Building Climate-Resilient Playing Fields: Best Practice, Health, and Community Action

Join us for an important community town hall as we discuss how Ku-ring-gai can lead the way in building climate-resilient, high-quality sporting fields.

Learn about the NSW Government’s new Best-Practice Guidelines for Sporting Fields, hear expert insights from the latest AgEnviro and Natural Turf Alliance reports, and get an update on the Norman Griffiths Oval and other synthetic and natural turf field projects.

Together, we'll explore the environmental, health, and community risks of synthetic fields and discuss practical next steps for securing greener, safer public spaces for future generations.

Areas for discussion:

• Key insights from the NSW Government’s Best-Practice Guidelines for Sporting Fields​
• Key findings on natural turf management and opportunities for improvement​
• The importance of soil health, drainage, and turf selection on field capacity
• Update on Norman Griffiths Oval project and Council’s proposed review​
• ​Community input on the future of our sporting fields.
• Next steps for ongoing action and advocacy.