| For some residents in a neighborhood in Tampa | | | | households comply with the restrictions with |
| Florida, the streets are very well kept and the | | | | regards to the use of water especially in areas |
| trees are nature's pride: big trees of oak. | | | | that experience a lot of drought. |
| However, all these prettiness changed when one | | | | Take for example an area in New Mexico, |
| resident decided that enough is enough, he ripped | | | | particularly Albuquerque which actually offer five |
| his yard up and installed artificial grass. | | | | hundred dollars to those residents who have a |
| Though there are those who think that having a | | | | part of their lawn converted to landscape and |
| synthetic artificial lawn grass is pathetic, there are | | | | which need less water. |
| those who think otherwise. | | | | Same laws are also enforced in Arizona at Mesa |
| Believe it or not, this coming summer will be | | | | as well as in Las Vegas. Simply put, for those |
| witness to a lot more people from the suburban | | | | who really want to see lush green grass, the use |
| areas that are to install yards upon yards of fake | | | | of the artificial version is a good alternative. |
| grass. | | | | For those homeowners who prefer grass that is |
| This is lawn faux grass that is somehow very | | | | artificial, the reasons are simple. One user has |
| lifelike and real that people could be fooled to think | | | | found it helpful that his son no longer drags mud |
| they are what they appear to be, and pets | | | | inside their house. |
| actually think it is real. | | | | Though the fact of the matter is that he also had |
| The fact of the matter is that spending on | | | | to pad some areas of the lawn in order for the |
| artificial grass is supposed to rise by a quarter this | | | | child not to hurt himself - it cost three hundred |
| coming year at businesses as well as homes. | | | | dollars. |
| This basically translates to a revenue of two | | | | Another benefit is that it bring no bugs. |
| hundred and fifty million more. Compare this to a | | | | Also, like real lawn grass, it comes in varieties. |
| real lawn grass that need to be maintained, | | | | There are those who are garden lush variety that |
| trimmed, sprinkled, etc. and an artificial grass that | | | | has a recently-been-mowed look. This type of |
| solely needs to be blow dried. | | | | grass costs an average of thirty thousand dollars. |
| Though this prospect is tempting for some, it is | | | | The plus is that it simply needs to be airblowered |
| unthinkable for a lot of other people. There are | | | | once after quite a long while. |
| still those suburban residents that find this grass | | | | How did fake grass become so hip? |
| tacky and surreal. | | | | It all started in the 1970's when football teams as |
| Some residents still find a reason to complain on | | | | well as baseball teams decided to install artificial |
| artificial grass. For them, artificial grass looks just | | | | grass in stadiums all over the country. |
| too lushly fake in the cold, cold dead winter. This | | | | Though fans claimed it as an ugly alternative, as |
| has even prompted some neighborhoods to ban | | | | well as dangerous and totally unnatural, it was |
| the use of it altogether. | | | | actually a low maintenance and low cost |
| For the research director of the National | | | | landscaping phenomenon. |
| Association of Gardening, having artificial grass is | | | | Until there were athletes that tore their ligaments |
| like having a toupee on your lawn. | | | | and broke their bones due to it. |
| But there are still positive perks from having this | | | | All in all, the use of faux grass depends much on |
| type of grass. For one, the artificial grass industry | | | | a person's preference, style, need and budget. |
| thinks that there are advantages of faux lawn | | | | What one could see as ugly could be beauty to |
| grass. | | | | another person's perspective. |
| One benefit is the decrease in the care of one's | | | | The important thing is that all the benefits and |
| lawn. Thereby saving anyone and everyone | | | | disadvantages are properly weighed by the |
| money and energy. | | | | potential user of the artificial grass and from |
| It is also one way to decrease the use of | | | | there decide which is best as according to his long |
| fertilizers. It also helps neighborhood and | | | | term likes and dislikes. |