President's Choice Baseball Field
Greenhorizons Sod Farms was consulted during the planning stages of the Pan Am Games to help develop and build two world-class, high-performing natural turf baseball fields for the TO 2015 Pan Am Games.
Planning & Development for the Pan Am Games
Greenhorizons Sod Farms was consulted during the planning stages of the Pan Am Games to help develop a design concept to build two world class, high performing natural turf baseball fields that would perform at optimal levels during all weather conditions for the TO 2015 Pan Am Games.
An engineered sand growing medium was chosen for its agronomic benefits and for its ability to handle heavy traffic without compaction. Greenhorizons' GHG Soilless Ultimate Sports Turf System ™ was selected for the baseball fields, as was the use of ProXstablishment ™, Greenhorizons' Professional Turf Management System, to get the new natural turf surface off to a good start.
The Foundation of Performance
A look at how Greenhorizons built and established a world-class natural turf baseball field for the Pan Am Games, from the very first mow to the specialized equipment behind the scenes.
The First Mow
Not only did we build this field from the ground up, but we implemented our ProXstablishment program to ensure the field was completely established.
Overhead View
The perfect mow makes the perfect grid. Grass blades are pushed down by the rollers and the light will reflect differently!
Overhead View From Behind the Plate
We have a passion for turf and a passion for sport. We have combined our love of the two worlds and have become National Leaders in the sports turf industry.
Specialty Low-Compaction Spraying Equipment
Our in-depth knowledge of turfgrass enables us to formulate a fertilizer regime that guarantees a world-class result.
Approach, challenges & results.
Installation
Greenhorizons was consulted during the planning stages of the Pan Am Games to help design and build two world class natural turf baseball fields at Ajax's Audley Road Community and Sports Centre. The GHG Soilless Ultimate Sports Turf System ™ was installed over an engineered sand growing medium chosen for its agronomic benefits and its ability to handle heavy traffic without compaction.
Challenges
Poor weather delayed the construction process by 10 months, which meant the sodding and the establishment of the sod in the field needed to be completed during the hottest summer months of July and August.
Results
The fields have been in place and growing since the summer of 2014. The baseball natural turf fields saw world class action in 2015 with the Pan Am Games and received rave reviews from players and coaches.
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