Leading players from the groundscare and green space sectors will take part in a ‘Horticulture Week’-hosted panel discussion at this year’s IOG SALTEX open space management show (Windsor, September 6-8).
Aimed at everyone involved in the maintenance of grounds and green space, the ‘How to Survive your Toughest Maintenance Budget Ever’ session (on Wednesday September 7) will explore practical options and positive solutions available to professionals who are having to cope with reduced maintenance budgets as a result of the tough financial climate.
The expert line-up includes Angus Lindsay, group head of assets and fleet at the Landscape Group; Richard Campey, founder and director of Campey Turf Care Systems; Dr Sidney Sullivan, green space consultant; and ‘Horticulture Week’ technical editor Sally Drury.
Topics to be covered will include cost-effective approaches to sourcing and managing machinery, refining pitch maintenance regimes to get the best from resources and how to prioritise budgets to support key facilities.
The session will include plenty of time for attendees to put questions to the panel and debate the issues.
The ‘Horticulture Week’ debate, ‘How to Survive your Toughest Maintenance Budget Ever’ is free to attend and takes place at 12.15 to 13.30 on Wednesday September 7 in Room 5, The Grandstand, IOG SALTEX, Windsor Racecourse.
Visit www.iogsaltex.co.uk for details of the full IOG SALTEX Education Programme.
IOG SALTEX 2011 (www.iogsaltex.co.uk) will be held on September 6-8 at Windsor Racecourse, Berks, and will embrace fine turf and sports surfaces, turf maintenance equipment, children’s outdoor play and safety surfacing, landscaping, contractors, commercial vehicles, outdoor leisure and facilities management, as well as software and security equipment. The show is attended by open space management professionals and contractors – from groundsmen and greenkeepers through to play officers, architects, designers and surveyors as well as local authority and outdoor leisure facility managers.
Organised by The Institute of Groundsmanship, the first IOG exhibition was staged in 1938, the forerunner to today’s IOG SALTEX Sports, Amenity & Landscape Trade Exhibition. Held annually at Windsor Racecourse, IOG SALTEX is the annual extravaganza for everyone who cares for and/or manages open spaces – including groundsmen, greenkeepers, contractors, local authority and leisure facility managers. The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) is the leading membership organisation representing grounds managers, groundsmen, grounds maintenance managers, greenkeepers and all others involved in the management of sports pitches, landscape and amenity facilities in the UK. As well as maintaining the IOG Performance Quality Standards and providing a consultancy service for sports grounds, lawn maintenance and amenity horticulture, the IOG’s extensive Training and Education programme includes cricket, football, tennis, horseracing, bowls, artificial surfaces, turf science and many other specialist subjects. For more information visit www.iog.org
Source: Wildish Communications Ltd for IOG Saltex
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