The lawn and garden is a place of good times – and when partnering with us, you get high-quality lawn seeds adapted to impress any neighbourhood.
A lawn isn’t just a lawn. It is a place for recreation, for fun and for play. Finding the right grass for a lawn depends on the circumstances. Is the lawn in the shade of trees? Or perhaps it’s bathed in sunshine with no irrigation? Depending on the climate and the use of the lawn different solutions are needed.
To improve performance, we test our grass in all common climates and conditions - hot, cold, wet, dry, sunny, shaded. We're continually refining the range to increase hardiness and reduce maintenance.
In the consumer market we fulfill customer needs by offering innovative concepts in a variety of turf solutions via DLF brands, customer private labels and straight varieties to the wholesale market.
Resilient lawn solutions for a green and healthy lawn
The great variety of mixture in the Turfline® range covers every possible need for a lawn. Whether the need is for a drought and heat tolerant mixture, a mixture that beats the weeds or a mixture that has increase disease tolerance, the Turfline® range has the solution.
The Turfline® range covers every possible need for the consumer. Whether the need is for a drought and heat tolerant mixture, a mixture that thrives in shady areas or maybe a wear tolerant mixture for the family lawn – the Turfline® range has the solution.
Johnsons Lawn Seed grass seed mixtures represents excellence in lawngrass. Based on extensive consumer research, Johnsons Lawn Seed produces high-quality options tailored to the consumer’s individual requirements as well as to the changing weather patterns.
The Accelerator coating increases germination speed and gives up to 38% more grass in the first 7 days after sowing, and a faster establishment of your new lawn.
Quick Action® is developed to help lawn owners grow a greener, stronger and more sustainable turf – even in the most stressful conditions.
When you sow with SeedBooster® you do two jobs in one time-saving operation: the sowing of your seed and the dressing of nitrogen that usually follows.
With changing environmental and climatic conditions, lawn management has become more demanding. We offer grasses that can better handle spring and early summer drought.
With Microclover® you can grow a green lawn year round - with minimum effort. As one of the few plant species, clover is producing its own nitrogen fertilizer.
Climate change brings winners and losers. Among the winners are the fungal pathogens that cause turfgrass diseases. They thrive in our warmer, wetter climate. But no one’s giving up. We’re working to find more resistant varieties that keep disease at bay. This is the story of the northward march of the pathogens and the turfgrass screening programme that’s holding them back.
As the DP World Tour rolls into Furesø Golf Club in North Zealand in Denmark this weekend, it's not just the players who are performing at the highest level – the course is, too. And that’s no coincidence. Furesø Golf Club has taken a sustainable approach to course management and is now in its fifth consecutive year of pesticide-free maintenance.
As climate change reshapes the landscape of turf management, the 2025 International Turfgrass Research Conference (ITRC) in Karuizawa, Japan, emerged as a vital hub for innovation and collaboration. Over five days, the global turfgrass community gathered to explore how robotics, genetics, and sustainable practices are transforming the industry. From autonomous mowing and precision spraying to disease resistance, carbon sequestration, and climate-smart breeding, the conference highlighted the urgent need — and exciting potential — for a more resilient and sustainable turf future.
As Europe's top women footballers compete for glory in Switzerland this summer, they do so on a foundation built for elite performance: world-class turf, designed to endure the demands of professional play and deliver a flawless visual presentation – match after match. On five out of eight championship stadiums, the overseeding solution includes grass cultivars developed and produced in Denmark by DLF.
In search for sustainable urban landscaping solutions, microclover, when combined with turfgrass, is emerging as a popular and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional grass lawns. This tiny clover is gaining attention not just for its low maintenance needs and natural soil enrichment through nitrogen fixation but also for its significant contributions to urban biodiversity.
Microclover is a game-changer for the turfgrass sector – a clover that’s near-invisible in the sward, yet packed with beneficial characteristics. It’s a natural nitrogen-fixer while improving the green colour of turfgrass. Our plant breeder, Sabrina Rasmussen, talks about the excitement of developing improved varieties of Microclover.
Spring drought is a relatively new phenomenon caused by climate change. It’s one of the great challenges of keeping a lawn green and lush. Luckily, our stress-tolerant Quick Action® tetraploid perennial ryegrass varieties are ideal turfgrasses for coping with lower rainfall during spring.
Turf has to work harder these days. As the weather becomes increasingly unpredictable, players still expect year-round pitch use. The solution is 4turf®, a range of highly resilient, low-temperature turf varieties that make the turf manager’s job easier. And the time to overseed is now.
Few people have had as big an impact on turfgrass development as Christophe Galbrun, DLF breeder. We asked him about his life’s work and his motivations for tackling the tricky techniques that turned his intuitions for the drought-resistant potential of tetraploid grasses into a worldwide turfgrass phenomenon.
With a revenue of DKK 8.2 billion and an EBIT of DKK 433 million in the 2023/24 financial year, DLF presents results in line with expectations at today's Annual General Meeting in Nyborg. The result within the forage and turf seed business are satisfactory, especially considering the market and geopolitical challenges faced throughout the year.
Roskilde, Denmark – DLF Seeds A/S is proud to share that our Group CEO, Søren Halbye, has been appointed as the new President of Euroseeds, the leading organization representing the European seed sector. As the voice of the seed industry, Euroseeds represents over 30 national associations and thousands of seed businesses.
The results from the 2024 growing season are in, and grass seed supply is moving toward a healthier balance. To secure the seed you need, it's essential to plan ahead, as this market is filled with both risks and opportunities. Our market report explains why you should be talking to us at Euroseeds congress 2024 in Copenhagen.
The results from the 2024 growing season are in, and grass seed supply is moving toward a healthier balance. To secure the seed you need, it's essential to plan ahead, as this market is filled with both risks and opportunities. Our market report explains why you should be talking to us at Euroseeds congress 2024 in Copenhagen.
Not all lawns are sown equal. Some have a hidden component – one that reduces the need for fertiliser and irrigation while looking lush and green all summer long. These are the Turfline® Easy Green lawns containing Microclover® – the lawns that seem to look after themselves.
156 golfers, 80,000 spectators, and a prize pool of 15 million DKK—the stage is set for Denmark's largest golf event of 2024: the DP World Tour – Danish Golf Championship, taking place from August 22-25. This year’s tournament, part of the prestigious DP World Tour, brings together the world’s best golfers at Lübker Golf Resort. But what does it take for the greenkeeping team to prepare the course for 156 elite players and 80,000 fans?
This coming summer of top-class European football is a showcase for the expertise of groundsmen and plant breeders. Between them, they create the turf of superstars – the grass on which legends are made. We look into the work that goes into creating uniformity of performance across Europe’s football field of dreams.
As we enter the summer sports season, top athletes are gearing up to shine on golf courses and football stadiums. The demand for top-quality grass is high for the numerous sports events and tournaments, reflecting the widespread interest in following professional athletes.
If you still think of clover as an undesirable lawn intruder, it's time to think again because there’s now a clover that gives turf a green lift. Microclover® has been specifically developed to simplify turf management.
Successful sod producers know that turf-growing is not just about their needs. If the turf they produce doesn’t work for the professionals who lay and maintain that turf, or for the people who use it, it’s not doing the job. So what do turf managers and users want from a good sports turf?
A park or stadium without grass is a space without the fun and games. So anything that shortens the gap between sowing grass seed and letting people loose on lush green turf has to be good. A shorter wait brings forward those outdoor days filled with sports and picnics in the park.
A breeder’s work is no longer limited to developing varieties that are top performing on different country lists, but also to find varieties that can fit with changing environmental concerns and being able to adapt to differing climate conditions. After 15 years of intensive work, our breeders have developed the variety BONNIE. The new benchmark in perennial ryegrass and N°1 on the French list.
The WM Phoenix Open is a professional golf tournament that's held at the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course, a golf course specifically designed for professional golfers and large crowds. The tournament coincides with Super Bowl weekend each year and is uniquely tailored to the fans, which makes the atmosphere feel more like a music festival than a traditional golf event.
The American Forage & Grassland Council (AFGC) bestowed its highest honor, The Medallion Award, upon Derek Woodfield during their 2024 Annual Conference in Mobile, Alabama, on January 9th, 2024.
In the forage and turf industry, there's a significant focus on minimizing climate impact
While only launched in the summer of 2023, the new hard fescue J Sustain-Fairway mixture from Johnsons Sports Seed is already making a strong first impression at the birthplace of The Open Championship. Delivering quick germination and coping with the challenges of the undulating links course, Prestwick Golf Club have commended the blend of top-rated cultivars and the role they’ll play in futureproofing their fairways.
They say that the best things come in small packages. That’s definitely true for Microclover®, the little plant that improves the look and performance of turf while easing the turf manager’s workload. Microclover® makes turf management less costly and more environmentally friendly.
Soil vitality serves as a fundamental pillar for thriving forage production, providing the essential groundwork for crop nourishment and development
Growing and managing turfgrass is getting tougher. The pressure is on to use fewer resources – less pesticide, fertiliser, water, and management time – to grow environmentally friendly turf. Red fescue is the answer. It doesn’t just perform well on all environmental measures, it is also fine textured and has a nice colour.
Turf has to work harder these days. As the weather becomes increasingly unpredictable, players still expect year-round pitch use. The solution is 4turf®, a range of highly resilient, low-temperature turf varieties that make the turf manager’s job easier. And the time to overseed is now.
With an ever-changing climate and rising temperatures, turf managers need to handle the challenge of maintaining lush green landscapes
Grass-seed consumption during the past year has been slower than during the two previous years when COVID-19 forced people to stay at home and devote more time to their gardens. Now that we’re back to normality, seed consumption has returned to typical levels. Inevitably, there are other issues to worry about. Inflation, which has fallen from its highest levels, continues to be a concern, driven primarily by rising gas, electricity, and overall consumer prices. Inflation is still far higher than people are used to, which is why it continues to dampen consumer spending and reduce trade activity. As always, the weather plays its part in the seed industry. Last year we enjoyed an exceptional harvest with abundant yields and excellent dry storage conditions. Not so for the 2023 seed production year, which offers a stark contrast to the success of the previous year.
Field agents and distributors from across Ontario and Québec traveled to DLF’s new research station in Port Hope, Ontario for an up-close look at DLF seeds and science. The one-of-a-kind event showcased a remarkable portfolio of forage and corn varieties, and introduced attendees to the product development team and DLF seed experts.
The 2023 Rugby World Cup has commenced – this year in France
New Zealand shines as global sporting hub: PGG Wrightson Turf takes the stage in Women's World Cups
After several years during which demand for grass seed has been exceptionally high, the market has returned to normal levels
Discover the benefits below
For a century the prevailing norm for lawn grasses has been a clean, lush, darkish green, and dense sward that signals strength, vitality, pleasure, and devotion. And as much as this type of perfection has an immense appeal to anyone, just as disturbing does a pale green and weedy lawn seem to affect us
The EU has decided to ban products from old tires as infill in artificial football pitches. This is good news for our environment and means that natural turf or hybrid turf pitches are highly actual
Grow some nitrogen into it!
Spring is up and it’s time to refresh yourself and your wonderful garden for another season with leisure, relaxation, fun with the kids and just that sensational feeling of letting your toes grab around the lush green turf grass
Choosing the right grass species for lawns is now impacted by climate change, leading to increasing demand for heat-tolerant grasses
The greenkeeper team at Golfbaan De Woeste Kop in Axel has successfully made efforts to significantly reduce the percentage of annual meadow grass (Poa annua) on the greens. Each year, the head greenkeeper, Paul Mannaert, overseeds five times with a different creeping bentgrass variety from DLF. For tees and fairways he uses a 4turf® mixture
From golf courses to private gardens: How a Danish company turned a need for professional lawn care into a thriving business with over 40,000 service visits and the backing of investors
Artificial lighting can give a pitch more playing hours and reduce reliance on overseeding. Our research shows that artificial lighting significantly improves the quality of turfgrass growing in shaded areas, such as stadiums where crowd-protecting roofs keep part of the pitch in shade.
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The climate is changing, and sports pitches, golf courses and municipal parks have to adapt. Deep-rooting, drought-tolerant turf grasses such as 4turf® can survive spring and summer droughts. Even better, 4turf® stays green and playable with less need for irrigation during long dry periods when water may have to be rationed.
Climate change is putting pressure on turf areas, especially on summer renovations of pitches, which are now taking place in warmer and more humid weather – optimal conditions for the growth of the pathogenic fungus brown patch. Professional turf managers therefore need to choose disease-resistant turf varieties for their turf areas, that can safeguard their turf and give them a peace of mind.
Tetraploids were originally developed for forage because they had broader leaves, higher sugar content and better winter hardiness
When growing through tough environments, our sustainable grasses still prevail
Convincing trials has set wind in the festulolium sails!
Top sport events are subject to a massive attention from millions of football fans. Turf managers do their outmost to prepare the tournament pitches with over-seeding managements to create spectacular and beautiful surfaces able to withstand wear and tear from some of the world’s best football players.
DLF joined FEGGA (The federation of European golf greenkeepers association) to create closer contact with the turf managers in the European golf industry
4turf® genetics, resilience and development. Tag along and learn about the advantages of 4turf®
The Dutch variety, Saila, hero against drought and rust!
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Well-managed sports pitches are one of the essentials to form the backdrop, when professional football or rugby teams are struggling to pull the longest straw in prestigious tournaments.
In the fight against climate change, 4turf® is the leading portfolio of tetraploid perennial ryegrasses. 4turf® – the range that dominates the national turf lists – has exceptional tolerances to drought, disease, and salt
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Read more about the abilities of the new variety, Feroz!
Is it possible to transform a sandy track suitable for horse hoofs into a top league football field that can tolerate football boots in just six days? The answer is yes!
The climate is changing, both temperature and precipitation pattern, and we already see an impact on the geographical distribution of some turf grass diseases. This requires the ability to adapt and change disease management if a major quality decline is to be avoided
As summer droughts become more common, we suggest ways that turf managers can improve the look of their turf. Our solutions don’t just look better, they help turf managers save water and reduce the amount of work involved in keeping turf green through a long summer of drought.
England sets the scene for the 16 qualifier teams at the European Championship. The tournament offers 31 matches between Europe’s best women national football teams and the expectations for the pitch quality is sky high being in the homeland of football and turf maintenance. DLF's top-ranking sports grasses are ready for both athletes and fans
Now it’s time again for football, and England sets the scene for the 13th UEFA European Women’s Championship. The tournament will offer 31 matches between Europe’s best women national football teams and the expectations for the pitch quality is sky high being in the homeland of football and turf maintenance
Festuloliums are extraordinary grasses not nearly used to the extent they deserve. They represent the best of two worlds combined in on hybrid; growth speed and quality from the ryegrasses; persistency and stress tolerance from the fescues
Fertilizers costs are sky-high, and it is really adding to the benefits of the nitrogen fixating clovers. It can be-grass pastures with clover that are capable of producing protein for feed with less need for fertilizer application. Or it can be good looking low input microclover lawns
Global issues are affecting production costs for grass and clover seeds. Ag-commodity prices, supply-chain problems, increasing energy costs and inflation are just a few drivers for firm markets.
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The climate is changing, and sports pitches, golf courses and municipal parks have to adapt. Deep-rooting, drought-tolerant turf grasses such as 4turf® (turf tetraploid perennial ryegrass) are able to survive spring and summer droughts. Even better, 4turf® stays green and playable with less need for irrigation during long dry periods when water may have to be rationed.
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Disease control is a greater challenge for many turf managers as they seek to reduce pesticide use while wanting to deliver the best playing quality and visual appearance.
Read more about how to achieve beautiful, green and stress tolerant grass surfaces with 4turf technology
In the fight against climate change, 4turf® is the leading portfolio of tetraploid perennial ryegrasses. 4turf® – the range that dominates the national turf lists – has exceptional tolerances to drought, disease, and salt
The 18. – 21. of November the European tour will be played at The Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, but before the players can enjoy the beautiful course, it will be overseeded with turf from DLF
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The right seeds should be part of any strategy to reduce the impact of drought on golf greens and football pitches
The right seeds should be part of any strategy to reduce the impact of drought on golf greens and football pitches
During hot, dry summers valuable grassland loses its lush green colour. The longer the drought, the more brown the grass becomes. Week by week, the grass additionally loses biomass, and dry-matter yields decline. Europe’s increasingly frequent spring and summer droughts are creating more forage gaps that reduce agricultural profits
A huge global demand and a shortage of grass and clover seeds reduced inventories, while other macro-economic effects also bolstered prices.
The climate is changing, and sports pitches, golf courses and municipal parks have adapt. Deep-rooting, drought-tolerant turf grasses such as 4turf® (turf tetraploid perennial ryegrass) are able to survive spring and summer droughts. Even better, 4turf® stays green and playable with less need for irrigation during long dry periods when water may have to be rationed
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The right seeds should be part of any strategy to reduce the impact of drought on grass swards for cutting and grazing
DLF has supplied grass seed to all greens on the spectacular course that forms the setting for the Men's and Women's Olympic Golf Tournament in Japan
Faultless service in the face of global disruption has been the DLF theme of the past year. Covid-19, container shortages, rising demand, low stocks from the previous year, and below-average harvests have raised prices for the third year in a row. Our analysis of the market and the factors that will influence price and availability for the coming year are a must-read.
When Europe's 24 qualifier teams will entertain millions of football fans worldwide at this summer's football tournament round Europe, the hopes and dreams of an entire continent rest on the performance of the turf. DLF's top-ranking sports grasses won't let the fans down
Love it or hate it, this is the summer of European football. It’s also the summer of 4turf®, a vital component of the mixtures used in most of the stadiums taking part in this year’s competition. You can’t miss 4turf®: it’s the lush green colour about to dominate a TV screen near you.
Plant breeders and seed farmers make sure we don't run out of grass. Turf grass is a fundamental partner when 22 players are chasing their ultimate goals
It can take more than 10 years and up to 1 million Euros to bring a new smooth meadow grass variety to the market. It’s a complicated species in terms of breeding because it’s‘ aposporous pseudogamous facultative apomict.’
The international seeds magazine European Seed has chosen and named the 20 most innovative plant varieties from 2020 in the European Seed Industry. Featuring a strong field of finalists, the jury chose to point to the grass variety FABIAN from DLF, which has set new standards for lawn grass with great stress tolerance and resilience
Perhaps it seems obvious, but a grass plant grows from the base. Where other plants or trees form new shoots at the top of the plant, grasses develop new shoots very close to the roots. It suggests that roots play an important and unique role for grasses.
Spring drought is a relatively new phenomenon caused by climate change. It’s one of the great challenges that professional turf managers face in a changing world. Luckily our stress-tolerant 4turf® tetraploid perennial ryegrass varieties are ideal turfgrasses for coping with lower rainfall during spring.
Results from SCANTURF conclude that tetraploid perennial ryegrass varieties have a potential in seed mixtures in Nordic countries. Perennial ryegrass are traditionally only recommended in mixtures in the southern zone of the Nordic countries but results from the SCANTURF test conclude that tetraploid perennial ryegrass can be used further north
Grass plants are wildly varied in their genetic make-up. Their variety even extends to the number of chromosomes in each cell. Most cultivated grasses – including turfgrass species – are polyploid: they have more than two sets of chromosomes.
2021 will be a celebration for European football fans and for fans all over the world. The turf seed industry will have a special interest in evaluating the performance of the stadiums combining the skills of the groundsmen and top performing turf grass brands
Tune in this week to see the best players in golf compete on DLF grass. The Players Championship, or simply The Players, is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament field includes the top 50 players in the world and offers the highest prize payout of any tournament in golf
As most of us love watching the big sport events played on natural grass, it is appropriate to ask professional turf managers what their “dream features” of turf is? And what features of the turf, gives the most value on the pitch?
With a wide palette of varieties, 4turf® is tailored to suit various specific needs. With varieties that cover landscaping, sports and different climatic conditions, professional turf managers are able to choose their favourites among several varieties with specific traits
For many years, plant breeders in turfgrass have focused on helping customers to increase their outputs and playing hours, reduce their inputs, and simplify the management of their green spaces in a sustainable way
This week's big event to feature DLF grass is the Waste Management Phoenix Open, hosted by the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course in Scottsdale, Arizona. Commonly referred to as “The Greatest Show on Turf”, this annual PGA golf tournament will kick-off on Thursday, February 4th and run through Sunday, February 7th
On Sunday January 24th the AFC Championship Game will be played at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
When you get down to essentials, only one factor counts in turf performance: uptime. Wear-tolerance, visual merit and other common evaluation criteria are important, but the real test of progress is whether you can squeeze more hours of play out of your sports pitch or golf course
With world-class football, you need world-class grass, which we are a proud supplier of
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A huge demand in spring and summer reduced stocks throughout the supply chain. And a below-average 2020 harvest reveals plenty of yield variations.
Researchers have provided new knowledge about root architecture in grasses, and DLF is now able to provide customers with verified guidance, when they ask for the most drought tolerant species and varieties
A well managed turf shouldn’t be a trade-off, but a mix of knowing when to react and a careful selection of the right seed fitted for the purpose
For performance and sustainability reasons 4turf varieties are increasingly preferred and used by sod producers and pitch managers in the grass industry
If you want a wear tolerant turf, you must look at the mixture as a whole. The right mixture gives you not only a guarantee of wear tolerance, but also less maintenance and a lower risk
Dog patch resistant lawn is a dream solution for turf managers
Lawn and landscape have had another season of wear and traffic
...with a little help from DLF
The initial plans for Aalborg Stadium were to change the turf in a couple of years, but the municipality of Aalborg advanced the plans, which means Aalborg Football Club's home ground is undergoing a substantial renovation
Our Alfalfa breeding is busy and they are constantly on their feet to find and register qualities in Alfalfa as to any climatic challenge
It is hard to tell, whether it was the brilliant weather, the relief from months of home-office detention, or perhaps just the chance to be part of something unique that made more than 40 DLF employees happily volunteering for back pains and aching legs
..is to prepare for the future.
...but the spring drought is complicating things
Is it possible to provide more resilience and flexibility in turf management?
Farmers across Europe are using Ryegrass PLUS and the benefits are clear. Increased profitability by becoming more self-sufficient with increased and more stable yields.
At DLF we are helping landscapers and grounds men and -women make greener choices in a very tangible and practical way
When entering the exhibition, NUTRIFAIR 2020, several visitors was met with grassroots
Groundsmen are all doing it: repairing the worn goalmouths and sports fields in the end of winter
How shorter winter days, along with cool and wet conditions can affect your lawn