Category: Greenhorizons

We’ve all been there before… You complete a backyard renovation with some Premium Kentucky Bluegrass Sod from Greenhorizons. The sod looks magnificent when you leave, but you revisit the site one week later only to realize that the homeowner didn’t keep up with the necessary watering! The sod has turned brown and is dying, beyond…

Believe it or not, Greenhorizons‘ fields do more than grow sod for your properties. These grassy planes actually host model planes from time to time. You read that right! Model planes fly around high above our sod fields! Members of SOGGI head out to our sod field on Halidbrook Road to take full advantage of…

This article was guest-written by GloryBee. Over the years, honey bee populations have been declining rapidly. Pesticides, habitat destruction, and climate change have all impacted the bee populations immensely. Without the help of humans, bee populations will continue to deplete. So let’s take a closer look at why bees are so important for the planet…

Greenhorizons is not just a sod farm. We are a community. As such, we work extremely hard to help support great causes in our area. There are more uses for our farm fresh sod than you might think! For instance, Come Alive Outside and Habitat for Humanity provided us with some great opportunities to give…

Learning Sod Machines Here at Greenhorizons Sod Farms, we’re all about sod education. We simply love to pass on knowledge; whether we’re educating our customers about how to properly install sod and plant veggies, or we’re educating the next generation about machines and how they work. Grade School Field Trip Recently, our Hamilton location had…

Bernie Arbour was a prominent Hamilton police sergeant, as well as the director of Hamilton youth baseball from 1948 until 1967, when he sadly passed away at the age of 46 from cancer. Since his death, we remember him through the 1970 construction of the Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium. The Stadium is home to the…

Greenhorizons Sod Farms was built on over 200 years of Ontario agricultural experience. Since farming is largely dependent on communities, any family who has farmed for 200 years is going to develop deep community ties. We have always held community support in high regard, jumping at the opportunity to sponsor local events, especially when they…

Everyone’s heard the old joke by now: what do you do if you don’t like the spring weather in Southern Ontario? Wait ten minutes. It’s true that the weather patterns have been getting downright weird in the past few years. More than ever, it’s important to abide by the conventional wisdom that says don’t “plant…

At Greenhorizons Sod Farms, we are committed to donating to a number of charitable organizations. Today, I want to talk to you about our donation history with a school that is near and dear to my heart: Calvin Christian School in Hamilton. As a member of the Calvin Christian Alumni, I love to talk about…

Since inception in 1975, Greenhorizons has been seeking the most effective methods for installing, rejuvenating, and maintaining high performance turf. Thanks to European ingenuity in the mid 90’s, we were able to incorporate an incredibly valuable tool into our arsenal of turf care: fraize mowing. Addressing the layer of thatch on grass is an essential…