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Turf Driveways – Green up your hardscape

It’s been a week of amazing new turf driveways being installed. We have been lucky enough to work with a Landscaper as well as a Do It Yourself Amazing Man to create two very different turf driveway grassed areas.

There are several different products on the market for installing under Turf to create Lawn Driveways. The idea of these cells is that instead of concreting the area that will incur heavy traffic, you grass the area. Turf, lawn, grass they all create cooler healthier softer environments around your home. Rather than the hot, harsh, attracts mould and slime, concrete.

One of the main reasons that turf grasses die when they are driven over a lot is because of compaction. The cells, like GEOHEX or Grass Rings provide a protective area for the roots and soil from Compaction. Allowing the roots to breathe and travel through heathy soft soil. Although the leaf is flattened by traffic, the roots stay super healthy. Super healthy roots travelling through airy healthy soil means the plant can grow, recover and ensure the leaf stands up quickly. In our experince, and that of our clients, it is usually a lot cheaper than concreting the area as well.

One of the landscapers we work very closely with is Tony the Turfman. His projects usually include a beautiful lawn. So we very, very excited to be able to work with him on a 500sqm Wintergreen couch driveway for a customer. After chatting about the best cost effective, as well as best suited turf for the area, Turfman installed the Wintergreen couch across GEOHEX paving to create a beautiful driveway.

Turfman sent us this video about the process. It doesn’t show all the hard work the Turfman Team put in. They don’t like being in videos. Just the beautiful results.

Sarah in the office had the pleasure of working with a DIYAM ( DO It Yourself Amazing Man). His front area of his home was smaller, and he wanted to install a grassed area, rather than concrete. A lawn area is so much nicer and has so many more different uses than a hard concrete area. Being on the coast, cooling capacity to his home will be a game changer in Summer.

This DIYAM used Grass Rings to secure the ground and make it ready for his lawn driveway. here is his video.

DIYAM created a flat area where he wanted his driveway to be. Then he place the hard cells onto of the area, filled with soil, then laid Sir Walter Buffalo turf across the top. We decided on Sir Walter Buffalo for his area for a couple of reason. The Sir Walter is fast repairing, so the leaf will be perfect for a driveway. The area was a little shaded, so we need a thicker leafed grass like the Sir Walter. We wanted to match the new driveway with some existing buffalo turf DIYAM had already. It just looks amazing. And feels even better.

As all our blocks get smaller, and there is less and less area for your kids to run around on, why not consider a Grass Driveway? The grass around your home will keep it cooler in summer, warmer in winter. And provide you with clean fresh air all year round. And give you a great place for you to walk bare footed in summer across your cool driveway. Not to mention that it will also save you money!

Whether you decide to have a landscaper install for you or DIY, Coastal Turf can help you match the correct turf grass to your beautiful new Driveway and play area. We need more DIYAM and DIYAW (thats a Do It Yourself Amazing Women) in the world!

Get on contact with the Coastal Turf Team now.

Green is Good, in so many ways.

Green is just one of those colours that makes you feel good when you see it. That is why a really lovely green lawn is so important to all of our lives. 

By having a beautiful green lawn right at your door step, means you always have that  comfort right there when you need it. 

Green is the colour of Go! Of Peace.  Of Hope, and nature. And according to the practice of colour therapy, green is the colour that invokes feeling of positivity, profitability, calmness and hope. It is the colour of healthy nature, and the colour that our brain tells us that everything is going to be “ok”! 

“The colour green is reassuring on a primitive level,” explains Karen Haller, a specialist in behavioural colour psychology and author of The Little Book Of Colour. “Early humans evolved to instinctively know that when they saw green, they’d be able to find food and water. (from Stylist magazine August 21) . And when our brain knows that our bodies will be nourished, it allows us to feel happy. 

It’s not only our eyes that want to see the Green to make us feel good, but also our bodies want to feel the Green. There is a technique called Grounding. Sounds weird, but it really just means walking with bare feet across the grass; to reconnect with the earth. According to Healthline “…Grounding, also called earthing, is a therapeutic technique that involves doing activities that “ground” or electrically reconnect you to the earth…One of the easiest ways to ground yourself to the earth is to walk barefoot. Whether this is on grass, sand, or even mud, allowing your skin to touch the natural ground can provide you with grounding energy.” 

Walking with bare feet across your lawn can help you feel calmer and happier

Although we have all moved into towns and cities, our bodies and minds are still longing for the full natural calming sensory experience of Green! 

The easiest, the best, the most convenient to all our busy lives, to give ourselves what we need, is to have a soft, Green lawn. Your lawn will allow you to see Green first thing in the morning, as you wake up and sip on your warm brew. Allowing you to have a positive outlook for the day.

At the moment with so many lock downs, and border issues, we are often unable to get out and about in nature to satisfy our need for Green. By having a Green lawn that you can walk across in  bare feet, or a soft Green calming place to sit on in the warming sun, your body can get its green fix. Your lawn is great place for calm relaxing times, as well as loud busy play. 

Getting outside and kicking a ball to each other, or throwing a toy for your 4 legged loved ones, gives you those wonderful good endorphins pumping through your body. 

Your lawn is not just the frame around your home to make it look pretty, it is also your grounding to nature. On elf the ways you can make yourself feel Good. Its your gift to yourself to ensure your mental and physical health needs are meet in the safety and comfort of your own home.

Its so easy to have a green space at your home to calm your mind and body. Get in touch with us on the farm, and we can arrange beautiful turf to come to your home to become your Green space.

Christmas Lawns installed!

The Christmas Rush is on! The rush to have the kids Christmas shopping completed before they finish school. The rush to get everything finished at work before a well earned break. And the rush to get your home ready to either go away or have everyone party at your place!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS! It is literally my favourite time of year. I love to get presents ready for my family and friends. I love watching as they peoples faces change to Happy and Joy at this time of year. It is just so exciting and fun!

This time of year too so many people are getting the GIFT (not really a gift I guess since they paid for it and have been waiting for what is sometimes ages…) of their new home being ready to move into. That is something that is REALLY exciting at this time of year. My hat goes off to you all who can do that and still be prepared for Christmas. A lovely family who told us that it felt like they had been building for years, had their lawn installed last weekend and the transformation was amazing. We installed Coastal Mix, not our most expensive grass, but it looked a  million dollars after we had finished. I love making people happy at his time of year too! That is one of the best Christmas gifts you can give and receive I think.

 

The dirt to Green transformation was fantastic!

Dirt to Green Coastal Mix Lawn!

Dirt to Green Coastal Mix Lawn!

The three phases of install - dirt - turf slabs - LAWN!

The three phases of install – dirt – turf slabs – LAWN!

And already pre-tested for quality and softness by Keith the Turf Dog!

And already pre-tested for quality and softness by Keith the Turf Dog!

So if for Christmas all you want is a GREEN Lawn, then give us a call and we can make your dream come true!

Or give the gift of Green, and transform the lives of someone you love!

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Sare