Amenity Turf

Amenity grassland surfaces are natural grass surfaces which can be defined as “all grass with recreational, functional or aesthetic value and of which agricultural productivity is not the primary aim”. Sports turf may also sometimes be classed as a type of amenity turf, although sports turf is excluded within the definition of amenity turf in BS7370-03. It is also referred to as amenity grassland. See also ‘Crop Definitions List’. This amenity grass definition can be further expressed as that which “improves the quality of an area by contributing to the physical or material comfort of users (as places to picnic, walk, engage in leisure pursuits etc), and which increases the attractiveness or value of its geographic location.”