In a world of more and more fakery, with the constructed seemingly outpacing and outdoing the authentic, you might wonder why anyone would want to take an institution as natural, and seemingly timeless as the natural lawn, and replace it with an artificial grass. Yet in truth, gardens have always been artificial and constructed. Although we are lucky enough in the UK to be able to maintain many of our lawns with the water offerings from the sky, the other things that come along with that patch of nature may make you want to think twice about keeping things organised the way they are now. The following five reasons might make you reconsider the plant based options, and give artificial grass a go
Time Saved
Maintaining a natural lawn can be a big and intensive time sink. Not only is there watering to sometimes consider, when the weather is being less than co-operative, there is also weeding, mowing, and sometimes miracle grow and other options when there isn’t quite as much green as you would like. With artificial grass maintenance become much easier. It will stay as green and verdant as you want all year round, across all the different spaces and areas of your lawn. You won’t get any browner shady patches or ochre coloured spots where lots of people walk. It is not remotely demanding in terms of chemicals either of the anti-weed or pro-growth variety. You also do not have to give a second thought to mowing. All of this removed labour gives you and your kids more time to actually enjoy all the outdoors options that a lawn offers.
Mud managed
In the autumn and winter, or even other seasons if the British weather has been predictably unpredictable, your lawn can become a source of detritus and debris that can take a long time to get out from your carpets. Sure, you can tell your children to be more careful, but why give them one more rule to remember if you don’t absolutely have to? Artificial grass makes it so that your carpets stay clean, and boots/trainers/plimsoles etc aren’t constantly caked in messy brown muck.
Pet Friendly
Our four-legged friends are often important parts of the family, but they are sometimes a lot harder to control than the smaller two legged parties. We can often find our lawns turned into something resembling the surface of the moon by a dog who is convinced bones are something that grow out of the ground, or a cat who mistakes worms for strange moving string toys. An artificial grass option means we don’t have to worry about this anymore, and we can leave our pets outside in peace. Even if they mistake the newly evergreen ground for a litter tray, all it takes is some quick hosing down, and a little white vinegar to clean things up.
No Allergens
Lawn spaces make an excellent host for all kinds of things that children often find themselves allergic to. Many of the higher-level pollen producing plants are weeds that settle between blades of natural grass in the lawn, out of sight and mind until one of your smallest ones comes in with red eyes and a running nose after a game of football in the sun with friends. By taking out the particular pollen producers of things like daises and buttercups, your garden will be a far more friendly place to children dealing with hayfever and even asthma.
Sports Secure
Making sure that your garden is safe for the regular football kickabouts or one-on-one basketball sessions your kids might play is always going to be important. With natural grass, the slipping and sliding that comes with the mud is always a problem, not to mention all the horrible muck that could find its way into cuts and grazes. With artificial grass, you’ve got a lot less to worry about there. Children are safer, the ground is more stable, and the grass will stay green and not a set of muddy patches around where the goalposts and the penalty spot are imagined to be.
Artificial grass is a great way to keep your family safe, your garden tidy, and will make your everyday life just that little bit easier. Something all parents could always do with.
