Lawn Care

I Love Turf supplies quality lawn care products to keep your lawn healthy and in a beautiful condition, all throughout the year. As one of the leading providers of turf and related services for Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and greater South East Queensland, we have an excellent selection of premium-quality products for you to select from and our lawn care experts are always on hand to provide you with informed advice and help you understand which of the products we supply best suits your specific requirements.

DIY Lawn

Lawn Care

Mowing

How To Lay Turf Properly | Step By Step Instruction Video

DIY Lawns

Learn how to lay turf properly, Step by Step

Preparing Your Soil For Your New Lawn

DIY Lawns

Preparing your soil properly is the most important aspect for a healthy lawn. Whether you hire a contractor, or do it yourself, this information will help you prepare your soil for your new lawn.

Lawn Care

Fertilising lawns in winter! – Is it more important than spring and summer fertilising?

Lawn Care

Most Australians have been fertilising at the wrong times of the year. Australia’s relatively warm winter climate and our change in turf types has been highlighted in research as a reason why we should be fertilising in winter and less in spring and summer. This research conducted by Ozbreed has shown that it is possible…

Choosing The Right Turf For Your Situation In Australia

Lawn Care

Choosing the right turf for your situation depends on a number of factors including, shade, frost, available water, desired maintenance, wear, salt, aesthetics, where you live and cost. This video will make choosing the right lawn for your situation far more easy. Whether its soft leaf Buffalo grass, Kikuyu Turf, Couch lawn, or Zoysia, the…

Watering And Fertilising Tips For Your Lawn

Lawn Care

In These watering and fertilising tips you’ll learn how to to make your lawn turf more drought tolerant, through better watering and irrigation techniques. Which Fertiliser is best for your lawn?

Watering and Fertilising Lawns

Lawn Care

This advice is for warm season turf types like Couch, Kikuyu, Buffalo and Zoysia lawns. It is not suitable for cool climate lawns such as Fescue, Rye Grass, and Blue Grass. In most parts of Australia it is important to water really deeply and less frequently. It is only in places like Perth with its…

Mowing

Lawn Mowing Tips

Mowing

There is a lot more to mowing your lawn than just pushing your mower. You need to get the height right in sun and shade, as well as removing just the right amount of leaf. Mowing in wet weather is easier if you know how, and learn how to de-thatch your grass with a lawn…

Weeds

Weed Control Fact Sheet

Weeds

The best two ways to prevent weeds is to mow regularly and choose a lawn like Buffalo or Zoysia that competes well with weeds. Broad leaf weeds have broad generally flat leaves and can be sprayed out of your lawn with chemicals such as Bromoximal MCPA, often sold under the brand Bindii Killer. If you…

Killing And Keeping Weeds Out Of Your Lawn

Weeds

Learn how to kill weeds with chemicals and natural non chemical methods. Broadleaf weeds and grass weeds often invade lawns, so knowing how to treat them is a real advantage.

Disease and Pests

Lawn Grub Information Sheet

Disease & Pests

Army Worm: Lawn Armyworm (Spodoptera maurita) are a major pest during summer and autumn, causing severe damage to turf grass surfaces where they attack leaves, stems and seed heads. Infestations in turf gradually extend outwards from gardens or higher cut turf areas as these plants are used as egg laying sites. Severe damage is predominantly…

Lawn Grub And Disease Control

Disease & Pests

The first step to solving your lawn grub and disease problem is proper identification. After that there are many ways to control and prevent them to make your lawn stronger so it can better handle these problems. From Army Worm to Fungus Disease, this Video will help you…

WARNING! Before You Attack Army Worm And Lawn Grubs Watch This Video

Disease & Pests

Lawn Grubs such as Army Worm in turf scares people BIG TIME, but this video explains how to control them, and gives tips on how to prepare your turf so they will cause less damage.

Nara

Nara – A New Variety of Zoysia Grass

Zoysia Nara

Nara – The True Australian Lawn Nara Native Turf is a new variety of Zoysia grass which has been bred in Australia. While most Zoysia lawn types are not originally native Australian grass varieties, the Nara strain has been developed here, and as such is often referred to as Native Nara Turf. Nara is a very…

Zoysia Lawn Considerations

Zoysia Nara

Who Shouldn’t Choose A Zoysia Lawn We understand that Zoysia will not be the best lawn for everybody. There are many considerations which homeowners need to consider before choosing their next lawn, and whether Zoysia will or will not be that lawn type will become apparent during each person’s own research. First will be the…

Characteristics of Zoysia Grass

Zoysia Nara

It may be an unusual lawn name, and in fact the name has been changed many times over the years. Known in past years by names such as Manilla Grass and Temple Grass, and other names – which all seem to sound like ornamental names, rather than names for home lawns. Today, Zoysia is taking…

The Different Types of Zoysia Grass

Zoysia Nara

Different Types Of Zoysia Grasses There are several different varieties within the Zoysia grass family, and each can have different strengths, weaknesses, suitability of climate and appearances. This article takes an general look into the most common Zoysia types used as lawns in Australia. Zoysia Matrella The Zoysia matrella family is most suitable for…

Why We Believe Zoysia Is The Best Lawn For Australia

Zoysia Nara

The Lawn Guide is putting a new focus onto Zoysia grass as the best lawn type for use in all the warmer regions of Australia. Here are all the reasons why we believe Zoysia should become the future dominant grass type in Australia. We also recognise that Zoysia will not be the preferred lawn for…

Zoysia For Roadsides and Median Strips

Zoysia Nara

Zoysia – The Great Choice For Low & Medium Use Government Areas This Zoysia article is directed once again at government, and specifically at the good people responsible for managing our roads and their accompanying nature strips, median strips, verges, roundabouts and every other area where they are responsible for planting and maintaining lawns and…

Converting Council Parks To Using Zoysia

Zoysia Nara

Time To Switch Our Parks To Zoysia We’re going to take a look at a typical Council park in suburban Australia. The park is planted with common Kikuyu, it has some shaded areas from some beautiful trees in the park, as well as a nice kids playground area. The park receives only minimal usage. So…

Australian Native Turf Does Well In USA

Zoysia Nara

Sold as Nara™ Native Turf in Australia, and Icon Zoysia in the USA, this humble Australian Native is making waves in the Southern US. It has taken off very quickly over there, maybe because they just saw it as another Zoysia with improved autumn and winter colour, and faster establishment. Here in Australia we saw…

Best Regions To Grow Zoysia

Zoysia Nara

Where Can I Grow Zoysia In Australia Zoysia grass does its very best in warmer weather climates where it will absolutely thrive, especially in humid climates. Many Zoysia grass types also grow very well right around Australia, but there are important differences between the different families of Zoysia, and differences within these families between the…

Nara Native Turf | The First And Only Australian Native Instant Lawn Turf

Zoysia Nara

Nara Native Turf is the first and only Australian Native Instant Lawn Turf available for homes, lawns, parks, roadside, and general amenity areas. Click the link to find out more about Nara… This Australian native grass is the perfect answer for people who want a native lawn for around native gardens, and it’s superior drought…

Buffalo

Dark green all year round. Quicker grow in.

Buffalo

When buying a lawn, most people want the darkest green lawn available. Prestige® turf delivers exactly that— the darkest green of any Buffalo. • It was bred from the popular Palmetto® Buffalo, retaining the benefits of excellent cold and drought tolerance and outstanding winter colour. • Unlike Palmetto® turf, Prestige® Buffalo has 20% faster growth,…

Prestige® Buffalo Turf – Darkest Green Buffalo

Buffalo

For those who desire the darkest green lawn in the street, Prestige® Buffalo is the one for you. Prestige® Buffalo has the darkest green colour all year round, coping with the cold climates and dry conditions in Australia.