Being a true ENVIRONMENTALIST begins at home, right under our feet, as we care for a special piece of this planet... our lawns.

Turfgrass - Functional, Recreational and Aesthetic

• A well maintained lawn and landscape can enhance the "curb appeal" adding as much as 15% to the value of a home.
• Turfgrass traps and removes dust and dirt from the air.
• 2,500 square feet of lawn absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and release enough oxygen for a family of four to breathe.
• On a hot summer day, lawns will be 30 degrees cooler than asphalt and 14 degrees cooler than bare soil.
• The front lawns of eight houses have the cooling effect of about 70 tons of air conditioning. That's amazing when the average home has an air conditioner with just a three or four ton capacity. The cooling effect of irrigated turf reduces the amount of fuel that must be burned to provide the electricity which powers the air conditioners.
• Watered when the grass plant needs it, turfgrass will very efficiently and effectively use almost every drop.
• Turfgrass acts as a natural fiber, reducing pollution by purifying the water passing through its root zone.
• A healthy sodded lawn absorbs rainfall six times more effectively than a wheat field and four times better than a hay field.
• A sodded lawn will absorb greater amounts of rain than a seeded lawn even after three years of growth.
• For backyard ball games or the Super Bowl, athletes of all sizes prefer the green cushion of turfgrass.
• Turfgrass is the only place for having picnics, or just plain relaxing.
• Doctors have shown that people recover faster in a hospital when given a landscape view, rather than seeing only the walls of adjoining buildings.
• Grass blades take in carbon dioxide, and the worst atmospheric pollutants, and gives back pure oxygen.
• Noise reduction: grasses reduce undesirable noise by 20-30%.
• Turf cools the atmosphere by reflecting 50% of the sun's heat.
• With the benefits of turfgrass working their wonders for us, we will be able to share a beautiful and healthy planet with our future generations.

Information provided by: TPI