Soft Landscape

Plant cover, other than amenity grass and sports turf. A grounds manager will be responsible not just for sports and amenity grass surfaces but also a range of soft landscape areas which can significantly enhance the grounds environment. Soft landscape can be categorized according to the communities of plants present. BS7370 1993 ‘Grounds Maintenance: Part 4. Recommendations for maintenance of soft landscape (other than amenity turf)' identifies a wide range of categories, which will require managing accordingly, as follows: