artificial grass

If you think you can’t have natural-looking grass where real grass isn’t meant to grow, think again.

Ditto if you think you can’t have an eco-friendly lawn for temporary, no-mess and reusable installations.

Synthetic lawns such as NewGrass® work wonderfully when you need to simulate beautiful turf grass for:
* Trade show exhibits
* Portrait studio settings
* Rooftop terraces and balconies
* Theatrical sets
* Commercial exhibits

Using today's fake grasses like NewGrass® is a smart choice for several reasons:

1. They feel and look almost as real as lawns created by Mother Nature.

2. They can be installed directly over any standard flooring without glue or nails, and without the soil or borders needed when you use sod.

3. They’re cleanly installed and maintained. You don’t have the dirt that comes with natural sod grass, and you don’t need to water them.

4. Reusable for years. Artificial lawns have no-fade warranties that are good for eight to 10 years, and they stay upright and alive-looking that long, too.

5. Grass and only grass: no infill required. Varieties like NewGrass Rye and Premium Rye that have hefty primary blades and a spiral secondary tufting don’t need infill to keep them upright and lifelike.

6. They give you safe, friendly lawn any time of year, in any climate and under any lighting or climate-control conditions.

7. Their weight has no impact on standard weight-bearing structures such as terraces and rooftops.

8. Drainage rates for lawns like NewGrass are fast enough that even after heavy rains and snow melt, they will not have an impact on the weight-bearing ability of balconies and terraces with standard drainage.

With major improvements in the world of artificial grass over the last several years, it’s easy to find a product that looks and feels fairly natural – or at least more natural than the original stuff, the stuff that felt like stiff, nubby, industrial carpeting.

But one of today’s synthetic grass products goes beyond simply looking and feeling natural. NewGrass® artificial lawns (www.newgrass.com) are green in every sense of the word. NewGrass® is proud to be a member of the Green Building Council, an ally in the EPA’s GreensScape Program and the only artificial lawn that is Certified 100% Eco-Friendly, from the way the grass is manufactured to the company’s pledge to properly recycle any lawn installed by an authorized representative at the end of its useful life.

In nutshell, here are six reasons NewGrass® is as green as it gets when it comes to synthetic lawns:

1. Conserves Water. As much as 70% of the average U.S. homeowner’s water bill goes toward outdoor watering – and that usually means keeping a natural turf grass green.

2. Protects Groundwater. With no need for potentially harmful pesticides and fertilizers, NewGrass® helps protect groundwater and storm drainage runoff. In addition, the bio-engineered EnviroCel™ backing of NewGrass® enhances direct drainage through the backing, further reducing runoff of rain and snowmelt that could affect surrounding foundations or natural gardening.

3. Reduces Petroleum Consumption. The EnviroCel™ backing of NewGrass® is primarily derived from domestically grown soybeans (in themselves a renewable resource). This backing reduces by nearly 90% the amount of oil-based compounds in the backing compared with earlier generations.

4. Totally Recyclable, No Nylon. The blades of NewGrass® GreenAware varieties are 100% polyethylene – no nylon! - and are 100% recyclable. 5. Aids Fight Against Global Warming. For every square foot of NewGrass® installed, the company makes a donation to the Carbon Fund, a non-profit organization that is leading the fight against global-warming climate change.

5. Aids Fight Against Global Warming. For every square foot of NewGrass® installed, the company makes a donation to the Carbon Fund, a non-profit organization that is leading the fight against global-warming climate change.

6. LEED Credits. With its EnviroCel™ and BioCel™ backings, NewGrass® may contribute to total ratings under LEED credit for New Construction in several categories.

NewGrass has been featured on Bob Vila, The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television, Fine Living TV’s American Shopper, Makeover and a Movie and a special Think Green episode of Designing Spaces  on We tv and TLC - The Learning Channel.