Sustainable Grass- Hybrid Lawn Solution for Housing Developers
Lawns require a lot of upkeep if you want a consistently green, lush surface all year round. This can harm the first impression of a property that is so important to attract potential buyers. Artificial grass can meet these aesthetic needs, but for housing developers seeking a more sustainable grass solution, Hybrid Grass is an ideal option.
In this blog, we will guide you through the most important benefits of hybrid grass as a natural-artificial lawn grass solution for housing developments. This includes:
- Improved sustainability
- Low maintenance requirements
- Lush green aesthetics
- Neat edging options
- Good drainage
- Soil stabilisation for accessibility
What is Hybrid Grass?
Firstly, we need to establish what hybrid grass is and how it differs from artificial and natural grass. Installed in grass rolls directly onto a prepared grass or grass seed surface, the hybrid grass product consists of synthetic grass fibres on a porous or netted backing. As natural grass grows through the holes in the backing, it combines with the artificial elements to create a lush, green appearance that feels natural to the touch.
We recommend this surface for areas that can suffer from patchiness, balding, muddiness, or yellowing at different times of the year. By combining the benefits of artificial grass with the real thing, your surfaces remain consistent and reliable all year round.
Embracing Sustainable Grass
Why lose the benefits of natural grass when developing your outdoor lawns and shared spaces? With a hybrid solution, you can achieve a consistent quality lawn while maintaining the natural grass that benefits soil quality, drainage, and the local ecosystem.
Sustainable grass options like hybrid grass are key to reducing water use and water wastage in our lawns. Larger housing developments or park areas may use automated sprinkles that can put a strain on water bills as well as local water systems. By reducing the coverage of natural grass and reinforcement from the artificial grass rolls, hybrid lawns require less water to maintain a consistent green colour year round.
For other sustainable surface choices for more than just your lawns, visit our sustainable flooring blog.
Aesthetic Value of a Natural-Synthetic Hybrid Grass
The quality synthetic lawn fibres used in the artificial grass rolls are spaced across the surface to provide maximum cover for sparse grass areas while still allowing grass to grow effectively between the fibres.
A hybrid surface typically comprises 70% natural grass protected and enhanced by artificial grass and the netted secure backing. This creates a full-looking, green lawn that looks even more indistinguishable from a fully natural lawn after installation when watered, compressed, and grass given time to grow to an equal length to the synthetic grass.
Artificial grass installation for housing developments needs to focus on fitting the grass rolls to create neat edges. Pathways through lawns with appropriate edging make all the difference to the important first impression of a potential buyer approaching a property. Therefore, our team provides many options for recessed edging or wooden straight edging as part of our pathway and hybrid or artificial grass installation.
Reducing Artificial Grass maintenance requirements
Avoiding muddiness and uneven ground is also an easier task as over time that natural grass bonds tightly with the netted backing to stabilise the ground soil. Therefore, even in wetter conditions or under greater stress from footfall, hybrid lawns stay flat and accessible for wheelchairs, bikes, and buggies.
Artificial Grass and Drainage
Controlling water from surface runoff is a common concern for housing developments and other sites, especially in urban areas with more impermeable surfaces. By protecting soil quality and maintaining grass, hybrid lawns help to control water. Unlike some hard surfaces or artificial grass on some subbase installations, the netted backing does not restrict water flow.
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