Why are so many people turning to artificial grass? The advantages, plain and simple. From saving money to saving time, especially on lawn maintenance, and it can also improve lifestyle and help with environmental issues. Here are some benefits:
Aesthetics
Artificial Grass is specifically designed for residential lawns, urban and commercial landscape design, leisure activities and PlayGrounds. As Good As Grass delivers a revolutionary and wide range of products that is ideal for all your landscaping needs, offering an unmatched combination of beauty, durability, and value!
An Artificial lawn looks and feels just like well maintained natural grass all year round even in the harshest of climates. As Good As Grass does not burden the owner with any of the little drawbacks associated with natural grass – such as herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, and watering. Some of the benefits of artificial grass include:
- Available in a green mix of 2, 3 and even 4 shades of green
- Quality fibers and components with high UV protection
- A natural and green look all year round
- Tailor made solutions for any need you may have
- Improve city owned property (round-a-bouts, slopes, medians)
- Add to the aesthetic property value of your home
Maintenance Friendly
Artificial Grass hardly needs maintenance. Whereas in summertime natural turf needs maintenance almost every day, you can spend time on other activities instead of having to water or mow the lawn. Also for holiday homes As Good As Grass offer a perfect and economic solution, resulting in lower bills from the local service providers.
The installation of an artificial lawn eliminates the need for harmful pesticides, fertilisers, herbicides and fungicides, while at the same time requires no mowing, fertilising, reseeding or watering. It is easy to remove debris from As Good As Grass lawns. In addition to its many obvious benefits, there are not many maintenance tasks to be completed with an As Good As Grass lawn.
It’s more a matter of keeping clean than maintaining.
- Remove organic materials from the surface, typically by using a leaf blower.
- A stiff, natural bristle broom can be used to “fluff” high traffic areas.
- In case of turf with sand infill you may have to add some sand infill once a year in high usage areas.
Save Water and Money
Installing Artificial grass eliminates the use of harmful pesticides, fertilisers, herbicides and fungicides. At the same time As Good As Grass requires no mowing, fertilising, reseeding or watering. Thus far the use of As Good As Grass has saved millions of litters of tap water.
Artificial grass in the end pays for itself in maintenance savings alone, in addition to saving water, and provides an aesthetically pleasing surface year round
The Environment
As Good As Grass is working at the forefront of innovative environmental responsibility. The new state-of-the-art production facility where we produce our full range of products (based in the Netherlands), has achieved large reductions in total organic emissions and non-recycled waste. Our artificial grass systems have also made significant gains in re-using waste materials, reducing the wasteful use of water and eliminating the use of harmful pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals.
Words like “unsafe” or “dangerous” to either health or the environment contradict the basic tenets of our company, our people and our products. The installation of As Good As Grass eliminates the use of harmful pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides and fungicides, while at the same time no mowing, fertilizing, reseeding or watering is required.
Artificial turf installations have helped save citizens millions and millions liters of (tap-)water in 2008 alone. In addition, operating a lawn mower for one hour emits the same amount of pollutants as driving a car 100 kilometers. Year after year, millions of kilos of chemicals are used to upkeep grass lawns. With As Good As Grass, you get the aesthetic value of a perfectly maintained grass lawn without the environmental drawbacks of natural grass.