Welcome to Courtney Turf Supplies
Supplying only SIR WALTER Premium Lawn is a testimony of our faith in this product. Sir Walter not only is extraordinarily hard-wearing and resilient, its softness and natural deep green colour ensures you are not compromising appearance for practicality.
No matter what your situation, SIR WALTER will work better than any other lawn – in short – if SIR WALTER won’t grow there, nothing will.
Investing in a new lawn is an important decision for the appearance of your home. A beautiful lawn is paramount in creating an impact.
Now that you have chosen the right lawn, it is our goal to assist you to achieve your new lawn as simply and easily as possible. Your primary decision now will most likely be whether or not to attempt to install a new lawn yourself.
Our website has been specifically designed to help you make this decision. Whilst the D I Y approach might initially appear a daunting prospect, it is not as difficult as you might think – just follow our website step-by-step guidelines and informative webisodes, you’ll not only have the best lawn, but one that will grow with you and last for many years.
Always remember that lawn is the most constant and therefore the most important part of your yard – it not only lowers the temperature, it provides a pleasing, soft and aesthetic surface for all your social and recreational activities. Above all, if you have a beautiful lawn, you have a garden!
History
Buffalo grass has always been the traditional lawn grass for New South Wales coastal and warmer inland areas. However supplies found naturally occurring around the broader Sydney Metropolitan area were overrun by residential & industrial expansion by the 1950s. Hence old time turf cutters, like the Courtney's resorted to the low-lying areas of the Hawkesbury-Nepean system, where the naturally occurring grasses were couch and kikuyu. Hence in the 1960s when we began specifically growing lawn grass for the Sydney market, couch, and to a lesser extent kikuyu, was what we cultivated.
We watched lawn trends come and go but, when soft leaf buffalo appeared, its weed resistance, non-invasiveness and durability made it a practical and popular choice for the home lawn. However soft leaf buffalo has poor colour retention during the colder months and so many growers began cultivating new improved (and generally imported varieties) of soft leaf buffalo.
By now, having embraced soft leaf buffalo, but aware of its shortcomings, we observed diligently and patiently. When approached by Brent Redman with a new and as yet unnamed soft leaf buffalo, we knew our wait had been worth it. We can only say the ensuing success of SIR WALTER speaks form itself. Sir Walter is an Australian bred variety more suited to the harsh Australian environment.
