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Central Park, The Davis Center

Compost Products

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Our TurfDress Compost had a pivotal role in transforming the landscape in the north end of Central Park. The Davis Center cumulated from decades of commitment from the Central Park Conservancy to give New Yorkers a world-class public space. The section returns to the community with a welcoming, accessible facility seamlessly integrating into the restored park landscape. Visitors can now walk the restitute Harlem Meer shoreline, swim in the state-of-the-art pool, enjoy the ice rink and multi-use turf field. The space also has year-round programs including fitness and wellness activities, cultural events, and youth programs.

TurfDress Compost was installed to enrich the soil surrounding the revitalized pool, rink, and expansive lawn area. This help create a thriving, healthy landscape for visitors. As the local blender for rooflite™, we also custom-blended a M3 lightweight media for the green roof. Designed to seamlessly blend in with the surrounding park, it is Central Park Conservancy’s most significant capital project to date. The Big Apple’s newest, innovative landmark restores and reconnects the landscape of the north end of the Park and will continue to do so for decades more.

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The Radnor Hunt Race Meet is one of the most prestigious stops along the spring Steeplechase horse racing circuit. With nearly $200K of purse money on the line and the most elite horses racing, the safety and condition of the race course is of utmost importance. The National Steeplechase Association rates the condition of all their race courses on the circuit and Radnor consistently scores 10 out of 10, in both turf quality and soil density. This is because the race director invests in seeding, aerating, and compost topdressing every year.

Compost amended soils promote a deeper, healthier root structure for turf which provides shock absorption and helps prevent divoting and shearing of the turf. This results in preventing slips, falls, and soft tissue injuries not only for horses, but human athletes as well. 

Charles Fitzgerald of Grass Management, is known as a wizard of turf and at Radnor, he prefers to topdress with Laurel Valley Soils TurfDress Compost. The flowability of the compost through his topdressing equipment, along with proven results, makes this compost Charlie’s choice for large sports turf applications.

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Celebrating its fifth year, Bartram’s Garden has produced over 12,000 lbs of food, has held 60 affordable weekly farm stands, and has distributed over 80,000 vegetable transplants through the PHS City Harvest Program to over 130 farms and gardens throughout Philadelphia.

The Bartram staff works alongside 22 paid high school interns and 45 local families. Many of the people Bartram’s works with are low income residents who would otherwise not have access to healthy food choices or a connection to the land from which their food comes from.

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Mill Creek Farm is an educational urban farm in West Philadelphia that is in part supported by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Their mission is to improve local access to fresh, chemical-free produce at a low cost for the immediate Mill Creek community and surrounding neighborhoods. MCF is located in West Philadelphia, in what is considered a “food desert”, and defined as “an inhabited area where there is no access to fresh, healthy food.”

The Mill Creek runs under the land MCF works on today and was enclosed in a sewer over 100 years ago. Housing was built on fill that turned out to be unstable. The subsiding land compromised the structures, which were eventually torn down in the 1970s. Since that time, there has been a community garden on the western portion of the block, but the eastern portion sat vacant collecting trash and weeds.

In August 2005, the Philadelphia Water Department awarded 1.5 acres of vacant land at 49th and Brown Streets, on which to start the project. The land MCF was given had shallow and depleted soils. Laurel Valley Soils Premium Compost was rototilled into the existing site soils to create in-ground growing beds. These compost amended soils have been yielding bumper crops ever since.

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Topdressing turf in conjunction with aeration and overseeding is an excellent way to lighten the soil and reduce compaction, which in turn increases both water absorption and moisture retention. Applying Laurel Valley Cyclone Compost also provides organic slow-release nutrients, rich amounts of organic matter and beneficial soil biology. When the health and safety of family, pets and the environment is top priority, compost is the best all around all-natural turf management tool available.

Laurel Valley’s Cyclone Compost was specifically designed for use with blower trucks. It is lightweight, friable and flows through the hopper and hose without clogging. Utilizing a mulch blower truck is the most efficient way to topdress turf for large acreage projects, as well as being handy in residential communities when working in tight spaces between trees, houses and driveways.

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