Steel Turf Shed
The Steel Turf Shed, containing office and classroom space, serves as the headquarters for the Joseph Valentine Research Center, a turfgrass field research center which opened in the 1950's. Valentine is a seventeen acre research facility that focuses on high-maintenance turfgrass. Two and a half of those acres are dedicated to golf course putting green research while other areas include Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, and tall fescue research. An automatic irrigation system provides uniform watering, and a wide array of turfgrass management equipment and specialized materials allows researchers to create or mimic real-world turfgrass environments.