Grass garden flooring is very popular in old and new developments. However, natural grass can pose issues for homeowners and housing developers looking to create reliable, consistent, and attractive lawns. Hybrid grass embraces what makes natural grass so popular, while also combining it with the benefits of artificial grass to meet the long-term needs of your gardens.
Here is your guide to how we can use hybrid grass lawns to enhance your garden surfaces.
As the seasons change, natural lawns can lose their lustre, becoming brown, patchy, or yellowed at different periods. If not properly cared for, lawns can even die away, needing uplifting, re-seeding, or replacement. With hybrid mats, care is a lot more simple, with only semi-regular mowing required.
Grass lawns should also retain a green colour year-round, looking natural and full. Hybrid grass can help achieve this goal. With the extra support of the netted backing and synthetic pile, hybrid lawns look consistent and lush year round.
Additionally, the mesh backing reinforces the underlying soil and encourages healthy grass growth. This means that not only do your lawns maintain their colour and texture, but the lifespan of your natural lawn is also extended.
As a realistic grass solution, hybrid grass is the perfect surface for children to play and enjoy as if it were natural grass, with no worries about turf burn from artificial surfaces or mud from real grass. The mixture of artificial and natural fibres makes for a soft-to-the-touch texture in addition to the fully natural look.
Additionally, for softer footfall and fall height protection up to a full 2.5m, hybrid grass is available with a shock pad underlay. This underlay is not visible underneath the hybrid grass while still acting as safety surfacing for use underneath garden playground equipment.
Play-fields and lawns can be difficult to keep healthy and green with all of the footfall that public spaces get over time in addition to the impacts of weather on natural soil and grass. Rather than just replacing yellowing, patchy grass with a pure artificial grass, many developments are choosing a more sustainable alternative: Hybrid Grass.
Our hybrid grass mats act as a reinforcement for natural lawns rather than a replacement. The netted backing of the hybrid grass rolls allows natural grass growth while also protecting the soil below. Hybrid grass systems prevent soil degradation and helps facilitate the circulation of water into the ground soil without flooding, boggy ground or puddling.
Hybrid grass therefore creates the look of a consistent lawn while helping grass to grow and thrive, all with less plastic than artificial grass, with sparser synthetic blades to not overcrowd natural grass and the use of biodegradable materials where possible.
Simple green lawns look great, but for a more unique, creative landscape design, you can combine it with other surfacing materials. By dividing gardens with different surfacing materials, even small areas can become a multi-use space, seeming larger with a unique garden design.
A vibrant rubber aggregate pathway offsets the even green of the grass, cutting through the lawn or around the edge for a modern aesthetic. For a more natural look, rubber mulch surfaces around the tree line can offset the grass while continuing to provide protection to tree root systems while continuing to let water circulate through ground soil naturally.
PlaySmart are experts in playground, sports, and garden flooring. We provide our surfacing materials in supply only and supply install capacity to suit your development needs.
If our hybrid grass surfaces are right for your garden, we’d love to hear from you! You can request a quote, or call us on 01564 742811.
