Artificial Grass in the Spotlight

Our HT Luxury turf will literally be centre stage in the production of Aristocrats at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in the coming weeks. We have supplied the Theatre with just over 120m2 of our HT Luxury Artificial Grass to dress the stage for the production. The production's scenic artist has added some extra grasses and dandelions to the turf to create an overgrown effect. Artificial grass was the perfect solution for the production design as the stage needed to be set as a garden of an ancestral family home.

The show will run from Thursday 19 September to Saturday 12 October with performances at 7.45pm and Saturday matinees at 2.45pm. Ticket prices range from £11.50 to £15.50. Aristocrats was written by Brien Friel and is directed by Kate Wasserberg. More information can be found at http://www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk/en/whats_on/event/14071

'Making Waves' with Artificial Grass at Ness Gardens, Cheshire

Last week we were tasked with replacing the real turf on the RHS award winning 'Making Waves' garden at Ness Gardens with artificial grass. Ness Gardens wanted to have the work completed in time for their BBC Radio Four's Gardener's Question Time Summer Party which is taking place on Saturday September 7th and we were more than happy to help. 

BBC Radio Four's Gardener's Question Time Summer Garden Party will host two recordings of the popular show plus gardening demonstrations and advice from Ness expert gardeners. Gardeners in attendance on the day include Bob Flowerdew, Eric Robinson, Christine Walkden plus many more. Ness Gardens also want to use the waves as a showcase for alternatives to real grass and as part of their commitment to sustainable gardening. 

The 'Making Waves' garden was designed by Pip Probert who is based at Ness Gardens, the area was designed as a garden to be seen from all directions. 

Pip comments, "I wanted the main features to be 'green' rather than hard landscaping and hours of construction time. This garden was to allow people to firstly watch the construction process from start to finish, like a behind the scenes view of a show garden. Once finished the visitors could walk around the plot viewing different variations in plant combination, colour and texture. The bold colour schemes have a big impact in each area. Seen from every angle, the waves are prominent as the main focal features. The idea came from the 'brainstorming session' where the comment; 'we want the garden to make waves!' was mentioned and I thought that they really would! In the last 12 months the Waves have proven more popular than I had imagined, especially with the children. Artificial grass will allow for more wear and tear, and less maintenance making a massive difference to the garden."

The grass that we used on the waves was HT Luxury, with it's longer pile this worked really well as it had to be used alongside real turf. The decision to use artificial grass on the wave elements of the garden came down to two factors. The first was a maintenance issue, in order to keep real turf on the waves looking great regular maintenance and watering was required. The second point was that children are very drawn to the wave structures and enjoy to climb on them, therefore damaging the real turf, this was especially evident on the children's fun day when nearly 1000 children descended on the garden. The artificial grass has eliminated both of these issues, the turf is hard wearing so it can stand up to the heavy use and only minimal maintenance will be required through the year. Garden Designer Pip says "I am just really happy the waves look good again!" 

The garden can be seen at Ness Gardens, Neston Rd  Neston CH64 4AY. The gardens are open 10am - 5pm, 7 days a week between 1 February and 31 October. Further admission information can be found on their website http://www.nessgardens.org.uk/

Brightening up 'Back To School' with Artificial Grass

The end of the summer holidays are upon us and while the kids have been off we've been busy transforming their play areas with artificial grass just in time for their return to school. Hopefully when the children do go back there will still be some nice weather in store so that they can take full advantage of their brand new outdoor spaces. Here's just a taster of some of the school installations we have completed this summer:

Delamere Academy

We have previously done a number of artificial turf installations at Delamere and this latest project involved us covering over some tired, slippery decking to make the area useable and bright for the children.

Richmond Primary School, Sheerness

The area prior to our arrival was soil and this was prepared and laid with 60m2 of HT Majestic artificial turf alongside a 45m2 rubber pour pathway.

Our Ladies of Victories Primary School, London

Here we laid 300m2 of our HT Luxury product over our 25mm Safe Play Shock Pad. Prior to the install this area was a drab, hard concreted space and now it is a bright, safe place for the children to play at break time and the area will also be used as a pitch. 

Indulging in Artificial Grass this Summer?

The recent spell of hot weather has meant everybody has had a chance to enjoy their garden, which makes a change from our usual Summers! We have been extremely busy over the last few weeks and have noticed that our HT Indulgence artificial grass has proved very popular with our customers. HT Indulgence is a high quality, mid-range artificial grass with an attractive price.

Sitting in the garden in the sunshine was made even easier for our customers here as they no longer have to worry about mowing the lawn. Their new HT Indulgence lawn will look neat and tidy all year round, even when the sun isn't shining.

The dogs in this garden were extremely pleased when we had finished installing HT Indulgence. Their owner was equally as pleased as there were no more muddy paws running in and out of the house!

We also transformed a day nursery in Bolton recently, again with our HT Indulgence product and the children and teachers were all extremely pleased with the end result. 

Charity Grass Donation

We recently donated some of our artificial grass to Birmingham Children's Hospital who have managed to utilise it at numerous events over the summer, these included Midsummer Night of Stars, Big Bandage Summer Fundraiser BBQ and Sports Activity week. More details on their fundraising efforts can be found below.

We are always happy to help where we can and we are pleased that our small donation of grass has helped the hospital out with their fundraising efforts!

Midsummer Night of Stars
http://www.bch.nhs.uk/news/article/4091-hospital-stars-honoured-sparkling-annual-awards

Big Bandage Event
http://www.bch.org.uk/news.php?sid=69

Our latest school installation at Delamere C of E Academy, Cheshire

Last week we completed an installation at Delamere Academy in Cheshire. The total area was in excess of 400m2 and as you can see from the pictures below the new play surface is bound to be a hit with the children! The area underneath the tables and chairs was laid with our HT Indulgence turf while our HT Exclusive artificial grass was used in the larger play area section. The Exclusive lends itself well to larger areas such as this one as it is easy for the children to move around on but is also soft to the touch in case of any trips! The project took our team five days to complete and was finished just in time for the children to return to school after half term.

Pixies In The Garden!

Below are some images of a recent installation completed at Pixies Day Nursery in Southampton. We installed artificial grass at two nursery sites for Pixies, installing just over 600 square metres in total.

They had a range of grasses installed including HT Indulgence and HT Luxury. The owner of the nursery thanked us for an "outstanding job" on completion and hopefully the children at both nurseries will be able to enjoy their new outdoor areas when the sun finally comes out!