artificial grass

[Phteven]

If you don't want grass there are other options besides plastic. You can grow herb lawns, corsican mint and penny royal both work. Or some big shade trees will reduce the length that the grass can grow.

Lawn is pretty bad for the environment and fake lawn isn't much better so a lawn free garden is great from an eco perspective. You can have lots of trees with paths, rock gardens, ponds...

ETA - check out the Australian Native Plants Society for some idea about what you could do without using lawn.

[~me~]

Our school has artificial grass and has just flooded..no drainage.

It is also very hot and not pet friendly.
Have a look at garden/landscape websites or type in lawn free backyard and see what other ideas you get.
My DS1 went to a birthday party recently and the back yard was amazing, no grass at all. Just a kids play area, and the rest features, little gardens and all different sorts of rocks.

[Mum2SweetCs]

ahh thanks ladies!! always great to be educated here lol. I think im going to stick to the cement we have, no maintenance! i just thought a bit of grass would look good so that DD could roll around it in, but if it;ll get too hot, no thank you! dont want to burn her tahts for sure

[RhiChiChi]

If you don't want grass there are other options besides plastic. You can grow herb lawns, corsican mint and penny royal both work. Or some big shade trees will reduce the length that the grass can grow.

Lawn is pretty bad for the environment and fake lawn isn't much better so a lawn free garden is great from an eco perspective. You can have lots of trees with paths, rock gardens, ponds...

ETA - check out the Australian Native Plants Society for some idea about what you could do without using lawn.

Why is real lawn bad for the environment? - I am just curious, not having a go!

[Phteven]

Yanno I've been meaning to start a thread for ages about lawn....

[Phteven]

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...3/#post2683147

[Nettie]

I can't afford to buy 'equipment' but I just wanted somewhere to put a small slippery dip and a wading pool.. which is why I was considering the fake turf..

we've already got heaps of areas he likes to play in with rocks, plants and a veggie patch!

[Franciscowhite]

There are alot cons of artificial grass im also using it in house in the different places like lawn besides the swimming pool and some portion of the roof to some cons are given below:
Artificial turf can be a solution when the environment is particularly hostile to natural grass.
Artificial turf can withstand more use than natural grass.
Low maintenance.
Suitable for roof gardens and swimming pool surrounds (chemicals and high heat wont damage the turf).
Some artificial turf systems allow for the integration of fiber-optic fibres into the turf. This would allow for lighting or advertisements to be directly embedded in a playing surface.

Artificial Grass