Grown & Mown Sports Turf Management

SPORTS TURF OPERATIONS

Starting as a sole trader business over a decade ago, Grown & Mown became a company on 1 January 2025 with the partnership between Bryce and Zac. With more than 35 years of combined greenkeeping experience, the business was created to deliver high-quality sports turf management across Brisbane and surrounding regions.

The company expanded rapidly within its first six months, employing additional staff to service growing contract hours across Brisbane, the Lockyer Valley and the Scenic Rim.

Sports turf management is multifaceted, and Grown & Mown’s mission is to combine research, industry experience and hands-on labour to provide clients with high-quality sports fields that meet everyday needs while also embracing advancements in turf management techniques, sustainable practices and innovative industry methods.

In late 2025, the team began searching for a small farm to develop into a turf farm for research and development purposes. After more than twelve months, they found the perfect opportunity with Duncan at All Turf Solutions. Sharing the same passion and dedication to the turf industry, Grown & Mown is committed to continuing the legacy of providing premium turf and personalised, old-fashioned service.

Strong professional relationships within the horticulture sector continue to support positive word-of-mouth, and collaboration with industry experts has helped establish Grown & Mown as a trustworthy and reliable operator.

Koro Recycling Dresser

This fast, cost effective, single pass renovation tool creates unparalleled soil fracturing to a depth of 150mm and produces 150 tonnes/Ha of topdressing with no extra equipment, manpower or logistical backup (such as delivery trucks).

Total soil fracturing, no need for importing & no waste, surfaces experience minimal disturbance, meaning no more build-up of perched layers. Its mode of operation is simple yet unmatched in our industry in terms of effectiveness & efficiency. The benefits gained are:

• 150mm de-compaction alleviation,

• Significant aeration and infiltration improvements,

• Black layer reduction,

• Re-activation of locked-up nutrients within the compacted soil profile,

• Vertical mixing effect,

• Creates 150 tonnes per hectare of topdressing,

• Blades are spaced at 200mm, with 10mm blades 5% of the surface area is removed.

• Mat and thatch removal is reduced by 5%.

• Surface levelling by filling up worn out & rutted low areas,

• Minimise surface hardness,

• Productivity rate of up to 2 hectares per day,

• Significantly faster than any conventional equipment.

“Recycle your assets, save money and the environment”

Top Dressing & Amendment Spreading

• Dakota 410 spin spreader

• 2 x Dakota 412 spin spreaders

• Vicon pendulum spreader

• Silvan spin spreader

• 2 meter box grader

• Tractor mounted spreader bars

• 6m3 Muck Spreader

Other Turf Equipment

• 2 meter and 3 meter Laser blade drag bucket

• New Holland C227 track skid steer.

• Harley power rake MX7

• Dingo mini loader, trencher & rotary hoe

• 1.8m rotary hoe

• Bleckavator 1.8m

• Power Harrows 3m

• Rippers

Over Seeding

The BLEC Multi Seeder 2 has been designed to carry out both over seeding and new seeding. The working principle is as follows;

• The Multi Seeder is a 3-point linkage unit equipped with 2 special cast spike ring rollers. Fitted with individual cast spike rings, which can revolve around an inner tube. Both rollers are mounted in a pivoting frame to allow both rollers to follow contours in the ground at all times.

• An adjustable link bar is fitted so the operator can adjust the front roller down lower for more penetration.

• The spike castings penetrate the ground, producing tapered holes ready to accept the grass seed. Both spike rollers punch approximately 1500 holes per square metre, saturating the surface with “flowerpot holes”.

• The seed hopper is fitted with a stainless-steel metering sections mounted in the bottom, which are adjustable via a screw adjuster and cam gauge, allowing seed rates of between 3-50gms/m2

• An agitator, either a steel rotor or rotary brush (for bent grasses) is driven via the front roll, to feed the seed through the holes. A hydraulic seed shut off mechanism is fitted for ease of operation.

• The grass seed is spread the full width of the machine, with seed falling in the holes and also in between. A drag brush sweeps the seed into the holes.

• The operation is made complete by a rear smooth roller which firms up the surface, pressing down the seedlings and an extra drag brush mounted behind the rear smooth roller for extra good seed incorporation.

• The Multi Seeder is designed for working on ground that is made soft, via moisture or aeration, to allow the spikes to penetrate.

Sport Field Resurfacing & Construction

We have the expertise and tools at our disposal to efficiently resurface & reconstruct sports fields to any standard. Our background in sports turf management and construction has been invaluable when working with high and low budget institutions. We can offer design, consultation, construction and total turnkey project management to suit your needs.

Sports Turf Operations have been working with local government councils in South East QLD & Northern NSW as well as many private companies to provide cost effective & high-quality sports field renovation solutions since we were founded in 2011.

Services include;

• Civil works & bulk earthworks.

• Laser and GPS control.

• Golf course construction & shaping.

• Irrigation installation & management.

• Drainage installation.

• Turnkey project management.