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Healthy fields, clean harvests, dependable deliveries, and finished customer sites — photographed by the managers who run them.

The people behind the photos

Management team.

Mike Selman, Managing Partner
Mike SelmanManaging Partner

Mike Selman helps set the operating standard behind Buena Vista Turf: clean fields, dependable harvests, and customers treated with straight answers. As Managing Partner, he keeps the business focused on quality sod, practical delivery planning, and long-term relationships with homeowners, contractors, landscapers, and builders across North Texas. His leadership keeps the team grounded in accountability from the farm to the final pallet.

Luisa Selman, Managing Partner
Luisa SelmanManaging Partner

Luisa Selman brings steady leadership to the people, systems, and customer experience behind Buena Vista Turf. As Managing Partner, she helps keep the company organized, responsive, and focused on doing business the right way. Her role supports the standards customers feel in every call, quote, delivery, and follow-up: clear communication, reliable service, and a team that respects the work behind every project.

Alfredo Olivierre, CEO
Alfredo OlivierreCEO

Alfredo Olivierre leads Buena Vista Turf with a focus on execution, growth, and team performance. As CEO, he works to align the company around quality turf, strong customer service, and disciplined operations. His leadership connects the farm, sales, delivery, and office teams so customers get more than sod; they get a partner who understands timing, jobsite pressure, and the value of doing what was promised.

Jason Mussett, Farm Manager
Jason MussettFarm Manager

Jason Mussett oversees the field work that makes Buena Vista Turf reliable. As Farm Manager, he helps manage crop readiness, harvest timing, field conditions, and the daily standards that determine turf quality before it ever reaches a customer. His work keeps the operation connected to the land, the weather, and the details that matter most: healthy grass, clean cuts, and pallets prepared for real jobsite use.

Holly Turner, Office Manager
Holly TurnerOffice Manager

Holly Turner keeps the front end of Buena Vista Turf moving with organization, follow-through, and clear communication. As Office Manager, she helps customers, crews, and internal teams stay aligned from first contact through scheduling and delivery support. Her role brings structure to the daily pace of the business and helps ensure customers know what to expect, who to contact, and how their turf order is moving.

Gwen Williams, Distribution Manager
Gwen WilliamsDistribution Manager

Gwen Williams helps turn turf orders into dependable deliveries. As Distribution Manager, she supports scheduling, routing, communication, and the coordination needed to move fresh-cut sod from the field to the customer. Her work keeps the delivery side practical and responsive, helping contractors, homeowners, and builders plan around timing, access, and jobsite needs without unnecessary confusion.

Bervin Washington, Fleet Manager
Bervin WashingtonFleet Manager

Bervin Washington helps keep Buena Vista Turf’s trucks, equipment, and delivery readiness moving. As Fleet Manager, he supports the reliability behind every load that leaves the farm. His role matters because good turf still depends on good logistics: prepared vehicles, safe movement, practical timing, and a team ready to respond when customers need sod delivered cleanly and on schedule.

Shawn White, Sales Manager
Shawn WhiteSales Manager

Shawn White helps customers choose the right turf and move from interest to action with confidence. As Sales Manager, he supports homeowners, contractors, landscapers, and commercial buyers with practical guidance, clear quoting, and project-focused communication. His approach keeps the sales process grounded in real field conditions, realistic expectations, and the right grass for the job.

Marty Kaler, Management Team
Marty KalerManagement Team

Marty Kaler supports the Buena Vista Turf management team with a practical, hands-on mindset. His role helps strengthen the connection between customer needs, team execution, and the standards expected across the business. Whether the focus is communication, follow-through, or day-to-day support, Marty helps keep the operation moving with the accountability customers expect from a family-run turf company.

114 photos from the field

Weekly gallery.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Farm Update

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Harvest & Field Work

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

Quality starts at the source with selected turf material and careful farm standards.
Farm Detail

Quality starts at the source with selected turf material and careful farm standards.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Behind the Scenes

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Farm Update

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Delivery Day

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Behind the Scenes

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Farm Update

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Delivery Day

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Behind the Scenes

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Farm Update

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Harvest & Field Work

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Delivery Day

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Behind the Scenes

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Farm Update

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Harvest & Field Work

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Delivery Day

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Behind the Scenes

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Farm Update

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Delivery Day

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Behind the Scenes

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Farm Update

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Delivery Day

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Behind the Scenes

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Farm Update

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Harvest & Field Work

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Delivery Day

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Behind the Scenes

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Farm Update

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Harvest & Field Work

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Delivery Day

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Behind the Scenes

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Farm Update

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Delivery Day

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Behind the Scenes

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Farm Update

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Delivery Day

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Behind the Scenes

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Farm Update

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Harvest & Field Work

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Delivery Day

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Behind the Scenes

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Farm Update

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Harvest & Field Work

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Delivery Day

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Behind the Scenes

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Farm Update

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Harvest & Field Work

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Delivery Day

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Behind the Scenes

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.
Farm Update

Healthy turf, clean harvests, and delivery-ready grass for better first impressions.

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.
Harvest & Field Work

The field discipline behind reliable turf orders, stronger lawns, and repeat customers.

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut turf proof from a family-run farm that customers can count on.

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.
Delivery Day

Field-tested quality moving from our rows to customer properties across DFW.

Fresh-cut rolls stacked on pallets, with the pivot still running on the next field over.
Harvest & Field Work

Fresh-cut rolls stacked on pallets, with the pivot still running on the next field over.

Heading out down the turn row at the start of a cutting day.
Behind the Scenes

Heading out down the turn row at the start of a cutting day.

Pallets lined up behind the harvester, ready to be picked up and loaded.
Harvest & Field Work

Pallets lined up behind the harvester, ready to be picked up and loaded.

A full field of cut sod waiting on pickup under a clear Texas sky.
Harvest & Field Work

A full field of cut sod waiting on pickup under a clear Texas sky.

Clean turn rows and even colour across the block - what we want to see before a cut.
Farm Update

Clean turn rows and even colour across the block - what we want to see before a cut.

Pivot irrigation keeping the grass growing through a dry stretch.
Farm Detail

Pivot irrigation keeping the grass growing through a dry stretch.

Weather moving in over a block that is nearly ready to harvest.
Farm Update

Weather moving in over a block that is nearly ready to harvest.

Late sun across the pivot line.
Farm Detail

Late sun across the pivot line.

Loading pallets off the field - most of the work happens before anyone sees the grass.
Behind the Scenes

Loading pallets off the field - most of the work happens before anyone sees the grass.

Rolls stacked and strapped, waiting on the truck.
Harvest & Field Work

Rolls stacked and strapped, waiting on the truck.

Large rolls set out along the headland after cutting.
Harvest & Field Work

Large rolls set out along the headland after cutting.

A green block under the pivot, a few days out from harvest.
Farm Update

A green block under the pivot, a few days out from harvest.

Cut strips showing where the harvester has already been through.
Harvest & Field Work

Cut strips showing where the harvester has already been through.

Close enough to see the root mat - a clean, tight cut holds together when it is laid.
Farm Detail

Close enough to see the root mat - a clean, tight cut holds together when it is laid.

The harvester working its way across the block with pallets dropped behind it.
Harvest & Field Work

The harvester working its way across the block with pallets dropped behind it.

One pallet cut and stacked, with the rest of the field still standing.
Harvest & Field Work

One pallet cut and stacked, with the rest of the field still standing.

Big rolls lined down the field for a large-area job.
Harvest & Field Work

Big rolls lined down the field for a large-area job.

A finished pallet - even thickness, square edges, no gaps.
Farm Detail

A finished pallet - even thickness, square edges, no gaps.

Texas is our turf - the trailer loaded and ready to roll out.
Delivery Day

Texas is our turf - the trailer loaded and ready to roll out.

Cut rolls across the field on a clear morning.
Harvest & Field Work

Cut rolls across the field on a clear morning.

A cloud bank rolling over a block of standing grass.
Farm Update

A cloud bank rolling over a block of standing grass.

Forklift moving a double stack off the field.
Behind the Scenes

Forklift moving a double stack off the field.

Loaded and bound for a job site - sod is perishable, so the delivery is part of the product.
Delivery Day

Loaded and bound for a job site - sod is perishable, so the delivery is part of the product.

Moving the harvester between blocks.
Behind the Scenes

Moving the harvester between blocks.

Pallets staged at the edge of the field ahead of loading.
Harvest & Field Work

Pallets staged at the edge of the field ahead of loading.

A trailer loaded out and strapped, ready for an early start.
Delivery Day

A trailer loaded out and strapped, ready for an early start.

Big rolls and the tractor unit that will take them out.
Delivery Day

Big rolls and the tractor unit that will take them out.

A cut pallet sitting on the track, waiting on the loader.
Harvest & Field Work

A cut pallet sitting on the track, waiting on the loader.

Getting the last of it cut before the weather turns.
Harvest & Field Work

Getting the last of it cut before the weather turns.

The harvester mid-block, cutting to order.
Behind the Scenes

The harvester mid-block, cutting to order.

Tight, even rolls - the difference shows up when the crew lays it.
Farm Detail

Tight, even rolls - the difference shows up when the crew lays it.

Loader running pallets in off a freshly cut block.
Behind the Scenes

Loader running pallets in off a freshly cut block.

Pallets staged with the truck pulled alongside.
Delivery Day

Pallets staged with the truck pulled alongside.

Tractor heading down the turn row between blocks.
Behind the Scenes

Tractor heading down the turn row between blocks.

A slab turned over on the stack - dense root mat, clean cut underneath.
Farm Detail

A slab turned over on the stack - dense root mat, clean cut underneath.

Harvest under way with the pivot parked at the end of the run.
Harvest & Field Work

Harvest under way with the pivot parked at the end of the run.

Big rolls cut and set out across the block.
Harvest & Field Work

Big rolls cut and set out across the block.

Mowing keeps the grass at cutting height between harvests.
Behind the Scenes

Mowing keeps the grass at cutting height between harvests.

Stacked and squared at the field edge.
Farm Detail

Stacked and squared at the field edge.

Pallets on a block with the mowing lines still showing.
Harvest & Field Work

Pallets on a block with the mowing lines still showing.