Has anyone had a good experience putting in artificial grass in a homesetting?I am mainly thinking about the back yard. It's a fairly shallow yardsurrounded by tall trees and a two-story house. It doesn't get enoughsun for a really healthy lawn. This is especially true on the side ofthe house, which is a narrow strip that gets close to zero sun.I would like to investigate putting in artificial lawn. Myabe I woulddo the side of the house first and see how that goes. If we like that,we could do the entire back lawn.We live in the San Francisco bay area. The climate is mild. We have nopets and the kids are grown, so it won't get a lot of use. Mostly theoccasional garden party.Here are some links. Any experience with any of these?

Artificial grass for home use?

Mar 01, 2006 21 Replies

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LurfysMa 20 years ago

Probably quite a long time, but the maintenance would be at least inconvenient and I doubt the wife would want it.

There are lots of options, of course: ground cover, ground cover around stepping stones, wood chips or bark, gravel, concrete, ...

All of those have been considered, but we would really prefer grass (or a grass substitute) because we do walk through there occasionally.

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gfretwell 20 years ago

Naples Florida for one. They made a guy rip out his Astroturf lawn and put in real grass that requires watering and fertilizer ... at the same time when they are telling us fertilizer is killing the Gulf and we are running out of water.

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