About Artificial Grass UK
Why You’ll Love Artificial Grass UK – Gardens Without the Drama
There are some relationships in life that require constant effort.
Marriage.
Children.
Pets.
And, apparently, natural grass.
A traditional lawn spends most of the year demanding attention. It wants mowing, watering, feeding, reseeding, aerating and occasionally somebody standing over it looking concerned while holding a bag labelled “Autumn Lawn Treatment”.
Then, after all that care, the dog runs across it twice and turns it into the Somme.
At Artificial Grass UK, we prefer gardens that homeowners can actually enjoy. With around 20 years of experience supplying and professionally installing artificial grass, we have spent a considerable amount of time rescuing lawns that have simply had enough.
Here are some of the reasons we think you might rather like us.
We Actually Understand Artificial Grass
Artificial grass installation looks deceptively simple.
Remove lawn.
Put green stuff down.
Go home.
Unfortunately, that is also how you end up with artificial grass that develops dips, wrinkles, puddles or edges that begin moving towards the neighbour’s garden.
The grass itself is only the visible part of a professional installation.
Underneath, there needs to be properly prepared groundwork, suitable drainage, secure edging and a carefully constructed base.
After around 20 years in the industry, we’ve encountered just about every type of garden imaginable.
Heavy clay.
Poor drainage.
Sloping gardens.
Dog-damaged lawns.
Shaded gardens.
Tiny lawns that require seventeen individual cuts around flower beds, drain covers and things the homeowner insists cannot possibly be moved.
Experience matters.
We Don’t Believe in the “Roll It Out and Hope” Method
There is a very sophisticated landscaping technique known as:
“It’ll probably be fine.”
We don’t recommend it.
A professional artificial grass installation may involve removing the existing lawn, excavating the ground, installing appropriate edging, building and compacting a suitable sub-base, preparing the laying surface and ensuring water can drain correctly.
Only then does the artificial grass go down.
This isn’t the glamorous bit.
Nobody invites the neighbours round to admire a beautifully compacted sub-base.
But it is often the most important part of the entire installation.
A fantastic artificial grass product installed over poor groundwork is rather like putting a £3,000 mattress on a collection of shopping trolleys.
The expensive bit isn’t going to save you.
We Understand Dogs
Well, as much as anybody understands dogs.
Dogs have their own ideas about garden design.
They tend to favour a landscaping style based around running the exact same route repeatedly until absolutely nothing grows there.
A typical dog garden contains:
The Back Door Launch Pad
The Fence Patrol Route
The Mysterious Hole Nobody Saw Being Dug
and occasionally:
The Former Lawn
Artificial grass can be a superb choice for dog-friendly gardens when installed properly.
Drainage is particularly important. The surface should be permeable, the base needs to allow water through efficiently, and pet areas should be easy to rinse and maintain.
The result can mean far less mud coming into the house.
Your dog may still leap onto the sofa immediately after being outside in the rain.
We’re artificial grass installers.
Behavioural negotiations remain your department.
We Like Family Gardens That Survive Families
Children are another natural enemy of pristine lawns.
Football goals create bald patches.
Trampolines create strange circles.
Paddling pools create yellow rectangles.
And nobody knows why there is one trainer in the flower bed.
Artificial grass can create a much more dependable family garden.
It works particularly well alongside:
children’s play equipment
composite decking
porcelain paving
garden rooms
seating areas
raised planting beds
Instead of designing the garden around protecting the lawn, you can design it around actually using the garden.
Which seems considerably more sensible.
We Don’t Judge Your Current Lawn
We’ve seen things.
If your lawn currently consists of 35% grass, 30% moss, 20% mud and 15% something you’re hoping will disappear by spring, you do not need to apologise.
Some gardens simply don’t suit natural grass.
Tall fences can create heavy shade.
Trees compete for light and moisture.
Clay soil can cause drainage difficulties.
Pets and children create wear.
Some lawns are simply asked to do far more than grass was designed to cope with.
Artificial grass doesn’t need sunlight.
It doesn’t need feeding.
It doesn’t care whether your soil is nutrient-rich.
It has absolutely no ambition to grow.
This gives it a significant advantage in difficult gardens.
We Think Saturdays Should Be Used for Better Things
Natural lawns have somehow convinced generations of homeowners that spending two hours pushing a noisy machine around the garden is a leisure activity.
Artificial grass respectfully disagrees.
No routine mowing means more time for:
BBQs.
Football with the children.
Playing with the dog.
Sitting outside.
Gardening elsewhere.
Or doing absolutely nothing.
Doing absolutely nothing is a seriously underrated garden activity.
You will still need to remove leaves occasionally, brush the fibres and clean the surface when required.
Artificial grass is low maintenance, not magically maintenance-free.
But compared with regular mowing, feeding, watering and reseeding, the workload is generally far smaller.
We Supply the Grass and Professionally Install It
There is something reassuring about dealing with people who understand the entire job.
At Artificial Grass UK, we don’t simply supply a roll and wave goodbye from the driveway.
We can advise on the right product, prepare the garden and install the lawn professionally.
Choosing the right grass depends on how the garden will be used.
A decorative front lawn doesn’t necessarily need the same product as a garden containing two Labradors, three children and a football goal.
We consider things such as:
pile height
density
softness
colour
durability
drainage
pets
children
anticipated use
The most expensive grass isn’t automatically the best grass.
The best grass is the one that suits your garden.
We Like Artificial Grass With Other Landscaping
Artificial grass doesn’t need to take over the entire garden.
In fact, some of our favourite gardens combine several different materials.
You might have a porcelain patio beside the house, artificial grass through the centre, composite decking around a garden room and planted borders around the perimeter.
This creates distinct areas for dining, relaxing, children and pets.
It also prevents the garden from looking like somebody has carpeted the entire outdoors.
Plants are still important.
Trees are still important.
Flowers are still important.
Artificial grass works particularly well when it forms one practical part of a balanced garden.
We Are Fully Insured
This isn’t particularly funny, but it is important.
Artificial Grass UK is fully insured.
When you’re inviting contractors onto your property to carry out excavation, groundwork and landscaping, you should know that you’re dealing with a professional business.
Insurance, experience and proper installation procedures might not be as exciting as choosing between different shades of artificial grass, but they’re considerably more important if something unexpected happens.
Professional standards matter.
We Have Around 20 Years of Experience
Twenty years in artificial grass teaches you a few things.
It teaches you that gardens are rarely as level as they look.
It teaches you that customers describing an area as “roughly square” may be using a highly imaginative definition of square.
And it teaches you that a successful installation depends on preparation.
Products and techniques have changed dramatically over the years.
Artificial grass itself has become far more natural-looking, with better colour variation, softer fibres and more convincing pile structures.
But the fundamentals remain the same:
prepare properly, install carefully and don’t rush the groundwork.
We Want the Garden to Work for You
Ultimately, artificial grass isn’t really about grass.
It’s about what happens around it.
It’s about opening the back door after heavy rain without thinking:
“Nobody go outside.”
It’s about letting the children play without watching the lawn gradually disappear.
It’s about owning a dog without needing a dedicated mud-removal station beside the kitchen door.
And it’s about enjoying a garden without feeling that you should immediately be doing something to maintain it.
That’s why we love artificial grass.
And that’s why we love installing it.
At Artificial Grass UK, our aim is to supply and professionally fit artificial grass that makes gardens cleaner, easier to maintain and more enjoyable to use.
With around 20 years of experience, professional installation knowledge and a fully insured service, we believe the best artificial lawn isn’t simply the one that looks good when we’ve finished.
It’s the one that still makes you smile when Saturday morning arrives, your neighbour starts the lawnmower…
…and you put the kettle on instead.
You can also email on info@artificialgrassuk.net
Landline 0151 606 9523
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