Some home owners might think that an artificial lawn will cost too much money, but when you consider how much it costs to maintain natural grass in your lawn it is easy to see how artificial grass landscaping actually saves money. And more importantly, residential artificial grass helps to save the environment. The combination of monetary and environmental cost reductions makes artificial grass more and more appealing to many people every day.

Natural grass depletes our fresh water resources, which not only increases the amount of money you spend on your water bill every month, but also depletes the reserves of water that are available for other people and for the ecosystem as a whole. In an area such as Southern California where droughts are always an imminent possibility, saving water is important for everyone to consider.

Residential artificial grass also cuts back on the use of pesticides and fertilizers in housing areas, which can both end up in the oceans and lakes or increase ground water nitrate levels. Since an artificial lawn never grows, it does not require any products to help fertilize it or keep bugs from getting into it. This ultimately saves money on maintenance costs for home owners. More importantly, it helps to keep our oceans, lakes and ground water cleaner and more suitable for all the life forms that rely on those water supplies.

One other way that artificial grass landscaping saves money and saves the environment is by reducing the amount of lawn mowers being used in residential neighborhoods. Mowing a natural grass lawn not only depletes fossil fuels, but it also emits pollutants and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And, of course, it costs money to own and maintain a lawn mower. The only maintenance required for an artificial lawn is occasional rinsing. This uses much less water than regular lawn watering, which typically takes up 70 percent of homeowners? water bills.

In an era where everyone seems to be ?going green,? artificial grass is a great way to meet the environmental challenges of the new generation without sacrificing a green and beautiful lawn.