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Future grass issues!

Good morning all,

Brain picking time 

Due to Covid, the campus where I manage the grounds are due to erect marquee's on a lot of the lawned areas.

 

My question is; what can I do if anything to mitigate damage?

I wonder if anyone has encounted a similar problem from festivals etc.

Regards

Tony 

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    A property where i used to work had approx two marquees a year which covered the whole lawn . Tennis court size , 

    The lawn was always cut short beforehand , for no logical reason .

    The marquee was only up for five days maximum so the grass never really suffered but i usually turned the sprinklers on after the the marque was taken away to revive the grass . 

    Main issue was finding cups ,wine glasses and bottles carelessly left in precarious places outside of the marquee 

  • We maintain a 'Wedding Garden', which will have 12-15 different marqees erected and taken down during the 'season', so the lawn gets quite a battering. 

    After the first year, I asked if they could give the various Marquee people some loose 'rules', to help us keep the lawn in some sort of order.  We asked that they erect no earlier than a Thursday and it MUST be taken down on the Monday.  Also, if at all possible, there must me a wooden floor, to let the grass 'breathe', as one company laid a plasic sheet directly on the grass, which was down for two weeks and virtually killed the grass off totally.

    So, in your case, suspended flooring would help greatly, depending on how long it is there for.

    It is relatively easy to reinstate, when all is cleared away.  

     

     

    • Thanks guys,

      I originally asked for flooring, as they are going to be up for the unforseen furure. It would be like a quagmire come autum.

      Many thanks again for the advice.

      Regards

      Tony

  • a matting where the entrance is when in use and lift when its not might help where the concentrated foot fall is 

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