About Village Green

Meeting A Need

Village Green was specifically selected to meet the needs of the commercial turf market. These needs included:

Visually aesthetic public open space and playing fields.
Year round high performance playing fields and other sports turf areas.
Reduced environmental impact – less water, less fertiliser and less chemicals.
A highly adaptable turfgrass that can perform under varying soil types and climatic conditions.
A pure and genetically stable strain of kikuyu.

Current turf types fail to fulfill all these needs.

Developing a solution

To find a solution a series of selection trials were conducted from 2003 to 2008 around Australia comparing over 100 strains of male sterile Kikuyu. The stand out performer across all climates and conditions was Village Green. The testing involved taking measurements of growth rate, height, greenness, stolon thickness and root volume.

Grower evaluation was also undertaken to asses the ease of harvesting (roll consistency thickness and weight) and growth rate. Trials were conducted in harsh conditions with temperatures ranging from 40 degrees centigrade in the summer to minus 3 degrees in winter.

Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) for Village Green was granted by IP Australia in June 2008

Village Green has been developed in Australia for Australian conditions. There is no other Kikuyu that has gone through such a market driven rigours testing and selection program.

It is important to note that Village Green was specifically selected for traits that suit the commercial market and has been undertaken using scientific measurements and principles.

From this extensive research, Village Green stood out from the rest.