Having seen @Busy-Lizzie 's garden I understand why she's used it where she has ... in their circumstances, when they can be away from home for long periods of time, pots wouldn't do because of watering, also thinking of her OH's painful hip the less there is for him to do in the garden the better. I just think the manufacturers are missing a trick ... why can't they make plastic grass that actually looks like a real lawn and not a greengrocer's stall 😉 (plastic prunella and nipplewort anyone?) 🤣
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was forgetting that @Dovefromabove, re Busy's garden and movements. I know what you mean though. I often pass a house which is cluttered with every type of garish plastic flowers and general tat etc. I'm glad I don't live across the road from it Why is it so difficult to produce colours that actually look like they do in nature! Those fake ivy screens are another example.
That house also has huge windows - complete with those vertical blinds. In bright yellow. Maybe they're colour blind.... It does make me smile when I go by though.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There are artificial lawns that look so realistic now that you'd be hard put to tell the difference, even close up. The giveaway is usually that it's put in places or is growing in ways that real grass wouldn't grow. But if they avoid those pitfalls, it can look 'good'. My problem is not really the look of it, it's the plastic - the fact that it's plactic, the microplastics put into the environment when it breaks down (either over time in situ, or when it's replaced), the difficulty and unlikeliness of it being recycled. However 'good' anyone can make it look, it's still a big slab of plastic instead of nature.
I have a particular problem with it being seen as 'necessary' for kids to play on. Just think how often in surveys people say their favourite scent is that of 'freshly mown grass' - usually evocative of childhood play. There's a reason that scent is so beloved - but possibly not for much longer. I even know people who put artificial grass in the garden 'for the kids', then take them to special messy play or muddy play sessions elsewhere... Yes, I know there are situations where it can probably be justified. But they're a tiny proportion of the wave of plastic with which gardens are currently being covered.
Right, good to get that off my chest!
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Bottom line is that there are situations where artificial grass is not only the preferred option but the only practical option. It's fine for people not to like them, but not fine - in my opinion - to treat those who use it or ask questions about it, as if they are child murderers!
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know what you mean though. I often pass a house which is cluttered with every type of garish plastic flowers and general tat etc. I'm glad I don't live across the road from it
Why is it so difficult to produce colours that actually look like they do in nature! Those fake ivy screens are another example.
That house also has huge windows - complete with those vertical blinds. In bright yellow. Maybe they're colour blind....
It does make me smile when I go by though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have a particular problem with it being seen as 'necessary' for kids to play on. Just think how often in surveys people say their favourite scent is that of 'freshly mown grass' - usually evocative of childhood play. There's a reason that scent is so beloved - but possibly not for much longer. I even know people who put artificial grass in the garden 'for the kids', then take them to special messy play or muddy play sessions elsewhere...
Yes, I know there are situations where it can probably be justified. But they're a tiny proportion of the wave of plastic with which gardens are currently being covered.
Right, good to get that off my chest!