AD INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER TURF NEWS MAGAZINE
Barenbrug USA ……………..........................……...…... Back Cover Brouwer Kesmac ………………….........................................… 34-35 Bucyrus Equipment Company, Inc. ……..… Inside Front Cover, 27 Cameron Financial ………………....……………...………….…… 61 Compass Minerals …………...............………....…………………… 3 First Products, Inc. ………………....……………………………… 29 KWMI …………………………………………………..….….. 54, 61 Landmark Turf & Seed ………………...................…….....…..…… 5 Magnation Water Technologies ..............………............………… 31 Northwest Tillers ………………………..…………………………. 25
Progressive Turf Equipment, Inc. ….…….....................….....…… 57 R & R Products ………………..................…………………...…… 58 TAMANET (USA) …………..............…..………………………. 42 Te Lawn Institute …………....................…….………………. 39, 61 Te Turfgrass Group …………..…………………………….….…. 21 Trebro Manufacturing …………...................……………………. 8-9 Turf Tick Products B.V. …..……………….....….. Inside Back Cover Turfgrass Information Center …………………….…………….…. 61 Turfgrass Producers International ………….……..….. 12, 47, 58, 61
'GRASS ROOTS' EXHIBIT SEEKS FUNDING By Kevin Morris
We are trying to raise money to keep the ‘Grass Roots’ exhibit maintained at the National Arboretum. If we cannot reach our goal for this year ($50,000), we will not be able to continue maintenance, pay staff, as well as continue the other projects which we are working on to inform and educate the public, regulators and government officials about turfgrass and its benefits.
We hope that each of you can take this message to your local, state and regional turfgrass and other associations and ask them to consider a donation (any amount is much appreciated.) Here are a few facts about ‘Grass Roots:’
1. Located at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC (two miles from the U.S. Capitol). The Arboretum sees about 500,000 visitors per year … we conservatively estimate 50,000+ people have visited 'Grass Roots' since its opening in October 2014.
2. The National Arboretum is a USDA-ARS facility but 'Grass Roots' maintenance is funded entirely by the turfgrass industry.
3. We have entertained many groups at 'Grass Roots' including: landscape architects, native plant societies, garden clubs, school and youth groups, and others, including EPA Water Sense staff.
4. Many workshops have been conducted by Geoff Rinehart at the Arboretum site, as well as off site at garden club meetings, extension seminars and other events.
5. We are constructing another 'Grass Roots' site at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, MD, which will open this fall. The MD SoccerPlex has 24 fields and hosts about 650,000 visitors per year.
6. We also have other possible sites as well, at well known, heavily visited locations.
TPI Turf News September/October 2016
Here’s the link to our funding campaign. Learn more about what 'Grass Roots' is about!
https://fundly.com/keep-grass-roots-growing#
'Grass Roots' Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/NTFGrassRootsInitiative/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/Grass_Roots_NTF
Tanks in advance for your help! Kevin Morris is president of the National Turfgrass Federation, Inc. (NTF) and executive director of the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP).
Photo courtesy of 'Grass Roots'
7. We were just recognized by USDA-ARS as one of their 25 top accomplishments in 2015
http://www.ars.
usda.gov/is/discoveries/scientificdiscoveries.pdf (p. 18).
8. Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move/Let’s Read” campaign came to 'Grass Roots' on Friday, August 5th
http://www.serve.gov/site-page/lrlm http://blog.ed.gov/topic/lets-read-lets-move/.
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