subject: Astro Turf Undergoing A Renaissance [print this page] When you hear the words astro turf a few images immediately spring to mind. Many people will associate it with their schooldays as it would very often be the playing surface used when taking part in activities such as hockey, football and cricket. They will also associate it with all those nasty grazes and marks you used to be left with after coming into contact with it.
Synthetic grass went off the radar for a little while, but it has once again risen to prominence. Astro turf for gardens is in particularly high demand nowadays as it is a guaranteed way of ensuring that your home has a luscious green lawn 365 days of the year.
Unlike a traditional garden, it does not need any looking after which saves you both time and money and best of all, it looks and feels exactly like the real thing.
To the touch it will feel soft, which is a far cry from astro turf of the past. It is also much more environmentally-friendly as you will never need to take fertilisers or weed-killers to it or mow it, which means the elimination of damaging CO2 emissions from lawnmowers.
Watering will also not be necessary which means that you can save on water bills and get around the current hosepipe bans which are in force in large parts of the country.
Maintenance of a lawn can be a very time-consuming process and one which very few people have the time and patience to undertake. You can literally leave your astro turf alone from the moment it is installed, to the time when you vacate the property and move elsewhere.
It really does have the sort of staying power that any budding gardener could only hope for. Wear and tear will be a thing of the past.
You may have a picture in your mind as to how your perfect garden would look but more often than not achieving this goal with traditional grass is a near impossibility. One of the greatest things about artificial grass is that there is a wide variety of grass types to choose from so that you can pick one that best resembles your dream garden.
Those with young children will be particularly thankful for their artificial lawn as it will provide kids with a surface to play on, whatever the weather. You will not even have to worry about them getting muddy feet.
