Published Articles

 

Celebration

Summer 2010: The Florida Green
No-Till Celebration

January 2010: Landscape Management
Expanding Into New Turf

November 23, 2009: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Manatee Selling Its Turf Abroad

April 2009: Southern Living Magazine
Picture a Greener Lawn

April 16, 2009: Islandpacket.com
Harbour Town Golf Links Made Up of Seven Different Types of Grass

April 2008: Australian Turfgrass Management
Inside Augusta National

March 11, 2008: San Marcos Daily Record
Spring Has Sprung

January 22, 2008: The News-Press
Island Coast High School goes up quickly

October 6, 2007: The News-Press
Time to tee off at Coral Oaks

October 6, 2007: HeraldTribune.com
A home game, at a new home

September 19, 2007: The News-Press
Bonita Elementary students thank Bonita Bay and others for new field

September 16, 2007: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Stadium Jumping making $1 million in improvements to arena

June 11, 2007: The News-Press
Eagles have big plans for stadium 
 
July/ Aug 2006: Florida Turf Digest
Celebration . . . a Bermudagrass that Can Do it All

Jan/ Feb 2006: Florida Turf Digest
Turfgrasses for Florida Lawns . . . Are You Stuck in Floratamville?

March/ April 2005: North Carolina Turfgrass
Turfgrass Center Report: What's New with Bermudagrass

May 2004: The Tampa Tribune, Tampa Bay, FL
Rooting for Tough Turf

Spring 2004: The Lawn Institute
The Quest for Less Thirsty Turf

 

EMPIRE Turf

February 2010: Parks and Rec Business
Selecting Sod

January 2010: Landscape Management
Expanding Into New Turf

November 23, 2009: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Manatee Selling Its Turf Abroad

April 2009: Southern Living Magazine
Picture a Greener Lawn

April 16, 2009: Islandpacket.com
Harbour Town Golf Links Made Up of Seven Different Types of Grass

August 7, 2008: Ft. Myers News-Press
Mediterra experiments with grass

June 1, 2008: HeraldTribune.com
Gardens create modern simplicity

May 2, 2008: Worldgolf.com
EMPIRE Turf meets FGHB's standards for drought-tolerant turf

November 30, 2007: Bradenton Herald
New college seeks greener landscape ideas for Florida

October 31, 2007: The Villages Daily Sun
Villages working to use less water

April 18, 2007: Orlando Sentinel
A Zoysia Revolution

April 1, 2007: Palm Beach Post
EMPIRE Zoysia's lack of thirstiness makes it goodchoice

March/April 2007: Florida Turf Digest
Zoysiagrass for Florida Lawns: A Passing Fancy or Here to Stay?

March 17, 2007: St. Pete Times
EMPIRE strikes back at lawn woes

August 5, 2006: The Tampa Tribune, Tampa Bay, FL
Laying Down The Lawn

June 15, 2006: The East Coast Observer, Bradenton, FL
Schroeder-Manatee's EMPIRE grass earns state recognition

Jan/ Feb 2006: Florida Turf Digest
Turfgrasses for Florida Lawns . . . Are You Stuck in Floratamville?

Spring 2004: The Lawn Institute
The Quest for Less Thirsty Turf

December 18, 2003: Bradenton Herald, Bradenton, FL
EMPIRE Zoysia is challenging St. Augustine

 

Palmetto

January 2010: Landscape Management
Expanding Into New Turf

April 2009: Southern Living Magazine
Picture a Greener Lawn

April 8, 2008: The Town Talk
Gill: Alternatives to grass under trees

Jan/ Feb 2006: Florida Turf Digest
Turfgrasses for Florida Lawns . . . Are You Stuck in Floratamville?

 

Sapphire

April 2009: Southern Living Magazine
Picture a Greener Lawn

Nov. / Dec. 2005: Florida Turf Digest
FSGC Signs Unique Joint Release Agreement for Sapphire™ St. Augustine


Captiva

April 2009: Southern Living Magazine
Picture a Greener Lawn

October 24, 2008 : Landscape Management
UF develops new St. Augustinegrass variety

September 20, 2008 : St. Petersburg Times
Chinch bugs won't make a home here

May/June 2008 : Florida Turf Digest
Release of "Captiva" St. Augustinegrass


Bella

January 2010: Landscape Management
Expanding Into New Turf

January 2010: Realtor Magazine
How's That View?

April 2009: Southern Living Magazine
Picture a Greener Lawn

March 2009: Turf Magazine
Shaking Things Up: Bella Bluegrass brings sprigging to cool-season turf farms

October 23, 2008 : Ft. Morgan Times
Graff's Farms to offer new breed of turfgrass