Your guide to picking the ideal artificial grass for your Las Vegas business or yard.

WHY SHOULD YOU CHANGE?

There are many reasons home and business owners consider artificial lawns. To begin with, maintaining large spaces of natural grass is tiresome and costly. This is especially true if you want your business, event space, or residence to stand out. Getting your grass thick and green involves time, money, and work to reseed, water, and fertilize. Additionally, even after all the work, unforeseen weather conditions can destroy a perfectly manicured lawn. This is one example of why a lot of businesses and individuals alike have switched to artificial grass as a solution to the work, expensive water bills, equipment cost, and the stress that comes along with maintaining gorgeous lawns. While installing artificial grass for a landscaping project has a more expensive up-front cost, it should save you a lot over the long term.

Thinking about artificial turf, the first thought that may come to mind might be golf courses or residential putting greens. While artificial putting turf requires short, dense blades that keep a golf ball on its course, the flat, monochromatic putting turf doesn’t include all of the elements needed to replace a traditional grass lawn.

Traditional grass is flowing, lush, and multi-toned, and putting turf is not going to work large spaces. If you want to dress your property to impress, there are many additional options to look at that will provide a proper aesthetic replacement for regular grass.

HOW WILL SYNTHETIC GRASS HELP?

A lower water bill and lower expenses from omitting fertilizers and pesticides already make a good case for using synthetic grass, especially for large properties. Additionally, one of the most challenging aspects of maintaining a genuine grass lawn is damage caused by weather and heavy foot traffic.

“Keep off the grass” signs are so cliché and don’t work anyway. Unfortunately, it takes just a few rebels can cause areas of trampled grass that’ll make a perfectly manicured lawn look unprofessional.

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

• Almost no maintenance needed
• Durable and stands up to flattening in high-traffic areas
• Environmentally friendly by cutting water usage
• Looks lush and green in all seasons and 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 run to your local mega-mart and look at some artificial turf, you’ll see that it looks artificial and shiny. This is because much of the synthetic grass out there today is made using fibers that are shaped like natural grass in single, straight blades. While this design keeps true to the look of individual grass blades, oftentimes (especially when cheaper materials are used), this design can be too reflective and produce a plasticky shimmer.

Selecting a resolution to this issue by purchasing a product that addresses light reflection is an excellent start to ensuring the correct artificial grass product for your project. Our Bolt artificial turf product line addresses this problem with lightning bolt-shaped blades that brilliantly reflect light in a way mimicking the luster of natural grass that avoids that plasticky look completely.

Color is another challenge that you may run into with low quality artificial turf. Traditional grass is never just “green.” There are an array of colors and tones that make real grass look so, well, real. Selecting a brand of artificial grass that can provide you with the correct colors to match the shade of green grass growing in Las Vegas is paramount when deciding what to purchase.

The reason you’re switching to artificial grass is saving time and money while owning the best lawn in Las Vegas. It is vital to make sure that your lawn's color doesn't make it stick out like a sore thumb. Choosing a supplier that gives you options is very important, and Southwest Greens of Nevada has many options available for you.

SOUTHWEST GREENS CHOICES

Out of all the collections we carry, we definitely recommend looking at our Bolt line if you want the most vibrant and natural looking lawn. Bolt’s lightning bolt-shaped angles reflect light giving you a lower luster and more natural-looking lawn—while giving you a long-lasting solution with way less maintenance.

Bolt Natural

Bolt Natural uses our patented method of sewing three strands through one needle, offering you over 30% more visible ends and more color contrast. The thick, vibrant, heavy fibers provide a natural look that is hard to come by elsewhere. See our Bolt  Natural turf options here.

Bolt Landscape

Bolt technology means you have the industry’s best durability and looks. Bolt’s performance-grade fibers are made with reduced sheen and better spring-back for natural-looking lawn turf. Even better, wear testing has demonstrated Bolt is twice as resilient as a regular yarn—offering the most durable fibers on the market is revolutionary in the marketplace. Look at our Bolt Landscape turf options.

WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

While Bolt Landscape offers more colors, Bolt Natural has our patented triple-fiber design that gives a Bolt Natural lawn more color variation and a very natural appearance that can be rare in the synthetic grass market. So, no matter what kind of style you are seeking for your lawn, if you are considering artificial turf, you can discover the perfect 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.