The industry benchmark for over four decades. Independently batch tested, 100% natural and organic — engineered to perform on the finest sports surfaces in the world.
From county grounds to village greens, our cricket loams are trusted by groundsmen at every level of the game.
Specifically formulated for test and county class wickets where extended match play is required. GOSTD SuperNatural is prepared from carefully selected loam with a very high clay content and strong binding qualities.
The finished product contains naturally occurring organic content and plant nutrients, which ensure good rooting and healthy growth. Because of its physical structure GOSTD SuperNatural requires very careful control, management, time and expertise to achieve optimum results.
It is not formulated for use in the base preparation of cricket squares. Initial dressings of GOSTD SuperNatural should not be made unless the area has been hollow tyned and rigorously scarified.
Typical analysis: 38% Sand / 30% Silt / 32% Clay
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GOSTD 125 is a high clay content loam, with excellent binding qualities. Specially produced for the finest quality wickets to provide and maintain a fast pacey surface with good bounce. GOSTD 125 is custom blended to exacting standards through 4mm woven screens to ensure the best possible quality material for your cricket square. GOSTD 125 has proved its worth for over 40 years in the successful preparation of an ever increasing number of the country’s finest cricket squares.
GOSTD 125 is naturally free draining and provides good seed germination. GOSTD 125 has an impressive supply of the available nutrients which are necessary for excellent grass growth.
Typical analysis: 40% Sand / 31% Silt / 29% Clay
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GOSTD 75 Village & School Standard Cricket Wicket Top Dressing & Soil Conditioner is primarily formulated to provide a medium strength clay content loam with a healthy proportion of organic matter and good binding qualities.
As a top dressing GOSTD 75 will help to provide a medium paced wicket and is ideal for venues where there is not a full time groundsman. GOSTD 75 is also recommended for soil conditioning in conjunction with hollow tyning procedures, when the existing soil structure has broken down, stimulating root growth and promoting a healthy vigorous sward.
Typical analysis: 50% Sand / 26% Silt / 24% Clay
EnquireDeveloped in consultation with the leading tennis establishments in the country, our tennis loams have proved their championship quality and consistency for over 50 years.
GOSTD 100 Tennis Court Top Dressing has been developed in consultation with the leading tennis establishments in the country, where its championship quality and consistency have proved invaluable for over 40 years.
A complex blend of our very best clays, loams and sands, processed, blended, refined, sterilised and analysed to produce the finest grade top dressing for tennis courts.
Typical analysis: 59% Sand / 19% Silt / 22% Clay
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GOSTD tennis construction loams have proved their worth consistently over the last 40 years in the top tennis venues in the United Kingdom and Europe.
GOSTD tennis seed bed loam is produced to the same high specification as our world renowned tennis top dressing, to ensure perfect compatibility throughout the court’s construction and promote good development growth. It can also be used to revitalise an existing tennis court after hollow tyning or koroing procedures have been carried out.
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EnquireFrom professional football stadiums to local rugby pitches, our pitch loams provide durable, well-draining surfaces that perform season after season.
GOSTD 50 Football, Hockey & Rugby Pitch Top Dressing & Soil Conditioner is a natural free-draining medium loam with a light friable soil structure, primarily for use in the renovation of goal mouths and centre strips.
GOSTD 50 is also recommended for use as a soil conditioner where hollow tyning is required on sports turf. GOSTD 50 promotes excellent root growth and tillering on badly worn surfaces.
Typical analysis: 65% Sand / 20% Silt / 15% Clay
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GOSTD 25 is a light sandy loam specially formulated for the top dressing of football and rugby pitches.
GOSTD 25 is also beneficial for playing surfaces with poor soil structure, where general soil improvement is required. GOSTD 25 is recommended for use after hollow tyning or verti-draining procedures have been carried out.
Typical analysis: 65% Sand / 25% Silt / 10% Clay
EnquirePrecision loams for golf greens and bowling greens. Engineered to provide the finest, most consistent playing surfaces for the most demanding of sports.
GOSTD 70:30 Golf Green Top Dressing & Soil Conditioner combines a light friable sterilised loam and medium to coarse grade washed sand to provide a free-draining open textured material that relieves compaction. This promotes the excellent root growth and tillering necessary for the maintenance of a dense sward.
Formulated specifically for the fine sward required to produce the perfect playing surfaces required for Golf and Bowling Greens. Alternative sand to soil ratios are available made to order.
Typical analysis: 88% Sand / 5% Silt / 7% Clay
EnquireThe same quality and expertise that goes into our sports turf products, now available for garden and horticultural applications. Natural, organic and independently tested.
Organically Enriched Loam is an ideal material for general garden construction, preparation of shrub beds, planting and lawn areas prior to seeding and turfing, and the filling of large containers and pots. When using in containers and pots, add additional grit for drainage and feed when necessary with fertiliser of choice.
Our Organically Enriched Loam is a combination of finely screened medium clay based loam, blended with rich shredded and composted organic matter, to provide all the natural plant nutrients required. Only natural materials are used, there are no chemical additives or peat of any kind in the product, which has an approximate pH of 7.0.
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Simply the best time saver for your garden and vegetable patch, mulching has a host of benefits. Covering the soil around plants with a protective layer of material will considerably suppress weed growth and help retain moisture, meaning less time spent weeding and watering. Mulching also provides additional plant nutrients enriching the soil and stimulating plant growth and health.
GOSTD brand Organic Mulch is a rich shredded and composted natural organic material. There are no chemical additives or peat in GOSTD M2000, which has a pH of approximately 7.0. Our Organic Mulch is a recycled material, enhancing, not depleting our environment.
100% natural & organic
EnquireEngineered loams for the construction of new sports surfaces. From village cricket squares to county grounds, our construction loams provide the ideal foundation.
Our aim is to produce a loam to perfectly match the customer’s requirements from village cricket club to county ground standard.
This entails utilising a good medium loam with sufficient clay content, low silt and good corresponding soil strength to achieve consistent bounce and reliability. Our GOSTD cricket base loam meets all these requirements.
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GOSTD cricket seed bed loam is made to the same exacting standards as our highly recommended cricket top dressings. It is produced to the client’s specification dependant on the standard of cricket being played.
The recommended depth of 50mm of seed bed loam overlying the GOSTD cricket base loam ensures perfect compatibility thereby avoiding root break after construction and producing the fast, safe, pacey surface required for cricket.
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GOSTD tennis base loam is the ideal material for tennis court construction, made to the same exacting standards as our highly regarded GOSTD tennis top dressings.
Depending on the client’s specification and depth of construction we recommend several millimetres of base loam topped with at least 50mm of seed bed loam, thus giving complete compatibility throughout the construction process to ensure good root growth and a healthy vigorous sward.
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GOSTD tennis construction loams have proved their worth consistently over the last 40 years in the top tennis venues in the United Kingdom and Europe.
GOSTD tennis seed bed loam is produced to the same high specification as our world renowned tennis top dressing, to ensure perfect compatibility throughout the court’s construction and promote good development growth. It can also be used to revitalise an existing tennis court after hollow tyning or koroing procedures have been carried out.
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The standard range of GOSTD brand products is extremely comprehensive, however if you require a special mix produced to your own specification we will be happy to oblige. Using our independent analytical and advisory services to evaluate your existing soil structure ensures a compatible mix and guides you in alleviating any problems you are experiencing with your sports surfaces.
If you have any questions regarding the use and application of our dressings call us free on 0800 500 3900.
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EnquireSurrey Loams supplies specialist loams for every major sport played on natural grass. Click a sport above to explore the specific products for your surface.
SuperNatural, 125 & 75 — county to club level
Tennis Court Top Dressing
Premium, standard & multi-sport pitch loams
Golf & Bowling Green Top Dressing & Soil Conditioner
GOSTD C2000 Organically Enriched Loam & GOSTD M2000 Organic Mulch
Cricket & Tennis Seedbed, Base & Bespoke Construction Mixes
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