Artificial Grass Saves California Water

For many years Southern California has faced ongoing periodic drought conditions. When water becomes scarce due to a lack of rainfall, automatic restrictions on watering landscaping are applied to residents, essentially making it so that you cannot water your lawn enough to keep it healthy. While this is not a desirable situation, unfortunately it is necessary in order to assure the well being of all of the residents of the local community who rely upon the water supply for drinking. People in the community are more important than plants, and sometimes the plants have to be sacrificed in order to assure that people can remain healthy. This sacrifice must be taken on by all people in a local community if it is to produce results, which is why the counties make it a legal requirement, and potentially fine those who do not comply.

There are numerous aspects of water conservation that are embraced by the programs that are put in place.  The most obvious is that you are not allowed to legally water your lawn for more than certain amounts of time and on certain days. More examples are in the encouragement of homeowners to completely remove their grass and replace it with some form of ground covering that is not reliant upon watering to keep it looking good. While there are many versions of landscaping style that will accomplish this goal, ranging from pavers and concrete to xeriscaping, one of the most satisfying for California residents is the installation of artificial turf. Synthetic grass is a plastic that is colored different shades of green and formed into the shape of grass blades before being cut at different lengths. These blades are then adhered to a water penetrable backing material, and rolled out over a prepared surface like carpeting would be. This is then staked to the ground securely, resulting in the look and feel of lush and green grass.

The savings in landscaping as well as watering will generally pay for the costs of installation of artificial turf over time, and any rebates that can be secured for the installation will also reduce the costs.  Some communities will offer a multi-dollar rebate per square foot of grass that is removed and replaced with turf. Others will assist in different ways, but most communities will agree that the use of synthetic grasses instead of real grass is beneficial to the community, and should be encouraged.

For more information about artificial turf installation, visit Coastal Greenscapes at http://scturf.com/artificial-grass/