Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 01, 2009 4:22 pm Help required for a first-time plant owner. There are so many different types of lawns available in the market and I do not know what to choose and I have no experience in gardening or taking care of plants. Any opinion/recommendation/step-by-step guidelines would be much appreciated. Re: What type of lawn should I use 2Oct 02, 2009 3:56 pm search.php?keywords=turf+&terms=all&author=Fu+Manchu&fid[]=19&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search Call Lovegroves (08) 9453 6222 They are the only grower of Zoysia in the metro area. Re: What type of lawn should I use 3Mar 04, 2010 6:52 pm Hi Fu, I'm thinking about artifical lawn as well. I've heard that it will melts when it gets too hot in summer which will become a hazard for my precious dog. Is that true or is that a myth? Re: What type of lawn should I use 4Mar 04, 2010 9:48 pm Forget artificial turf. I am not aware of anyone in horticulture that takes it seriously. I attended a recent seminar held by two of the worlds leading landscape and garden authorities. There was a question of why is there an unparalleled move toward using natural landscapes thorough out the world, there is an unparalleled move toward ruralisation of the urban landscape and garden (partly with necessity in mind and partly for a better healthier lifestyle) yet at the same time there is also this weird swing toward rocks in garden beds, synthetic turf made from complex plastics, minimal planting and lots of open paved areas. Why are we seeing a such a massive difference in emerging trends? (the ruralisation of urbanlandscapes is not expected to be a trend) There is very little in the middle. The conclusion found that it isn't so much because of limited time and lack of water. It was agreed it, seems that the use of poor landscape design, like those that include synthetic turf, comes about ultimately as a result of people who are confused about what choices to make. So much conflicting information out there. In the end they can't decide and go with what seems to be a smart move when in actual fact it is the opposite. (That is a generalisation, there is more to it) Too much confusion about what lawn to choose, how to care for it, the poor advice offered by many leads to expensive and costly results for turf owners. Essentially people putting their heads in the sand and saying gardens are too hard and expensive. Stop and think about that. Why are you wanting a lawn or look a like lawn at all? What is the sense in it? What possesses us to say, that we have to use lawn? It is silly. But we do it. It is because after the second world war we chose to adopt US landscape principles and move away from the previous European based designs we were having. These US "lawnscapes" are there due to the colonisation of the US and the roll the prairies had in shaping the country. They are an urban representation of open US prairies. The way the Continental Europeans use lawns in landscapes is very different. This is the stuff that drives me to help educate Homeone members about the better landscape methods not used or known by the majority of professionals. They will catch up in ten years too late. You guys need it now! The bigger picture is worth far more than my ego or bank account. We also have here at Homeone some very experienced turf managers. You will not normally come into contact with these types of people. you won't find this level of info on garden forums you won't find much of this info in garden books or on telly. It is the new ways and the ways we really can't afford to ignore. Have a good read, there are loads of topics relating to your question. Choose syn turf and that is a terrible thing IMO. Save water? Use something made from oil and processed using huge amounts of water to do it while producing massive emission's and for ever emitting chemicals in the air as UV light and heat change the chemical make up of it. Kids who play on lawn deserve to know and remember the smell of real grass, the cool feel in summer, the smell of the soil. Not a chemical plastic smell and burns from hot days. Have a squiz at the work of this chap http://www.phillipjohnson.com.au/ and view this thread viewtopic.php?f=19&t=11343 A good basic or even complex landscape will never include unnatural products as features or design components. Anyone who disagrees with that needs to tell the greatest masters of Landscaping the Chinese, who 2000 years ago, were ahead of where we are today in respect to landscape design principals Please view my sig links to get a greater understanding of the importance of soil. It will change the world and if we don't the world will change us. 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