A Brief History of Sir Walter Grass
Sir Walter grass turf has only been around since 1996 or 1997 and it has already gained tremendous market to become the most preferred lawn in Aussies back yard.
If you can recollect your memories when there was no Sir Walter grass, you will remember that your dad always preferred buffalo grass because it was tough, had good heat resistance and more importantly it required less watering. You might also recollect that those grass lawn was very slow to grow and you had to wait for at-least couple of months before you can start enjoying yourself on it. Once fully established, you might have enjoyed playing on it, but I am sure that you had bad rashes when you finally got out of it. As for your dad, I know that he always got disappointed during winters because of his well grown lawn losing its colour.
During the 1960's Australian had a cheap lawn solution in the form of Kikuyu grass. Despite being inexpensive, it was sort of wild, hard and fast growing grass, which tend to invade the garden beds and even nearby gardens. Because of such habit, it turned out to be a troublemaker for most of the Aussie gardeners. In fact, some states in the Australian eastern coast considered it to be dangerous weed, which is not only hazardous to the gardens, but also the buildings.
Aussies tried to look overseas for more suitable turfs, but eventually there was hardly any success. Most breed of overseas imported grass withered and died because of the tropical Australian weather. Finally, during the late 90's, with the introduction of Sir Walter turf, the Australian homes got an ideal turf for their back yards and front yards. Born and bred in Australia, Sir Walter soft leaf buffalo lawn was tender, yet tough to withstand heavy traffic. It was the perfect grass for the Aussie kids to run, play around and have great time, with no itch or rashes.
As far as the Aussie dads were concerned, they were happy too. Sir Walter lawn survived throughout the winters and still stayed green. Besides, it thrived in sun as well as shade and required less water. It also had the attributes to resist fungus, diseases, weeds and insects. Best of all, it required little mowing and fertilising compared to any other grass lawn available in Australia.
It's surprising that it's been only 15 years, and it has already covered more than 35 million meters of land in Australia. It proved to be an ideal grass turf for our tropical Australia weather and no doubt why it deserves the title of "Australia's Number 1 Buffalo Lawn."
If you can recollect your memories when there was no Sir Walter grass, you will remember that your dad always preferred buffalo grass because it was tough, had good heat resistance and more importantly it required less watering. You might also recollect that those grass lawn was very slow to grow and you had to wait for at-least couple of months before you can start enjoying yourself on it. Once fully established, you might have enjoyed playing on it, but I am sure that you had bad rashes when you finally got out of it. As for your dad, I know that he always got disappointed during winters because of his well grown lawn losing its colour.
During the 1960's Australian had a cheap lawn solution in the form of Kikuyu grass. Despite being inexpensive, it was sort of wild, hard and fast growing grass, which tend to invade the garden beds and even nearby gardens. Because of such habit, it turned out to be a troublemaker for most of the Aussie gardeners. In fact, some states in the Australian eastern coast considered it to be dangerous weed, which is not only hazardous to the gardens, but also the buildings.
Aussies tried to look overseas for more suitable turfs, but eventually there was hardly any success. Most breed of overseas imported grass withered and died because of the tropical Australian weather. Finally, during the late 90's, with the introduction of Sir Walter turf, the Australian homes got an ideal turf for their back yards and front yards. Born and bred in Australia, Sir Walter soft leaf buffalo lawn was tender, yet tough to withstand heavy traffic. It was the perfect grass for the Aussie kids to run, play around and have great time, with no itch or rashes.
As far as the Aussie dads were concerned, they were happy too. Sir Walter lawn survived throughout the winters and still stayed green. Besides, it thrived in sun as well as shade and required less water. It also had the attributes to resist fungus, diseases, weeds and insects. Best of all, it required little mowing and fertilising compared to any other grass lawn available in Australia.
It's surprising that it's been only 15 years, and it has already covered more than 35 million meters of land in Australia. It proved to be an ideal grass turf for our tropical Australia weather and no doubt why it deserves the title of "Australia's Number 1 Buffalo Lawn."
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