What is the best artificial grass for your garden?

What is the best artificial grass for your garden?

Would you like a nice piece of artificial grass in your garden? Excellent idea, but you need to know what you want and the choice is very wide. You may have noticed that all types of artificial grass are available in so many different colours, shapes, sizes and qualities that you can't see the wood for the trees. A wide choice is nice, but too wide a choice can often lead to frustration. We will give you a few practical tips so that you can find out which one is right for you best artificial grass is that meets your needs.

How do you choose the best artificial grass?

What is the best artificial grass for you? Of course, this depends on your personal taste and your goals. To align these, Grasmonkey has listed a number of considerations for you:

• Color and fastness: How natural do you want the artificial grass to look?
• Application: Will the artificial grass be used for playing and walking, will it be an ornamental lawn that only needs to look nice, or will you use it to decorate a balcony or terrace?
• Length of the blades of grass: Do you prefer 2 cm or 4 cm blades? This difference also determines the look and softness more naturally, but longer blades do make it a bit more expensive.
• Color difference: Do you prefer a uniform colour or do you prefer some colour variation? This mainly determines the authenticity and liveliness of your grass carpet, a good quality artificial grass is also always UV-resistant.
• Your budget: The above considerations must also take into account the associated prices.

How can you recognize good quality artificial grass yourself?

The differences in quality are easy to recognize in artificial grass. The points below will help you recognize good quality artificial grass and choose the best quality artificial grass for you:

Perfect imitation: including natural imperfections

The best quality artificial grass distinguishes itself in the extent to which it looks real, we are talking about artificial grass authenticity. A real lawn consists of multiple shades of green and even a little yellow and brown. Light green, dark green and all shades of green in between grow together in nature. You also see withered and broken blades of grass coming back and this is exactly what you will find in the better types of artificial grass. You can immediately see that artificial grass that is made as if it is 100% perfect and therefore also completely uniform in color is fake grass. By adding brown, yellow and broken blades of grass, the artificial grass looks much more natural. It is therefore important to know that this is only done with top quality artificial grass. To recognize good artificial grass quality, you must see whether the beautiful imperfections of nature are also present here.

Good quality and durability

Also for an artificial grass lawn, better quality lasts longer. The investment may be a little higher, but it is still wise to free up a slightly higher budget for a good product the first time. You will enjoy this for years compared to a cheap and bad product. It would be a shame, also for your wallet, if you had to renew your artificial grass mat every few years.

Natural colours & UV resistance

Good quality artificial grass will not or hardly discolour for years, you will also notice this in the UV guarantee for artificial grass. At Grasmonkey we offer a 10 year UV guarantee on all our artificial grasses.

The blades of grass at Grasmonkey, for example, look lifelike in terms of colour and shape. And they remain so. They are more beautifully imitated than the blades of grass of a cheaper type of artificial grass.

In recent years, there has been an improvement. Less attractive types of artificial grass have been greatly reduced in price and this price is also appealing, but make no mistake. The quality of this cheaper artificial grass can sometimes look nice, but in many cases it is still not suitable for the garden. The desire for really good quality artificial grass with a natural look plays too big a role in every garden.

What to look for when buying artificial grass?

When buying artificial grass, we have listed a few points above that you should pay attention to. We therefore recommend that you take into account "cheap is not always a good buy" and "cheap is expensive". The cheaper artificial grass variants from China are also usually of poor quality. The materials used are cheaper and this is not only noticeable in the quality but also in the lifespan.

For this reason, Grasmonkey only works with the highest quality artificial grass types that are produced in Europe. Look and compare carefully before you buy artificial grass because Grasmonkey uses wholesale prices and often you have the same price at Grasmonkey top quality artificial grass!

What if artificial grass is of poor quality?

In cheaply manufactured artificial grass, no coating is used on the grass yarn, which means that UV light and bad weather conditions will quickly have a negative effect on the colour as well as the strength.

The resilience and flexibility of cheap artificial grass is also a lot less than that of the more expensive types. Due to the lack of resilience and flexibility, wear spots will quickly become visible.

In China, the bottom of the grass mat is made of lime. By using lime, the grass mats are less flexible, which makes the grass mats tear more quickly. Better quality grass mats have a latex bottom. 

Is artificial grass safe?

The safety of artificial grass is often portrayed in the news. We also regularly get the question, is artificial grass safe? To this we can answer with conviction: yes, our artificial grass is safe, all our artificial grasses do not contain any harmful substances. Is artificial grass safe for children and dogs? Here too the same answer, artificial grass is safe for animals and children.

In order to guarantee that our artificial grass 100% is safe, it is extensively tested by the manufacturer. This applies to all our types of artificial grass. The notorious product that has caused concern concerns artificial grasses produced with rubber granulate. This is not processed in our artificial grass. Our tested artificial grasses are therefore absolutely safe. Children, pets, adults or seniors, our artificial grass is safe for everyone.

Can you judge artificial grass by its appearance?

An artificial grass lawn can vary greatly in appearance. The cheaper versions are easily recognizable by the short blades of grass and the unnatural green color. Since the introduction of artificial grass on the market years ago, artificial grass has acquired a much more natural look. The only way to experience the difference between real grass and artificial grass is to feel it because the difference is barely visible to the eye. In addition to the diversity in grass blade lengths and the different shades of green, just like real grass, there is even a kind of artificial moss woven through it. Withered brown and yellow blades have also been considered to imitate a natural look.

Come and experience it for yourself in our viewing garden

Before you make a choice and order, we always recommend that you come and experience the grass yourself. You can look around in our artificial grass viewing garden and feel which type of artificial grass you like best. If you need advice, our Grasmonkey artificial grass experts are always available.

Install it yourself or have it installed?

It is no small task to laying artificial grass yourself and artificial grass installation is often underestimated. Especially the preparation of the soil is a tough job. However, preparing the soil is one of the most important factors, because it prevents many problems in the future. The most common problem is rainwater that remains on the artificial grass. To prevent this, we use a water-permeable surface or, in extreme cases, install drainage. So only tackle this job if you have the experience and knowledge for it. If you do not know how to start, we advise you to have it done. The advantage of this is that you are certain that it is done professionally according to the rules and you do not have to worry for years.

With artificial grass in your garden, your garden will always look beautiful and well-kept and you will never have to mow, fertilize or water it in the summer. Say goodbye to maintenance in your garden.