Andrew Hollman
Till, kill, or spill: How and when should you establish a bee lawn
Bee lawns are mixtures of lower maintenance turfgrasses along with flowering species to provide foraging resources for pollinators. Research at the University of Minnesota has been conducted to select grasses and forbs that maintain turf quality and traits. The success of this mixture of fine fescues, white clover, self heal and creeping thyme has led many people to attempt to establish a bee lawn.
New research publication from our team - 6/2/25
Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Eric Watkins, Dominic P. Petrella, Trygve Aamlid, Dominic C. Christensen, Sigridur Dalmannsdottir, Andrew P. Hollman, and Gary Deters has been published in Crop Science. The authors tested five different turfgrasses for their ability to survive under ice.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 2/21/25
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! See the latest edition of Green Section Record for Selecting grasses for golf courses in cold climates by Karin J. Hesselsøe, Anne F. Borchert, Trygve S. Aamlid, Tatsiana Espevig, Michelle DaCosta, Eric Watkins, Andrew Hollman, and Pia Heltoft.
Which grass should you choose? Check out our plots at the fair to help decide!
By Andrew Hollman and Kristine Moncada
We often get questions about which grass to buy for a home lawn. There are several different options for cool-season turfgrasses grown in Minnesota; which you choose will depend on your site, how you use your lawn, how much maintenance you want to do, and maybe even aesthetics.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 6/26/24
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. See the June 2024 Edition of MGCSA's Hole Notes for Creating thriving bee lawns: The next research steps by Kristine Moncada and Andrew Hollman!
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 10/24/23
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work.
See the October 2023 Edition of MGCSA's Hole Notes for photos from our 2023 Golf Field Day and for Mixing Tall Fescue and Kentucky Bluegrass for MN Golf Course Roughs, an article by Andrew Hollman.