With more than 230 exhibitors displaying thousands of products – many of them new and on show for the first time – this year’s SALTEX (Sports Amenity & Landscape Trade Exhibition) show at Windsor Racecourse (September 2-4) offers the perfect opportunity to see first-hand what's new to the grounds-care sector.
The event also offers local government decision-makers a host of FREE education sessions, including:
An open workshop on ‘The state and future of UK parks - exploring the public benefit of parks, new ways of using the spaces and alternatives to the traditional local authority parks service model’. Presented by The Parks Alliance and chaired by Andrew Gill, president-elect, Institute of Horticulture, the debate’s panellists will include Heritage Lottery Fund parks consultant Peter Neal, author of the report ‘State of the UK’s Public Parks’.
A ‘Question Time’ style open debate on ‘The control of pests, weeds and diseases in the amenity sector’. Chaired by John Moverley, chair of the Amenity Forum, the panellists will include Will Kay (Languard), Leo de Montaignac (Weedingtech), Paul Singleton (BASIS Registration) and Nick von Westenholz (Crop Protection Association).
A series of ‘Tree planning and establishment’ seminars will be presented by Rhoderic Taylor, consultant and Fellow of the Arboricultural Association and Julie Sadler, Arboricultural Association member, Level 3 Arboriculture Examiner and a Local Government Arboricultural Officer, planning department.
Also, the daily seminar on ‘Outdoor Fitness Equipment Safety Standards’ will highlight the developing safety standard relating to permanently installed outdoor fitness equipment. EN 16630, due to be published and adopted by the UK early 2015, will be of critical interest to everyone involved in the likely purchase of such equipment, especially local authorities, parish councils and community operations. This session will be presented by Rob Davies, committee member of TC/136/WG26 – the European Safety Standards Committee responsible for formulating EN 16630 – and technical manager, Wicksteed Leisure.
These invaluable sessions will be complemented by the daily Ask the Expert face-to-face schedule where groundscare industry experts will be offering FREE one-to-one advice sessions on every sports surface, including football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf and bowls.
Plus there will be workshop-style panel debates featuring some of the country’s leading grounds professionals and covering issues such as ‘coping with high use and high wear, plus drainage issues and irrigation.
Visit www.iogsaltex.com for full details, including information on the thousands of products on display, and to register for SALTEX for free.
