Why Synthetic Grass

You get year round consistent colour and surface without

  • Mowing
  • Watering
  • Fertilising
  • use of Pesticides

So many good reasons to choose it

  1. Synthetic grass has a slightly higher initial outlay but achieve cost recovery in approximately 2 to 3 years depending upon the application. From there in the savings grow rapidly being around half the overall cost in approximately 6 years.
  2. Synthetic grass is significantly cooler to play on – a major advantage in our climate.
  3. It can be laid where natural grass doesn’t survive.
  4. It is for more robust than natural grass allowing far greater utilisation and thus revenue for the club.
  5. It is ideal for holiday homes or roof top gardens where maintenance is impractical.
  6. Great for pool surrounds where chemicals can effect natural grass
  7. Can be customised in a multitude of ways to incorporate your company logos or sponsorship deals
  8. Ideal for roadsides such as highways and motorway where pollutants effect natural grass and mowing presents a real hazard to personnel

A little history

Artificial turf was first developed by Monsanto and used in Major League Baseball in the Houston Astrodome in 1966. It was again used in 1969 at Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania for American football. These early grasses were generally made from nylon and were fairly course, earning a reputation for friction burns.

British soccer club, Queens Park Rangers used a second generation grass in 1981. This and a number of other UK pitches were made from Polypropylene with a 20 to 40 mm pile and stabilised with sand in fill.

Grass technology evolved into the 1990’s with the advent of a much softer Polyethylene fibre and a wider variance of pile lengths (up to 65 plus mm for sports using studded boots). Additionally a number of the “contact sports” also introduced Shock Pads (rubber underlay) to dampen impacts. These are not suitable for sports such as tennis.

Polyethylene is softer, more durable and does not “friction burn” and is therefore our exclusive choice for virtually all sports.