscaping offer a comprehensive package of works for grass sports surface Construction or the Renovation & improvement of existing sport facilities.

For over 24 years we have worked within the sports turf industry gaining a wealth of knowledge on projects across the UK.

Construction:
A full package of works is available for the creation of new grass playing surfaces.

• Bulk Earthmoving & Site Levelling
• Stone Burying & Cultivation Work
• Grass Seeding
• Turf Laying
• Aftercare Maintenance: Grass Cutting, Spraying, Fertiliser Application.

Renovation:
Renovation & Re-construction works for the improvement or re-developing of existing areas.

• Site Levelling & Re-modelling
• Stone Burying , Soil Conditioning / Soil Renovation
• Re-seeding & Re-turfing
• Aftercare Management & Advice
• Verti-drain De-compaction, Slitting & Aeration
• Overseeding
• Fertiliser Application & Herbicide Spraying
• Seasonal Renovation Work

We are skilled, experienced and equipped with modern specialist machinery to deliver quality services tailored to your individual requirements.

Visit our Gallery or view our Case Studies below for further details of Natural sports turf projects.

Case Studies

Lincoln Gardens Primary School, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.

Renovation:  Chafer grub treatment, Stone burying Cultivation, levelling & re-seeding works. Growing-in maintenance.

In Spring 2014 we were contacted by the Business manager at Lincoln Gardens Primary  School as the existing school playing field had become unsafe to use.

Years of  mole activity as well as a recent Chafer grub infestation had left the field covered in localised low / high spots and bare areas making it too uneven for football and field sports. After providing a detailed specification and costings we were appointted to deal with the Chafer grub probelm and then spray off the remaining grass, plough under the old turf, cultivate, level and re-seed a new surface.

        Work began Mid July after successfully  treating the Chafer grub infestation. Grass seeding was completed a week later and following a wet spell the new surface was ready for its first cut after only 6 weeks on 20th August.

      We carried out a further 4 cuts, fertiliser application, selective weed spray and then the area was ready for handover.

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Dashwood Primary School, Banbury , Oxfordshire

New Conctruction.

LTL Landscaping were sub-contracted to Stepnell Construction during the building of a new primary school on the site of the old cattle market in Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Our brief was to  stone bury & cultivate, level,  grass seed and manage the aftercare maintenance of the new school sports field ready for use .

Work began early June, following  5 cuts, fertiliser application and a selective weed treatment  the area was handed over to the client for the opening of the school Autumn 2008.

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HMP Featherstone

New Build Rugby Pitch and Landscaping, Wolverhampton

Spring 2009 Links Turf Layers were subcontracted by O’Brien Contractors to prepare and turf a new rugby pitch at HMP Featherston , Wolverhampton. The new playing surface some 10,000m was a rootzone based construction .

We were contracted to cultivate, prepare and level the surface, supply and lay turf, water and manage the turf until handover.

The pitch surrounds were stone buried and seeded along with reinstatement seeding around a new MUGA in another section of the prison grounds. We subsequently provided grass cutting, fertiliser application and herbicide application for all seeded and turfed areas until handover of the completed facility.

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Winterton Town Council 2010

Sports Field Renovation

During June 2010 we were contacted by Winterton Town Council, a large section of the Newport Drive playing field was unsafe for play due to the large amount of stones in the playing surface.

We created a specification and costing for spraying off the existing area, ploughing, power harrowing, levelling, stone burying and re-seeding the 8400m² . Work began on site late August and seeding was completed by 6th September.

Rolling & Autumn fertiliser application were done during late October. First cut & collect was made late March, then Spring fertiliser application followed by a selective herbicide treatment. Second and third cuts were made before handing the area over to the Client early May.

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Eastwood School , Leigh on Sea Essex

New Build Athletics facility & Infield Area

Early 2011 LTL Landscaping were appointed as subcontractors for a project at Eastwood School in Essex.

O’Brien contractors were acting as Principal contractor on a “Design & Build” contract for the construction of a synthetic “Mondo” 6 lane, 400m IAAF and UK Athletics track with associated field activities.

The Infield area also includes a full size FIFA compliant football pitch.

As subcontractors we were responsible for the cultivation, preparation , levelling and seeding of all infield areas, outfield and perimeter reinstatement.The total seeding works were some 17,500m²

Originally the project with preparation, turf supply & laying specified came in over budget. However our grass seeding, expertise and equipment enabled us to offer an alternative seeding solution to reduce costs and bring the contract value within the Client requirements, without compromising the quality of the end product.

We began work on site on 06/05/2011, completing all cultivation and seeding works by 27/05/2011.

First cut & collect was made on 07/07/2011, followed by a fertiliser application and 2 more cuts.

The site was handed over to the client and their maintenance crew on 23/07/2011. Just over 10 weeks from the seeding date.

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KLASSIC, Kirton In Lindsey

New community sports field

During May 2011, we were contacted by a representative of KLASSIC, (Kirton Lindsey Actively Supprting Sport In Community) to provide specification and costing details for the creation of a community sports field area which would provide 4 football pitches.

The 10 acre site had been bought for the community some years previously, having established a car park area and roughly seeding a section of the main field for football, the project had not progressed any further due to lack of funding.

During Spring 2011 the KLASSIC project had now secured the required funding to take the project into its next phase, levelling, stone burying and seeding the entire 8.5 Acres ( 34,000m2 ) designated for football.

O’Brien Contractors were subsequently contacted to survey the site and prepare a model & costings for levelling and earthworks once the entire areas had been sprayed, ploughed and power harrowed to create a “blank canvass”.

O’Brien Contractors were appointed to undertake the earthworks and laser levelling early June 2011. Links Turf Layers started work on site12th June.

Localised levelling, stone burying and seeding works were completed on 28 June 2011.

First cut was made on 29 July 2011. This was followed by a fertiliser application, selective herbicide treatment and grass cutting visits (cut & collect) every 7 to 10 days.

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We offer a range of associated services for  sports field maintenance and  renovation.

• Stone Burier Machine Hire- The RotaDairon® Stone Burier / Soil Renovator is the benchmark for stone buriers and quality soil preparation. We have these machines available to hire with a tractor & operator.

Further details on our web site : www.stoneburier.co.uk

• Spraying - Spraying, ATV, and knapsack application, selective and non selective total kill herbicide treatment for lawns, sports areas and paddock land.

• Fertiliser Application - Tractor-mounted or pedestrian spreaders for seasonal treatments or as part of our growing in maintenance on new surfaces. We can supply and apply Spring, Summer, Autumn granular fertiliser, controlled release fertiliser.

• Verti Drain - Aeration & compaction relief for sports pitches.

                                            

                                           

• Overseeding - Overseeding sports pitches with tractor-mounted BLEC Disc seeder ( slit seeder), usingBarenbrug seed.