Your guide to finding the right artificial grass for your business or property.

There are a myriad reasons people examine artificial lawns. First off, it can be tiresome and costly to nurture substantial amounts of grass. Specifically if you crave for your business, event space, or residence to catch the eye. Keeping grass voluptuous and green demands time and money to water, fertilize, and reseed. Additionally, even after all that care, unexpected weather conditions can ruin a perfectly manicured lawn. This is why many businesses and individuals alike have employed artificial grass as an answer to the effort, high water bills and equipment cost, as well as the dread that comes with managing beautiful lawns. Though choosing artificial grass for a landscaping project necessitates an up-front cost, it can save you a ton in the long haul.

When considering artificial turf, the first concept that comes to mind may be golf courses or personal putting greens, but while synthetic putting turf needs short, dense blades that keep a golf ball on its course, the monochromatic, flat putting turf doesn’t have all of the characteristics needed to succeed a genuine grass lawn.

Real grass is wavy, lush, and multi-toned, and putting turf just doesn’t fit the bill for large spaces. If you want to dress your property to impress, there are plenty of choices to think about that can yield a proper aesthetic replacement for genuine grass.

But why choose synthetic grass?

A lower water bill and the money saved by ignoring fertilizers and sprays already make a great case for using synthetic grass, particularly for large spaces. Still, one of the most discouraging parts of trying to cultivate a natural 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. Even just a couple rule-breakers can cause chunks of downtrodden grass that can make a perfectly 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 grab some artificial turf, you’ll see that it looks unnaturally shiny. A lot of the synthetic grass on the market today is made using fibers that are simply shaped like natural grass in single, straight blades. While this lay out keeps true to the shape of individual blades of grass, sometimes (especially when cheaper materials are used), this design can be too reflective and produce a plastic-like shimmer. Finding a solution to this problem by picking a product that deals with light reflection is a superb start to picking the right artificial grass product for your project. Our own artificial turf product Bolt solves this problem with lightning bolt-shaped blades that brilliantly reflect light in a way that simulates the luster of natural grass, evading that plastic look altogether.

 

Another problem that you can find with inferior artificial turf is its color. Genuine 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 provide you with the right colors to parallel the shade of green grass that grows in your area is paramount when choosing what to buy.

The intention of making the switch to artificial grass is to save you time and money while exhibiting the best lawn in town. It’s critical to make certain 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 ton to pick from. The Bolt line of artificial turf encompasses Bolt Landscape as well Bolt Natural, which both come in a large selection of colors, constituting blends, so you can find the perfect fit for your grass in Albuquerque. While Bolt Landscape produces more color options, Bolt Natural uses a patented triple-fiber design giving a Bolt Natural lawn more color variance and a very natural look that can be hard to find in the synthetic grass market.