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Coastal Turf is a family farm located near the beautiful Cabarita Beach. As a smaller farm, we do not usually create our grass paddocks to go onto to become large Sporting playing fields. But rather family homes. Our family enjoys creating soft, robust, Green grasses for other families to enjoy as their lawn.

Our Farm

As a mother of 3 kids, I know how important having a place of soft green grass to play is. I also know how really important service is. Being a family, you have enough running around and exciting things to do without also trying to get your lawn organised too. At our farm we grow what we considered to be the best grasses for the Coastal regions.

Coastal Turf has partnered with expert installers, who know all the ins and outs of creating a family lawn. This is really important. Because if you get the right preparation done, your lawn will be thicker, softer, greener for longer without much effort from you. Our installers also offer the professional service of coming to your home before the job starts to talk to you one on one to find out exactly what you want to do. This gives you the piece of mind that your yard is Your Yard.

So give us a call today to discuss the best new lawn for your place, or send us a message and I will arrange for one of the boys to come and provide you a with the personal one on one service.

Then you need a Palmetto Buffalo lawn. The Palmetto buffalo has a world wide reputation as being the most shade tolerant and drought tolerant buffalo lawn available. 

A Palmetto buffalo lawn is perfect for little feet, be they people feet or paws, to run around bare foot on all day every day. And it won’t take up a lot of your time to ensure that it stays green and fluffy. 

Requiring only 2-3 hours of direct sunlight per day as a minimum, a Palmetto Buffalo lawn is perfect for shadier cooler lawns. Lawns are often shaded by large trees, either in your one yard, or neighbours, which cool your home during the heat of summer. Or neighbours homes loom over your yard creating shade. This can often lead to problems in creating a Green lush lawn.

But with a Palmetto Buffalo you, even shady areas can be a wonderful  green playground. 

And with little rain on the horizon, the Palmetto Buffalo lawn won’t cost you the earth in water bills. Being the most drought tolerant buffalo available in Australia, a Palmetto Buffalo lawn will stay green for longer with as little fuss from you as possible. 

Don’t like to mow in the heat of a summer day? No problems with a Palmetto buffalo lawn. A Palmetto buffalo lawn requires a third of the mowing of any other buffalo lawn. 

So your Palmetto Buffalo lawn is really your friend in the green. It wil l stay green, fluffy and healthy with as little fuss and care from you as possible. 

And if you get the Turfman to install you won’t have to get your hands dirty at all. 

Dear New Lawn Owner,

Coastal Turf wants to help you turn your house into a HOME!

Why use Turf? 

Turfing is often referred to as the “Frame around the Picture”. The instant transformation from brown dusty dirt to lush green grass around your house is extraordinary. At Coastal Turf we have 8 varieties of turf grasses available for you to Green your home. We offer personal advice on how to best DIY your new lawn for your home. Or we can arrange a professional service for a full installation at your home.

What is the value in Turf?

Turf is the single biggest bang for your buck when you build your new home. And independent study has discovered that turf can increase the value of your home upwards of $40,000.

But which Turf is right for me?

Some people prefer the texture os Sir Walter Buffalo, others love the low maintenance of the Empire Zoysia, and some love the softness of the Blue Couch under their bare feet.

Shade, traffic, texture, soil type, sunlight and maintenance are all the issues that should be considered before you purchase your new lawn. CoastaL Turf’s qualified staff, with over 100 years combined experience, can help you make an informed decision for your new lawn. Once we understand what you want from your lawn we can recommend the right turf for your situation.

What about the drought and possible water restrictions?

As farmers, we understand the drought and lack of rain water available. But this shouldn’t stop you from completing your home. At Coastal Turf we have specific measures to combat these situations. We can recommend soil preparation, and other water saving solutions for your lawn. Like a top dress of your new lawn to reduce the amount of water required for healthy growth.

How do you get started?

Simply fill in the contact form and one of our people will get in touch with you to arrange a free measure and quote at your home. Go see our display yard to Chinderah and walk on the different types of grasses, to call us at the farm and come and have a walk over the different varieties.

The Australian traditions of backyard football and cricket should not be lost. Get a Coastal Turf Lawn to cope with all situations. 

I have recently had to spend several days inside. Trapped in bed, forced to watch TV, play my phone, and have people bring me drinks, coming to me at the sounds of a bell. Sounds awesome doesn’t it? Sounds like I was on an amazing holiday and had hot and cold running service coming to pamper me. Well….that’s not really how it went. Really I was quite unwell and had to have a few days in a sterile room, with people making me feel better. Forcing me to drink fluids which will eventually make me feel better. The Nurses were amazing. The Doctor fantastic. And I truely thank them for all their efforts. 

Sitting in the cold sterile room with the artificial white light blaring down on me really made me miss outside. Miss the feeling of the cool wind whispering to me and chilling my fingers. Miss the warmth of the Real rays of the Sun fall on my body and warm me against the whispering wind. 

I am sure you all know about the perfectly clean ivory plastic covered freezing floors of all hospitals. The immaculate beaming white floors of a hospital are great when you have to clean up “mess”, but not so great when you have really cold feet with nothing covering them and you have to make a quick run to the toilet. Now I say quick, but I think we all know what I am really saying is the slow waddle of a sick person. And being a slow waddle means that my feet just get colder and colder. Even the nice toasty blankets of the warming blanket oven didn’t seem to want to invite the blood to return to by toes. 

What I really really missed was my blue couch lawn. Tragic; yes I know. But one of the few luxuries  I love to do of an afternoon is to yank off my dirt and other brown stuff laden boots, ripped of my usually colourful or decorated socks, and take my bare feet for a stroll over the Blue couch lawn, preferably to relax, but realistically to hang out washing. The softness and the cushioning of a year round lush Blue Couch lawn is so comforting to your soul.

I am not sure if I am a believer of Grounding (where you help centre your mind, body and spirit by making physical contact with the ground. Preferably with your feet, rather than your face. Try not to fall), but I am a believer and a choir singer about how wonderful it feels to walk and sit down on my lawn at the end of the day. I could preacher and convert, even preach to the converted (known as my family) about all the wonders and happiness I feel when I come home, turn off the phone, and run my little tootsies through the blades of Blue. I wouldn’t be a preacher though cause  I might waffle on to long. Happier to stand on the side and sing loudly about the Glories of Grass. I think people tend to remember the singing more than the waffle anyway at Church. Especially if the Choir is less than amazing. You always remember the screechers don’t you. 

Run your tootsies through the lawn

Having a Blue Couch lawn is a wonderful luxury that I did not realise was a luxury until I don’t have it with me now. Being a couch it is considered to be cheap and nasty, but I can tell you that just because you don not have to go an get a huge bank loan to own it does not mean it is nasty. I mean we all love a little shopping spree at Kmart. And having a Blue Couch lawn is a luxury because it mostly looks after itself. It is drought tolerant (so not much watering) it loves the sand, and enjoys a little salt spray. Blue Couch loves to bask in the hot sun of summers and stay a lustrous blue green colour. The colour is stunning. Almost a blanket of blue which flows across your lawn. Looking beautiful and inviting. And it rewards you every time you come to walk across it with all the warmth and comfort that a good lawn should. (For more info click here ) The tenderness of a beautiful blue couch lawn is calling to me. 

This afternoon I will be going home, leaving behind my holiday of white and sterility and returning to my real world of greens and more importantly Blues! Of real smiles and people telling me to get my own drinks. And of afternoons spent with my tootsies soaking up the happiness of the ground  and more importantly my lush winter Blue Couch lawn listening to my kids giggle and laugh as I watch them jump on the trampoline. Just a hint of advice though when you take off your shoes to walk through your super soft beautiful Coastal Turf Blue Couch lawn, Only do it in the afternoon. In the mornings in winter the ground is covered in dew, and this can make your naked feet as cold as if they were walking on a beaming white linoleum hospital floor, and will absolutely make you need to use the bathroom. 

Get in touch with the lovely Ladies in the office to get your Coastal Turf Tootsie comforting lawn today .