Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
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Grass Control<br />
DO YOU WALLABY<br />
BE STARTING<br />
SOMETHING?<br />
Jim Fenton<br />
discovers the<br />
natural<br />
alternative to<br />
mowing<br />
Looking after an<br />
acre or two of turf<br />
is one thing,<br />
tending 200 acres is<br />
another. Which is why the owners<br />
of one of Britain’s greatest<br />
woodland gardens resort to other<br />
means than mower machinery.<br />
“We’ve used various machines<br />
over the years, including my<br />
favourite, a Dennis,” declares<br />
Robin Loder, whose family has<br />
tended the Grade 1 listed<br />
Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens for<br />
more than 150 years.<br />
“Given the acreages that we<br />
have to manage, we felt we had to<br />
look at other alternatives, which,<br />
bearing in mind that as a graded<br />
garden we have to maintain our<br />
environmental credentials, we<br />
believed offered a greener<br />
solution.”<br />
Any visitor to t<strong>his</strong> West Sussex<br />
paradise cannot fail to notice how<br />
closely cropped the grass is, even<br />
out of season. Whatever the<br />
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measures he’s adopted, they seem<br />
to work.<br />
“We’ve not seen a mower<br />
working in the grounds for years,”<br />
Robin confesses, who clearly<br />
doesn’t allow the grass to grow<br />
under <strong>his</strong> feet.<br />
His solution? Why, wallabies of<br />
course. A ‘mob’ of 50 of the cuddly<br />
marsupials, native to New Zealand<br />
and in appearance akin to a<br />
kangaroo, have enjoyed a<br />
permanent residence on site for as<br />
long as the Loder family itself.<br />
Walking through the upper<br />
reaches of the gardens, famed for<br />
their stunning displays of spring<br />
flowering trees and shrubs, such<br />
as rhododendrons, azaleas,<br />
magnolias and camellias, you<br />
realise what Robin means.<br />
Smooth enough for any of the<br />
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• Nationwide delivery at a time to<br />
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• Contracting service<br />
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Tel: 01724 855000<br />
email: info@countyturf.co.uk<br />
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