Pinehurst : The 1999 Grand Award Winner of the Professional Grounds Management Society for Hotel, Motel or Resort.(Brief Article)

Pinehurst is perhaps best known for the quality of its world-renowned golf courses but its resort grounds aren't too shabby either. Ever since Warren Manning planted more than 220,000 tree seedlings, shrubs and flowers along winding roads and paths over 100 years ago as part of founder James Walker Tufts' original design, the grounds have been a sight to behold.

In the last 12 years, new owner ClubCorp. Resorts has put great emphasis on landscape and facility renovations. With long, hot summers; cold winters; a course, sandy soil type which promotes high fluctuations in soil temperatures; and conditions ranging from full sun to full shade, maintenance is far from …