Leading the way - why Carbon Grasses?

Below are just some of the reasons why these new & unique grasses are becoming the choice of forward-thinking, Climate Change & cost-conscious Local Authorities Landscape Architects, Project & Maintenance Managers, Architects, Landscapers & Gardeners.
  • BENEFITS INCLUDE:
  • 300% more atmospheric carbon sequestration into the soil sink.
  • Requiring an average of 40% less cutting (enabling sustainable 40 long-term cost savings)
  • Creating carbon credits to off-set against ‘Carbon Footprints’.
  • Extrapolating the results of the 1st UK Carbon Audit of a Park, 300,000 Ha of grass would sequester 2m-3m tCO2 eq/yr.
  • Harder wearing – enhancement of the amenity.  
  • More disease & pest resistant.
  • 50 more drought tolerant – improved colour & water quality.
  • Contributing to the Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) agenda by enhancing natural drainage regimes to reduce surface water flooding.
  • These deeper rooted grass cultivars improve bank stabilisation.
  • Support enormous microbial diversity and biodiversity value of the environment.
  • Carbon grass enables improved air quality through atmospheric CO2 scrubbing 
  • & more

Unique, Flagship Carbon Grass Seed 
Mixes 2023

3 specially selected cultivar mixes to fulfill most landscaped infrastructure construction requirements

Low Maintenance Grass
1. LOW MAINTENANCE

– 60% perennial ryegrass (comprising 2 cultivars) 
– 25% strong creeping red fescue
– 10% hard fescue
– 5% brown top bent


APPLICATION & MANAGEMENT
– Sowing rate 25-40 g/m²
– Superb CO2 sequestration capability with low carbon emissions (low maintenance) makes this sward mixture a perfect complement to low carbon sustainable development projects. 

 
This universal landscaping mix is ideal for public green spaces where rapid establishment and low maintenance are considered beneficial.

2. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE  ‘Super Root’

Amenity grassland mix also suitably deployed on winter sports pitches.

– 30%tetraploid perennial ryegrass
– 30%perennial ryegrass
– 20%creeping perennial ryegrass (stoloniferous)
– 20% strong creeping red fescue


APPLICATION & MANAGEMENT
– Sowing rate: 30-40 g/m²
– Mowing height (will tolerate down to 12 mm).

This cultivar mix demonstrated exceptional drought tolerance during the 2019 ‘heatwave’.

Established swards significantly out-performed traditional permanent managed grassland areas and recovery (following prolonged drought) was significantly accelerated.

 

3. ROAD & RAIL

Verges, roundabouts, embankments and slope stabilisation applications.

– 25% perennial ryegrass ‘R450’
– 42.5% strong creeping red fescue
– 25% hard fescue
– 5% brown top bent
– 2.5% micro-clover


APPLICATION & MANAGEMENT
– Sowing rate: 25-40 g/m²

– Minimal mowing regimes (once annual, ‘spring cut’ annual sward growth).

This drought resilient sward will tolerate mowing down to 25 mm height.

 

This cultivar mix maintains road/rail green verges with exceptional CO2 sequestration capabilities, atmospheric particulate “scrubbing” rainwater entrapment/infiltration and (by virtue of the Micro clover) is “self-nourishing” in nitrogen requirements through the nitrogen fixing bacteria associated with Micro clover. 

2021 Award Winner

What we stand for

Sustainability

Before the current trend & focus on sustainability, our international team of experts have devoted years to pioneering the very best & most efficient environmental grass cultivars.

cost & time savings

Cost & Time Savings

Beyond the sustainability benefits we understand the corporate, Governmental & private need for efficiency, working on products that are proven to deliver both cost & time savings.

Innovation & Excellence

We work alongside DLF, the respected world leaders in grass science who have over 200 staff  of their 2000 employees) dedicated to researching the very best seed & science combinations.

The Result of Over 20 Years Research

 The result of over 20 years intense R&D by DLF, the world’s leading seed breeder, has enabled these unique & innovative Carbon Grass cultivars. They represent a paradigm shift in the performance of amenity grass mixtures with the combined benefits of saving time, money & the environment.

Example of Carbon Grasses at Citywest Business Campus, Dublin

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Get in Touch

For all enquiries, information & availability please email or phone using the contacts below....

Phone

Rob Donald   +44  (0)7803 526 379 

Email

carbongrasses@gmail.com

Carbon Grass Ltd
Twyford Lodge
Twyford
Bicester Road
Buckinghamshire
MK18 4EW



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