Artificial grass - Opinions

Cash-Cows

Before going down the fake route I would get a garden expert in to see what naturally can be done. Even if grass isn!!!8217;t possible I very much doubt nothing could be done that things couldn!!!8217;t grow in less than ideal conditions. Maybe join a gardening forum for advice before spending on a designer.

Davesnave

We're not so bothered what the garden's like on a house, because we'll change it anyway. It's much more important that the house, aspect size and location are right.

Having just had to create from a virtually blank canvas, I'd appreciate some mature shrubs and a tree or two in my next garden, if there's to be another. Lawns and perennial type planting are transient things, easily altered in a season or two.

Tygermoth

The landscaper has advised deep patios, raised beds (with evergreens and ornamentals) and slate or gravel as the grass is very prone to patches, yellowing and being thin.

He didnt have fake grass in his design - i altered it because I want some green grass (even if fake rather than a garden that has been entirely covered)

Next door have the same problem and decided to go full paving and it looks like a prison exercise yard - which i feel is even worse that fake grass! (to be fair to them it was only done at the end of last year so i don't think they have had the chance to do anything with it yet)

Least with the grass you could lift and turf if you were so inclined.

getmore4less

if you are going to be mixing in some hard surfaces areas for outdoor eating/sitting then I think you will get away with some lawn.

Make it look like a real lawn with mowing strips up to raised beds etc.

can you post the plan you have so far?

AdrianC

ACG wrote: »

If part of your garden is marshy and part is dry and you are having it landscaped, can you not get the landscaper to make some suggestions such s not having grass in those areas?

Or just install a French drain or similar.

[Deleted User]

I'm another person who would not buy a house that I knew had, or had had an artificial lawn. I would be worried about the potential of chemicals leaching into the soil and possible damage. Possibly OTT on my part, but that's how I would feel.

You can create nice gardens without a lawn. I have a large garden with little lawn (I hate mowing), but it is full of shrubs and flowers and places to sit. Looking at the photo from Lemonsqueezer78 I would swap the lawn for a gravel path and then plant under the pergola too. Similar to what your garden designer has suggested.

AdrianC

For the benefit of those who are seeing the references to LemonSqueezer, but cba to trawl through and find the link from another page of the linked thread...




I don't think that looks particularly good, but for a small urban patch like that, I can see the benefits.

For 25m x 25m...? No.

Tygermoth

this is very similar to the landscapers design - the bed is in the area where we actually get some sun. The big tree is in the corner and the gravel at the wide end of the grass is where the marshy bit is.

Opps the link showed my pinterest board and i have just been hammered with messages - so removed for the moment

happyandcontented

We have been toying with the idea for the side garden but can't reach a conclusion.

Lioness_Twinkletoes

Callie22 wrote: »

It would put me off, mainly because the only people I know who have it are dog owners who want grass but couldn't keep it alive because of the dog pee. I know people who have it because it's easy to hose down and pick up the more solid deposits, but I just can't see how that wouldn't start to smell really, really bad, especially in the summer. I know that's not everyone's reason for having it but the idea of it just puts me off.

I can see how it would be a good solution for those who want 'green' in small town gardens but I'd rather have some kind of planting, if only for environmental reasons.

I have two dogs and have to get the hose out every night in summer to water the plants, so it's no biggie to hose the 'lawn' at the same time.