Sportsfield, open space and golf course maintence: Great people protecting great places

Ventia delivers critical biosecurity and revegetation services to protect Aotearoa’s natural environment. The people in our Biosecurity Solutions business are dedicated to the protection of our natural spaces and native species. They are experienced, industry qualified professionals who work closely with customers to implement environmentally sensitive and sustainable solutions. 

Our goal is to rehabilitate ecologically important areas, restoring them to their original pristine condition. We look after waterways and riparian corridors, control pest animals and introduced plants to ensure the survival of our native species, and rejuvenate habitat that has been destroyed by clearing, land use and more. We use environmentally sensitive delivery methods and are committed to providing our customers with safe and considered long-term solutions.

With more than 30,000 introduced plant species in New Zealand and thousands upon thousands of pest animals wreaking havoc on our natural populations, there is no time to wait when it comes to the protection of New Zealand wildlife and plant life.

 

Meet Ventia’s Digital Wellbeing and Innovation Manager Sean Hall and hear how his unique role looks at ways to keep our people well through personalised wellbeing experiences using digital capabilities. 


Explore our capabilities

We tailor our sports and leisure maintenance services to meet the needs of our diverse range of clients. 

We work closely with educational providers to deliver high quality playing grounds, councils on their community sporting fields and facilities, along with sporting organisations on their many sporting complexes.

Our goal for our clients is to increase traffic through quality facilities, lower your operating costs and create higher player satisfaction.

We save our clients time and the stress of micro-managing staff as we combine our professional skills, industry-leading resources and the latest in technology to provide our clients with enduring, high-performance turf surfaces. You can read more about what our services entail by heading here. 

Our sports turf maintenance clients include:

- Sporting Associations

- Golf Clubs

- Stadium Owners & Groups

- Clubs & Hospitality Venues

- Councils

- Educational providers

Our mission is to create great places, and that means ensuring all New Zealanders have access to safe, appealing and well-maintained parks and gardens. 

That includes everything from local sporting fields to the more high-profile, city parklands, formal gardens, street gardens, large council reserves, skate parks, playgrounds, even council-maintained bushland. 

Replacing annuals each year to breathe fresh life into your space; ensuring trees and bushes stay trimmed and healthy; watering garden beds so flowers can bloom their brightest; maintaining high quality fields and turf through watering, seeding and winterising – these are just some key aspects of our open space management services. And our team has the knowledge and ability to take care of it all, keeping your areas warm and welcoming all year round. 

When it comes to commercial landscaping maintenance, a set and forget approach won’t work. That’s why we work closely and collaboratively with our clients to not only ensure our parks and open spaces are up to scratch, but that we’re also continuously implementing improvement programs and making processes better wherever we can.

We also aim to be at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. When possible, we will use methods and equipment that are environmentally friendly. For example, in many areas we use steam foam as an example of environmentally friendly weed control.

We pride ourselves on working with councils to inject life into community spaces and ensure New Zealand’s most important assets are protected for future generations.

As a top-tier educational facility, you want your grounds to be landscaped in a way that embodies your school pride and commitment to excellence while showcasing your overall brand to current and future enrollees.

Optimal practical management, site-specific programming and low impact service can be the keys to providing a functional educational space that welcomes staff, learners and other visitors.

As experts in school grounds maintenance, we’ll take care of the particulars, leaving you free to maintain your prestigious reputation by delivering an outstanding educational experience.

First impressions last, and quality commercial property maintenance and landscaping can be the key to making the right impact on visitors.

The effort you put into presenting your business can be just as valuable as your products and services. Appearance is one of the most important aspects of a commercial property, and can be the difference between somebody walking through the front door and simply walking by. It helps visitors form an opinion of you, one that can influence how they interact with your business.

You take pride in your strengths and ability to live up to customers’ needs and expectations. Your business deserves landscaping and maintenance that you can be just as proud of. Our experienced in-house team and trusted commercial landscape contractors have decades of experience making properties look their best – and ensuring they continue doing so for years to come.

Our specialised golf course maintenance division provides golf course management options to ensure you’re meeting the demands of your members and guests.

You set the standard. We make it happen.

With the right team and processes in place, golf course management is simple. We’ve developed and refined our methods over the years to consistently deliver on customer grounds maintenance goals. Keep your greens, fairways, rough and any other area of your golf turf ready for play with the help of our scale and expertise.

Be the club of choice for players in – and outside – your area. Our team of professional greenskeepers and superintendents knows what it takes to maintain the high standards players of all ages and ability levels expect. With the help of our expertise and collaborative way of working, you can book out your tee times for years to come.


How we work

Our work takes us to some amazing places, and also some risky ones. Safety is crucial in our line of work, and our stringent procedures apply whether we are working in a local community park or on the side of a steep cliff.

You can have confidence in our ability and procedures with the following accreditations:

- IMPAC prequalified, with a 5-star rating

- Chemical Application Registration – our people have a National Certificate in Agrichemical Application

- Controlled substance licence

- Abseiling Certification - fully qualified team members in New Zealand Certificate in Rope Access Level 3

- Traffic management certification- Traffic Controller (TC) through to STMS Level 2/3 – Non-Practicing