Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

It’s green, it’s pretty, and it’s… not real. I’ve seen this synthetic lawn–”SYNLawn”–mentioned on HGTV and in the Home & Garden section of the local paper, so it must be an up-and-coming trend in 2006. Designed to look and feel like the real thing, synthetic lawns require no maintenance–no watering, mowing, or fertilizing. The company touts it as environmentally friendly because you don’t need to waste water to keep it looking green, and you don’t need to add to pollution with gas-powered lawn mowers to keep it trimmed (it doesn’t grow, of course). Having lived in Arizona for a couple years, I can say it sounds like a nice alternative to the rock-and-cactus yards people in the southwest often use as an alternative to wasting water on lawn care. SYNLawn isn’t cheap (at $3-$5 per square foot it’s as expensive as many types of indoor flooring), but it has a 10- to 15-year lifespan, so it may be worth it if you’re not keen on yard maintenance but enjoy the look of a neatly trimmed, green lawn. My only question (and perhaps my mind goes here because I’m a pet owner) is what happens when Fido pees on it?

http://www.synlawn.com