Natural grass fields, parks, and lawns look great, but they can experience a lot of issues as the weather gets warmer. Experts in providing outdoor surfaces across the UK, PlaySmart is here to provide grass solutions to a wide range of issues with the outdoors.
We recommend our strategies in a range of outdoor areas where our hybrid grass solutions may help the most. This includes:
- Parks with a lot of footfall
- Playgrounds with limited time or budget for upkeep and maintenance
- Sites where water usage is a concern
- Park gardens where lush green aesthetics are important year-round
Hybrid grass is a great alternative to artificial grass that allows parks and playgrounds to maintain the presence of their real, natural grass. This blog provides the many benefits of hybrid grass that you need to consider this summer.
1. High Durability for High Traffic Areas
Pathways, sports fields, and busy areas experience a lot of daily footfall. As disturbance of visitor activity to the grass fields can cause patchiness and muddy ground. This can impair accessibility and look unappealing.
Therefore, PlaySmart recommends replacing natural grass where required. High-traffic pathways or walkways through natural grass fields can be replaced by hybrid grass paths to avoid unnecessary disturbance while still retaining natural grass.
For areas where durability is a more serious concern, PlaySmart’s artificial grass is a realistic alternative grass solution. This is because it can effectively create a soft feel and high-quality surface that blends into natural grass.
2. Stabilising Surfaces and Promoting Grass Growth
Larger outdoor areas are regularly choosing hybrid grass solutions to help stabilise and protect grass fields. This hybrid solution combines a natural grass landscape with artificial grass to create an extra layer of protection to natural grass and soil.
The netted back of the hybrid grass rolls allows grass to grow through naturally with the reinforcement of the synthetic blades. The natural and artificial elements blend together to create a full surface. Additionally, soil is protected by the stabilising presence of the porous backing that spreads pressure, limiting mud and flooding.
3. Reduced Water Requirements
Watering typically helps to maintain a lush, green natural lawn. However, this can require a lot of effort or infrastructure for larger parks and can become a burden to budgets and water-conservation concerns for smaller sites. Especially in the current heat wave, grass can scorch, become yellow and dying off if not watered daily.
Are you looking to reduce the use of water at your site? Hybrid Grass Rolls can help. Combining natural grass with synthetic reinforcement reduces the overall amount of water needed to maintain lawns that look great.
4. Weed Resistant Membranes
The threat of weeds is ever present in many parks and playgrounds. This can impact the aesthetics of a neat, green lawn that your visitors are coming to you for.
Our hybrid grass solution to this issue is a weed-resistant membrane layer underneath the grass rolls. These membrane layers prohibit weed growth while not impacting desired breeds of grass.
5. Reduced Mowing Requirements
Mowing and cutting grass lawns can disrupt visitors and poses another chore for maintenance staff. Therefore, hybrid grass is here to reduce the needs for mowing. While some is still required due to the continued presence of natural grass, hybrid grass reduces the regularity significantly.
Hybrid Grass Solutions for Any Outdoor Problems
Surfacing can be used in smart ways to solve many problems of health and safety on the playground. Artificial and hybrid grass solutions used in conjunction with natural grass lawns are a great way to get the best out of your outdoor areas.
Discuss your options today with our experts by booking a call or get your Free Quick Quote with our handy contact form at the top of the page.