Sport & Leisure

There is no better surface to play many sports on than natural grass. It can be managed to produce a range of surfaces – from golf greens and tennis courts to race tracks and rugby pitches – each made of a different and specific mix of grasses.

Children feel the urge to roll down grassy banks; people love to picnic in parks. Vibrant green grass can lift the spirits. A world without grasses would be brown and unimaginable.

England’s ‘lucky’ ground?

Maybe England should have kept on playing at Dunedin in the Rugby World Cup, as they struggled to retain their form once they moved north to Auckland to face Scotland, after three relatively easy wins on South Island.