Your guide to choosing the perfect artificial grass for your Jacksonville business or property.

WHY SHOULD YOU CHANGE?

There are quite a few reasons home and business owners consider artificial lawns. For starters, maintaining large spaces of organic grass can be tiresome and expensive. Especially if you plan on your residence, business, or event space standing out. Getting grass full and green involves time, money, and work to water, reseed, and fertilize. And, even after all that care, unexpected weather can mess up a perfect lawn. This is exactly why so many businesses and homeowners alike have chosen artificial grass solve the work, high water bills, equipment cost, and the angst that comes along with maintaining gorgeous lawns. Though purchasing artificial grass for a landscaping project will require a higher up-front cost, it should save you a lot in the long haul.

Thinking about artificial turf, your first thought that may come to mind might be golf courses or personal putting greens. However, while synthetic putting turf requires short, dense blades that keep a golf ball on its path, the flat, monochromatic putting turf doesn’t contain all of the attributes necessary to replace an organic grass lawn.

Real grass is flowing, lush, and multi-colored, and putting turf just won’t cut it for large areas. If you want to dress your property to impress, there are many other options to consider that will give you a better aesthetic replacement for genuine grass.

HOW WILL SYNTHETIC GRASS HELP?

A lower water bill and saving money by omitting fertilizers and sprays are a strong case for using synthetic grass, especially for large properties. Additionally, one of the most infuriating factors in maintaining a natural grass lawn is damage caused by weather and heavy foot traffic.

“Keep off the grass” signs are so cliché and are not as worthwhile as we hope anyway. Unfortunately, even just a few inattentive guests can cause patches of trampled grass that can make a perfectly maintained lawn look unprofessional.

The benefits of artificial grass for residential and commercial spaces include:

• Virtually no maintenance necessary
• Durable and resistant to getting flattened in high-traffic areas
• Environmentally friendly by cutting water usage
• Always lush and green all year-round and in all weather conditions
• No need for potentially harmful fertilizers and pesticides
• Lower cost for care and/or save time

CAN ARTIFICIAL TURF LOOK AS NATURAL AS REAL GRASS?

If you go to your local big-box store and pick up some artificial turf, you will observe that it looks unnaturally shiny. This is because much of the synthetic grass on the market today is made with fibers merely shaped like regular grass in single, straight blades. Though this design keeps true to the shape of individual grass blades, sometimes (especially when cheaper materials are used), this design can be too reflective and produce a plastic-like shimmer.

Finding a resolution to this problem by finding a product that handles light reflection is a great start to ensuring the right artificial grass product for your project. Our Bolt artificial turf product line handles this challenge with blades shaped like lightning bolts that brilliantly reflect light in a way that mimics the luster of natural grass which avoids that plasticky look entirely.

Another challenge that you may encounter with cheaper artificial turf is its color. Natural grass is never just “green.” There are a spectrum of colors and tones that make regular grass look so, well, real. Selecting a brand of artificial grass that will give you the correct colors to mimic the shade of green grass growing in Jacksonville is crucial when choosing what to buy.

The idea of choosing artificial grass is to save you time and money all while having the most beautiful lawn in Jacksonville. It is important to ensure that your lawn's color doesn't make it stick out like a sore thumb. Selecting a supplier that gives you options is very important, and Southwest Greens of Jacksonville has many options you can choose from.

SOUTHWEST GREENS CHOICES

 

Out of all the products we carry, we definitely suggest checking out our Bolt collection if you want the most vibrant and natural looking lawn. Their lightning bolt-shaped angles reflect light providing a lower luster and more organic-looking lawn—while providing a long-lasting solution with far less maintenance.

Bolt Natural

Bolt Natural 42
301 - Olive

Bolt Natural employs our patented method of sewing three strands through a single needle, providing the consumer with over thirty percent more ends visible and more contrasting colors. The lush, vibrant, heavy fibers give a natural look that is hard to find elsewhere. See the Bolt  Natural turf options here.

Bolt Landscape

Bolt SWFR
301 - Fresh Green / Green-Green Thatch

Bolt technology simply means you have the best in looks and durability. Bolt’s performance-grade fibers are made with better spring-back and reduced sheen for natural-looking lawn turf. Also, wear testing has shown Bolt is twice as resilient as conventional yarn—offering the most durable fibers on the market is a true revolution for the marketplace. Check out Bolt Landscape turf options.

WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

While Bolt Landscape provides more colors, Bolt Natural uses our patented triple-fiber design giving a Bolt Natural lawn more color variance and an exceptionally natural appearance that’s so uncommon in the synthetic grass market. Whatever kind of style you are trying to get for your lawn, if you’re contemplating artificial turf, you’ll find the ideal match for your grass with Bolt.

Contact us today for a free consultation and get the best artificial grass in the industry.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in December 2020 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.