F from Duncan Ross , wetland habitats at Aberdovey Golf Club continue to flourish .
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Further work at the Aberdovey Golf Club sees Wetland Habitats continue to Flourish
ollowing on from extensive drainage works
F from Duncan Ross , wetland habitats at Aberdovey Golf Club continue to flourish .
Nine tees have been built and drainage to all the tees is now complete . These are already showing building on the progress made over previous years , to complete drainage schemes while protecting existing wetland habitat and encouraging more .
Aberdovey had suffered from increasing course closures since 2005 due to many drainage and water management related issues . However , the approach taken by the golf club and the work completed by Duncan Ross was awarded the STRI Outstanding Environmental Project of the Year in 2021 , with benefits still being seen today .
David Tomkinson , Greens Chairman at Aberdovey Golf Club , explains : “ Duncan Ross conducted a major clearance of the ditches on the Golf Course in 2018 / 19 , a programme of work consented to by Natural Resources Wales , as the course lies within the DYFI SSSI . The water table was lowered to improve the playability of the course , while barriers were put into the ditches to maintain a water level in dry spells to maintain the wet conditions required by a rare plant , lesser water plantain .
Banks of a number of ditches were widened to allow more light to reach the ditch bases , which , together with the reed clearance , led to more favourable growing conditions for the plantain .
46 GroundskeepingJournal . co . uk | May / June 2024