Bladerunner FarmsPress Room Archive
Exceeding a Homeowner’s Expectations: Zeon Zoysia (Type: articles)
TURF SOUTH magazine, December 2013
A Zeon Zoysia lawn installed by Earthscapes Landscaping in Bluffton, SC, adds the finishing touch to a majestic private residence in Berkeley Hall.
Poteet grower to supply grass for golf course at 2016 Summer Olympics (Type: articles)
San Antonio Express-News, December 8, 2013
A history of Bladerunner Farms, golf in the Olympics and watching grass grow.
Lowe High on Outcome: Greensboro CC Converts to Zeon Zoysia (Type: articles)
Carolinas Green magazine, November 20013
Doug Lowe, CGCS, director of grounds and maintenance at Greensboro Country Club talks about the successful conversion of his golf course to Zeon Zoysia.
Golfweek Names 4 Courses Grassed with Zeon Zoysia to Top 100 Residential Golf Courses
November 18, 2013
Four golf courses grassed with Zeon Zoysiagrass were named in Golfweek’s 2014 list of the Top 100 Residential Golf Courses. This environmentally friendly turf was developed by Bladerunner Farms in Poteet, Texas.
Cordillera Ranch now using same turf as Rio Olympics course (Type: articles)
PGA.com, October 2013
PGA.com notes that players can try out the grass on the Olympic golf course being built in Rio now at a golf course in Texas. The grass is Zeon Zoysia from Bladerunner Farms.
Turf for 2016 Olympics in Brazil is also used in San Antonio course (Type: articles)
CBS Sports, October 24, 2013
CBS Sports notes that the grass on a golf course in San Antonio, Texas, is the same grass to be used on the Olympic golf course in Rio. That grass is Zeon Zoysia.
Licensed to Grow (Type: articles)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center newsletter, October 2013,
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center awards Bladerunner Farms license to Habiturf™ native lawn grass for sod production.
Team Zoysia International Named Exclusive International Licensing Agent for Bladerunner Farms Zoysiagrasses
November 4, 2013
Team Zoysia International, spearheaded by turf industry experts Dr. Milt Engelke and Arthur Milberger, has been named the exclusive international licensing agent for all proprietary Zoysiagrasses varieties developed by Bladerunner Farms.
University of Texas at Austin Ecologist Licenses Resource-Saving Turfgrass to Bladerunner Farms to Develop Sod
October 17, 2013
A mixture of native grasses that requires less maintenance to produce a lush lawn than a traditional turfgrass used in the South has been developed by a University of Texas at Austin ecologist and licensed to a sod producer. Known as HabitufTM, the native lawn mix was developed by the Ecosystem Design Group of the university’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. The university has given a 10-year, nonexclusive license for Habiturf to Bladerunner Farms of Poteet, Texas.
World-Class Turf: Zeon Zoysia to be featured at Olympics (Type: articles)
Urban Ag Council magazine, September 2013
The Olympic golf course in Rio is the biggest golf project in the world. Bladerunner Farms, David Doguet and Zeon Zoysia are right in the middle of it.