Written by: Albert Holmgeirsson
2021
Golf courses have an unexplored potential to contribute to ecosystem services. One such service is the conversion of grass-dominated roughs into flowering meadows that provide habitats for pollinating insects. For golfers, this may well be a win-win situation, with less dense roughs and more flowering plants making it easier to find the balls after wayward strokes, whilst increasing the aesthetic value of the course. From 2017 through 2020, Oslo GC is one of the hosts for the research project ‘From dense swards to biodiverse roughs’, funded by the Scandinavian Turfgrass and Environment Research Foundation (STERF). The aim of the project is to provide knowledge of management strategies to thin out the grass and enhance the diversity of flowering plants and pollinators.
