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Landscaping With Artificial Turf – A Few Benefits

A backyard with lush green lawn is every homeowners dream. Nothing can bet the joy of spending quality time on a backyard lawn with family and friends. Especially when you have taken the hard work to grow such a beautiful lawn.

But growing a lush green and healthy lawn required hard work. It’s not a week’s job. Planting the right seed, watering frequently, looking for seasonal changes, and many more areas that a healthy lawn demands.

TLandscaping Artificial Turfhis and many more factors gave birth to artificial turf. The artificial turf as the name suggests, is a surface that looks exactly like the natural one, but without any hard work and maintenance. Lay it once and you are done of at least 10 years.

Being artificial has got many advantages over the natural one.

 

  1. It does not requite water (obviously, it’s artificial!)
  2. No lawn mowing, so no need to buy an expensive lawn mower
  3. Does not get infected by diseases
  4. Dogs and other pets can’t chew them
  5. Looks exactly like the natural one
  6. Can be used indoor as well

 

Since artificial lawn does not require water, you can use it in indoor areas
as well. With natural lawn it is absolutely necessary to take care of the water drainage. If the lawn receives enough direct sunlight then this problem is taken care of. if the water on natural lawn is not drained properly, pools of water can quickly become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. This can be dangerous to kids and other family members.

With artificial turf you altogether eliminate all these problems. SO should you go for artificial turf landscaping? Well, before you make any decision first go out and have a look at some live projects finished with artificial turf. Walk on the artificial lawn with bare feet, touch it, take photos and compare them with a natural one. Take a feel of the entire things, costing is also important.

So landscaping with artificial turf can save you money and time in a big way. But if natural lawn gives you satisfaction, even with a lot of hard work, take your decision wisely.

 

Author: Shrinivas Vaidya

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artificial Grass for Backyards, Front Yard LandscapingSynthetic grass is an ideal surface for all backyard areas. Whether your backyard happens to be a small patio-sized section, or a vast lawn with plenty of open space, artificial turf will provide your yard with countless benefits.Synthetic Grass LawnsThis has seen AstroTurf and other such artificial grass gain more widespread acceptance in sport once again. This was not an issue for the commercial uses of turf however which in the 1990s began to be seen more and more in landscaping.Artificial Grass for BackyardsSynthetic grass is an ideal surface for all backyard areas. Whether your backyard happens to be a small patio-sized section, or a vast lawn with plenty of open space, artificial turf will provide your yard with countless benefits. … It can be used for outdoor landscaping projects as well. Artificial lawns are idyllic because they are very versatile, and can thus be custom fit for any yard, including yards with plants. Synthetic grass can contour and fit even the.



 

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Artificial Lawn Grass

Artificial Grass – The Perfect Lawn Requiring No Maintenance

Are you having a hard time growing that thick, lush, green yard that all your neighbors seem to have? Is the weather where you live so inhospitable that every year no matter what you try your grass always seems to be brown by summer’s end? Well, you don’t have to be doomed to having lackluster grass. There are alternatives out there for you, and one of them is the use of artificial grass.

When people hear of artificial grass, they almost immediately think of the bland, flat, green carpet they often saw in indoor sports stadiums in the 1980s and 1990s. Artificial Turf has made leaps and bounds in recent years, and now is so close to the real product that people can almost never tell the difference.

Artificial Lawn GrassThere are many advantages of having artificial turf. With artificial turf, you never need to water your lawn. Even after a month of no rainfall, your lawn will still look as lush and green as the day you first installed it. You also never have to mow your artificial turf because it never grows. These two facts make artificial turf an ideal choice for those who own summer homes where it is impractical to maintain your yard. It’s also an ideal choice for the elderly who cannot keep up with the grind of maintaining their own lawn, especially in warmer climates.

Artificial turf has been used in athletics, with many professional athletes who play on modern artificial turf say that it feels as good as actual grass. Odds are that you have, in fact, seen artificial turf and not even realized it. Many businesses have turned to artificial turf in their office landscaping as to cut down on costs of maintenance, while still maintaining that healthy green look that everyone loves.

A safe, work-free alternative to keeping your lawn looking perfect, artificial turf is growing more and more popular by the day. And the best part? No one will ever know it’s not real.

 

Author: Matt Morrison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden-landscaping Ideas Synthetic Grass LawnsSynthetic grass lawns are made from something known as artificial turf. The idea behind this is simply to mimic the look and feel of natural grass using synthetic materials. This has many benefits allowing you to create a ‘luscious".Artificial Grass for BackyardsSynthetic grass is the ideal lawn alternative because it is safe for everyone in the family—including children and pets. Playground turf remains durable despite years of play and performance. You do not have to worry about children.fake lawns Artificial LawnThis entry was written by admin, posted on April 11, 2010 at 2:38 pm , filed under Artificial Grass and tagged artificial, fake lawns perth, garden, grass, lawn, water. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed.

 

 

 

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How To Install Synthetic Turfs

 Installing Synthetic Turfs All By Yourself

The process of installing artificial grass is actually easy, the tools that you need are very common and they can be obtained at any hardware stores. As long as the surface is stable, artificial grass can be applied on any surfaces like wooded, concrete etc, if you got natural grass already, then cap all the sprinkler heads; dig around every sprinkler to remove the head and the caps with the help of a sod cutter, also separate the root level of the natural grasses. Now measure the area to determine the final shape of the lawn. Using the marking paint mark the appropriate area. Frame the area and install the sticks, use 292 flexible plastic boards. Crushed down or decomposed granite are usually recommended. Spread down or the crushed down granite around the installation area, using the play compactor start compacting the outside perimeter about three to four times. This will create a hard base to artificial turf to lie over. The weed barrier lies on top; this prevents weeds from growing up, this is one of the great benefits of synthetic grass where there is little to no maintenance.

Measure your area before making any cuts on the artificial turf. Start with the largest area first, this will help when deciding where to place the material, give a final measurement before you cut the grass. Now you are ready to cut the edges on each side, always try to cut from the back instead over the turf, when you cut from the top you will end up with cutting some of the grass. The artificial grass blades are important because this will help to hide if any imperfections if you have accidentally done. Make sure your blade is clean with a sharp edge, using a straight edge place your blade on top and hold very still so it doesn’t move. A straight edge is helpful and necessary because it will be very difficult to cut straight without it.

ow To  Install Synthetic TurfsBe careful when you staple the turf, spread the grass apart and hammer lightly. The staples will be 6 inches on center and as you drive the staple it might hit the rock underneath, if it happens find a new place for the staple because the rocks will bend the staple. As you are stapling keep checking the turf to make sure no straight fibers or yarn or anything else is left before you place the final staple. It is also important to make sure that there is no overlapping. Once you have done with nailing and stapling, use the power brush to brush off the artificial grass against the grain to make them stand up and look attractive. Carefully spreading the infill which will help the grasses to stand vertical and this infill is a combination of sand and rubber.

 

 

By Brayan Peter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artificial Turf Price – Do you know the CostIf you are not using power equipment to install your synthetic grass, the artificial turf price will range something between $5.94 per sq. foot. On renting a sod cutter and compactor, the installation procedure takes about 3 days and.Burlingame synthetic turf field needs earlySan Carlos’ City Council voted Monday, April 14, 2008, to tear out the beautiful grass field and install synthetic turf at Highlands Park. Our beautiful community park is the wrong place to put a synthetic field.Installing Synthetic Turfs All by Yourself This will create a hard base to artificial turf to lie over. The weed barrier lies on top; this prevents weeds from growing up, this is one of the great benefits of synthetic grass where there is little to no maintenance.



 

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Artificial Putting Greens

Artificial Putting Greens

Want to know more about artificial putting greens? Read on…

Introduction

In the game of Golf, the ball is struck by a club causing it to roll towards the cup. This process is called ‘Putting’. A putting green is the ground on which the game of golf is played. The grass on this putting green is cut quite short. This facilitates the rolling of the golf ball.

Most golf grounds grow the grass and keep it cut very short so that the ground is perfect for a game of golf. However, with the advent of new technologies, artificial turf has begun to take the place of real grass.

History

watersystems for artificial turfThe invention of artificial turf is credited to David Chaney and his team of RTP researchers in 1960. Since then, this artificial turf has been used in all kinds of sporting grounds where grass played a major role. Initially, the artificial grass was not very popular with players and fans alike due to its unforgiving surface which made the players more prone to injuries. It was subsequently banned by many football leagues.

New technological research has come up to resolve these issues. Now the playing surfaces are made with sand or rubber filling. This makes the surface of these artificial greens more natural and easy to play on. Nowadays, artificial turf has begun to regain its importance and role in professional sport.

Advantages

These artificial putting greens have quite a few benefits compared to real grass. They are:

  • The synthetic putting greens have the look and feel of natural grass.
  • No maintenance is required for the artificial putting surfaces. This includes no mowing, no watering and no chemicals.
  • The artificial greens do not fade easily.
  • Artificial grass allows for heavy usage without losing out on its shape and form.
  • This artificial grass is environmentally friendly and very safe to use.
  • Artificial or Synthetic Turf is available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes to suit the requirement of the client or the project.

Uses

These benefits of artificial putting greens have aided its expansion into home use. People are using small and large pieces of artificial turf to make lawns and sit outs in their backyards and gardens.

Artificial greens and turf are now used for landscaping, home lawns, and even for indoor putting greens and practice greens.

These indoor practice greens are used by learners of golf and in arcades. People also install home putting greens or backyard putting green surfaces inside their homes or in their backyards if they are interested in keeping up with their practice of golf.

This artificial turf is also used in parks and schools for making green spaces for playgrounds.

 

By Madhavi Ghare
Published: 3/10/2007

 

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Synthetic Lawns Prove Perfect For Child’s Play

Few can debate the merits of a lawn made from artificial grass. Year-round beauty, low to no maintenance, and no watering mean a pristine yard 365 days a year and more money in your pocket. Southwest Greens of Eastern Washington is a leading distributor not only of artificial backyard putting greens and indoor putting greens but also of the finest artificial grass in the industry, EnvyLawn. As such we’d like to remind you that from our golf greens to our synthetic lawns, all of our products have the great added family benefit of being exceedingly kid friendly.

Indoor Putting Greens A product your children can play on safely is a priority, and with our synthetic lawns that’s exactly what you’ll get. Our artificial grass is completely lead free and is made in the USA. Kids of all ages can play run and play on our lawns with no worries about itching, sneezing, or any other allergic reactions. Best of all, because it’s artificial grass there is no dirt or mud to be found. For any parent who’s had to deal with stained clothing or kids tracking dirt into the house (and isn’t that every parent?), the ability to send your kids out to play knowing they’ll come back clean as a whistle is quite a gift indeed.

artificial lawn turfMore and more nurseries, schools, and the like are installing synthetic grass in areas where children congregate and play, and with good reason. Child play areas endure a lot of wear and tear, but our synthetic grass surfaces are up to the challenge. Unlike normal grass ours won’t flatten and wear down. Because our synthetic lawns are built to last, they will always maintain a safe and even surface for your children to play on. In fact daycare centers and school districts across the country have found our synthetic turf can reduce the severity of injuries from falls off of playground equipment.

If you could install a perfect looking lawn or play area that not only looks perfect year-round but was also safer for children would you do it? Of course you would, and the evidence is in that artificial grass from the professionals at Southwest Greens is just such a product. A pristine lawn that’s as safe for the kids as it is beautiful to look at is now yours for the asking.

By: Jesse Kadinger

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First and Biggest Artificial Turf Play Space in China

First and Biggest Artificial Turf Play Space in China











17700 square meters of Artificial Turf in China


Beijing, China (PRWEB) December 16, 2010

The re-development of the artificial turf sports field at the Western Academy of Beijing is completed. With 17.700m2 playing surface the new sports field will allow for various sports to be played on. It is the first artificial turf system of FIFA Preferred Producer GreenFields and at the same time probably the biggest playing surface in China.

The Western Academy of Beijing, or WAB for short, decided that the old field needed changing for various reasons. The old sports field was too hard and not safe and due to the growing number of students the area was too small for different sports to be played on.

Artificial turf for multiple sports

In August 2010 work began on converting the old sports field with the installation of a new 3rd generation artificial turf system. Works were done by GreenFields’ partner TorchGrass on a re-design and build basis. The new sports field will fulfil WAB’s demand of having a sustainable artificial turf surface for multi-purpose use. With double the play space, lighting for extended use, safer conditions, and a state-of-the-art scoreboard, students will be able to enjoy their sport the whole year through.

Max Heo, GreenFields’ sales manager in China, says: “We had to re-build the construction of the sub-base and modernize the structure. As various sports will be played on this sport field, we installed a special artificial grass system that will warrant safety properties and playing characteristics for all these sports. The installation of the GreenFields artificial turf system will allow making much greater use of the sports field and will offer many new opportunities to the WAB community.”

The importance of maintaining the artificial turf

WAB is aware of maintenance being an important feature to sustain the total quality of the artificial turf system and to protect the investment. Robert Landau, director of WAB, says: “With the benefit of having a brand new field created with state-of-the-art materials and advanced technology comes the responsibility of proper use and care. Just as a new car ownership warrants registration, insurance, and an understanding of its operation prior to first use, one of our responsibilities as owners of this great artificial turf field is to be sure that we have to read its owner’s manual.”

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Long-Term Injury Study Among College Athletes Concludes Fewer Injuries on Fieldturf Vs. Natural Grass

Long-Term Injury Study Among College Athletes Concludes Fewer Injuries on Fieldturf Vs. Natural Grass










Montreal, Canada (Vocus) January 15, 2010

FieldTurf, the world leader in artificial turf, praised the published research today which concludes that college football games played on FieldTurf synthetic turf playing surfaces resulted in statistically fewer and less severe injuries than those played on natural grass.

The research was led by Michael C. Meyers, PhD, FACSM, presently a professor within the Department of Health and Human Development at Montana State University. The official study is entitled: “Incidence, Mechanisms, and Severity of Game-Related College Football Injuries on FieldTurf Versus Natural Grass: A Three-Year Prospective Study”.

The peer-reviewed study is published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine

“Over the past decades, numerous studies attributed a greater risk and incidence of articular and concussive trauma to playing on an artificial surface when compared to natural grass,” said Meyers. “To that end, though balanced by a view that the synthetic turf product had seen technology advancements in the years thereafter, we hypothesized that FieldTurf would deliver a similar safety profile as natural grass relative to injury incidence, mechanism and severity. Although similarities did exist between FieldTurf and natural grass over a three-year period of competitive play, the findings showed significant differences in injury incidence, severity of injury, injury time loss, injury situation, grade of injury, injuries under various field conditions, and temperature between playing surfaces – with FieldTurf markedly the safer playing surface.”

The study evaluated play under natural game conditions and across 24 NCAA Division 1-A FBS universities. A total of 465 games were tracked – 230 games on FieldTurf, and 235 games on natural grass. A “reportable injury” was defined as any game-related football trauma that resulted in an athlete missing all or part of a game, time away from competition, any injury reported or treated by an ATC or physician and all cranial/cervical trauma reported. “Injury time loss” was categorized as minor if time lost was 0-6 days; substantial at 7-21 days resulting in the athlete unable to return to play at the same high competitive level; and severe if the trauma required 22 or more days of time loss.

“Injury incidence and severity is a topic of much discussion right now, not only within the halls of the NFL and relative to head trauma, but at colleges/universities and high schools across the country,” said FieldTurf President Eric Daliere. “We are pleased that this first-of-its-kind college football research is consistent with similar earlier findings at the high school level. These long-term studies will serve to set the record straight about athlete safety and FieldTurf.”

Findings suggested FieldTurf fields were safer than natural grass fields to the following degrees:

In regards to incidence of injury

7%         Fewer total injuries

3%         Fewer minor injuries

19%        Fewer substantial injuries

22%        Fewer severe injuries

In regards to head, knee, and shoulder trauma

12%        Fewer concussions

42%        Lower anterior cruciate ligament trauma

16 %     Lower ACL and associated tissue trauma

10%        Fewer AC separations

64%        Fewer rotator cuff tears

46%        Lower incidence of shoulder lesions (SLAP, Hill-Sachs, Bankart)

In regards to injury category

8%         Less injury from player-to-player collisions

10%        Less injury from shoe surface interaction during contact

8%         Less injury from shoe surface interaction during non-contact

In regards to primary type of injury

8%         Fewer ligament sprains

32%        Fewer ligament tears

8%         Fewer muscle strains and spasms

74%        Fewer muscle tears

8%         Less tendon strains

In regards to grade of injury

24%        Lower incidence of second degree trauma

24%        Lower incidence of third degree trauma

In regards to type of tissue injured

6%         Lower incidence of joint trauma

6%         Lower incidence of muscle trauma

6%         Lower incidence of neural trauma

In regards to environmental conditions

10%        Less injury during inclement weather (rain, snow, sleet)

42%        Less injury during no precipitation, wet field conditions

24%        Lower incidence of injury during games played under hot weather conditions

More than 60 top NCAA universities currently play their home games on FieldTurf including Nebraska, Ohio State, Michigan, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas State, Boston College, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas Tech, Rutgers, Syracuse, Cincinnati and Louisville. Twenty-one of the NFL’s 32 teams presently utilize FieldTurf in their stadiums and/or practice facilities. In addition, MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays have FieldTurf at their respective stadiums.

The NFL Players Association released their bi-annual ranking of NFL stadium fields during a January 2009 press conference in Tampa prior to the Super Bowl. Once again, the results tabbed FieldTurf as the runaway leader among all artificial turf brands. In data gathered from polling/voting of over 1500 NFL players, 40% of the league’s Top Ten surfaces were FieldTurf fields. In addition, four of the top five and eight of the top ten artificial turf fields in the league are FieldTurf, according to that NFLPA data.

About FieldTurf:

FieldTurf offers industry-leading engineering and manufacturing resources and leads the synthetic turf industry with regard to setting higher environmental standards. FieldTurf is the global market leader in terms of synthetic sports fields with more than 3,000 fields installed. Additionally, FieldTurf has attained more than 15,000 satisfied customers in high quality pet, residential, commercial and municipal landscaping solutions, playground surfacing and has a complete range of golf and tennis products. FieldTurf synthetic turf customers enjoy the benefits of significantly reduced water consumption, the elimination of fertilizer and pesticides, superior durability and drainage and a product that looks and feels real. The positive environmental impact of FieldTurf provides the added benefit of LEED building contributions.

FieldTurf is part of Tarkett Sports, a Division of the Tarkett Group. Tarkett Sports is the largest entity in the sports and landscape surfacing industries. Included within the Tarkett Sports portfolio is an impressive range of performance sports flooring products. This product range includes: synthetic and hardwood basketball; volleyball and gymnasium flooring; squash and racquetball courts; floor protection and covering systems; weight room flooring; and high performance indoor and outdoor running tracks, featuring Beynon and Atlas track surfaces. All Tarkett Sports surfaces are developed, produced and installed with a concentration on sustainability and a commitment to protecting the environment, providing additional LEED contribution opportunities for customers. The company calls this focus on sustainability and the environment ‘Environmental Intelligence’ and all company personnel strive to exemplify this philosophy in all aspects of the business. For more information, please visit: FieldTurf Artificial Grass & Synthetic Turf Products

Contact:

Jason Smollett

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800-724-2969

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