Your guide to finding the right artificial grass for your business or property.
There are plenty of reasons people look at artificial lawns. To begin with, it can be arduous and costly to sustain sizable spaces of grass. Specifically if you want your business, event space, or residence to attract attention. Keeping grass voluptuous and green entails time and money to water, fertilize, and reseed. Additionally, even after all that care, unpredictable weather conditions can ruin a perfectly manicured lawn. This is why many businesses and individuals alike have resorted to artificial grass as a solution to the effort, high water bills and equipment cost, as well as the apprehension that comes with managing beautiful lawns. Though picking artificial grass for a landscaping project necessitates an up-front cost, it can save you a ton in the long haul.
When debating about artificial turf, the first thought that comes to mind may be golf courses or personal putting greens, but while synthetic putting turf has to have short, dense blades that keep a golf ball on its course, the monochromatic, flat putting turf doesn’t have all of the characteristics required to succeed a genuine grass lawn.
Real grass is wavy, lush, and multi-toned, and putting turf just doesn’t fit the bill for open spaces. If you want to spruce up your grass, there are a ton of choices to consider that can create a proper aesthetic replacement for genuine grass.
But why choose synthetic grass?
A discounted water bill and the money retained by ignoring fertilizers and sprays already make a great case for using synthetic grass, specifically for large lawns. Still, one of the most frustrating parts of trying to maintain a real grass lawn is damage caused by weather and heavy foot traffic.
“Keep off the grass” signs are so cliché and aren’t as productive as we wish they were anyway. It only takes a couple rule-breakers can cause strips of downtrodden grass that can make a flawless maintained lawn look bad. The benefits of artificial grass for residential and commercial spaces include:
- Next to no maintenance required
- Durable and resistant to flattening in high-traffic areas
- Environmentally-friendly by cutting water usage
- Stays lush and green in all seasons and weather conditions
- No need for potentially harmful fertilizers and pesticides
- Lower cost for care and/or saved time
But why choose synthetic grass?
If you run to your local box store and buy some artificial turf, you’ll recognize that it looks unnaturally shiny. A lot of the synthetic grass on the market today is created using fibers that are simply shaped like natural grass in single, straight blades. While this lay out keeps true to the shape of separate blades of grass, frequently (especially when cheaper materials are used), this design can be too reflective and give off a plastic-like shine. Finding a solution to this problem by selecting a product that deals with light reflection is a superb start to choosing the right artificial grass product for your project. Our own artificial turf product Bolt solves this issue with lightning bolt-shaped blades that brilliantly reflect light in a way that resembles the luster of natural grass, evading that plastic look altogether.
A different issue that you can run into with inferior artificial turf is its color. Natural grass is never just “green.” There are all types of colors and tones that make authentic grass look so, well, real. Finding a brand of artificial grass that can supply you with the right colors to copy the shade of green grass that grows in your area is principal when selecting what to purchase.
The idea of making the switch to artificial grass is to save you time and money while having the best lawn around. It’s important to ensure that your lawn’s color doesn’t look fake among your area. Finding a company that gives you options is very necessary, and Southwest Greens has a large amount to choose from. The Bolt line of artificial turf encompasses Bolt Landscape as well Bolt Natural, which both come in a wide array of colors, including blends, so you can find the perfect fit for your grass in Phoenix. While Bolt Landscape provides more color options, Bolt Natural uses a patented triple-fiber design giving a Bolt Natural lawn more color variance and a very natural appearance that can be hard to find in the synthetic grass market.
No matter what kind of aesthetic you’re seeking for your establishment, if you’re thinking artificial turf, you can find the best match for your grass with Bolt.