Child care centres and playgrounds are amongst the quickest growing customer groups to utilise synthetic grass.

Ease of maintenance combined with the colourful vibrancy of multicoloured synthetic turf products and child-friendly surfaces make are amongst the key reasons to choose Green Planet Grass.

Natural grass is usually too hard to maintain in a dry climate with any high impact areas soon becoming a dust bath in Perth summers

The peace of mind provided by opting for an Australian-made, safety-guaranteed product is also important for managers of such facilities. Rubber shock pads were used under the grass under play equipment in compliance with AS 4685:2004

In Perth’s youthful and growing northern suburbs two new childcare centres have opted to use Green Planet Grass in producing multipurpose play areas which have proved to be a joyful environment for kids and parents alike.

Paul Chemello, Managing Director of Ashdale and Quinns Rocks Childcare Centres said: “Green Planet Grass installed over 600m2 of synthetic grass at both our childcare centres and they look terrific. They were very professional in their approach to the job.”

When choosing your supplier of synthetic grass make sure you know where the product is manufactured and always ensure that it is a completely non-toxic product containing no heavy metals – this is something Green Planet Grass places the utmost importance in and we guarantee our products are safe for children and pets.

Everyone wants to ensure their kids have the best start possible in life and we are no different!

While the people of Perth are feeling the heat (and the dry) you can bet that the people of the Wheat Belt are feeling the effects of the climate even more.

Drought is not an uncommon experience across the southwest of Western Australia and local authorities have to be extra cautious when it comes to using water. That’s one of the major reasons why the Shire of Lake Grace decided to invest in synthetic grass for their public amenities – along with the obvious aesthetic enhancements that have been made in the process.

Lake Grace is now looking better than ever after two of its main municipal areas underwent an impressive transformation courtesy of WA’s leading synthetic grass specialists.

Visitors to the Wheat Belt town’s Pool are now welcomed by an oasis of sustainable synthetic grass which will remain green for many years without any need for watering or fertilisers. The Green Planet Grass transformation of the town’s popular barbecue area has also drastically reduced maintenance costs, making serious savings over the coming years.

Lake Grace is celebrating its Centenary this year and the Shire has made a bold move to ensure a much more sustainable second century with drastically reduced irrigation requirements. Water will no longer be required in such large volumes for a town often feeling the pinch of serious dry periods.

Shire Chief Executive, Sean Fletcher, is looking to invest in more synthetic grass applications due to the serious savings associated with that reduced water consumption.

“We are really pleased with the fresh new look of the entrance to the town’s swimming pool and particularly because this will allow us to have much more sustainable turf and lawns around our public amenities,” Mr Fletcher said.

“These initial projects are just the start of the Shire’s water saving initiatives. Further transformations using synthetic grass will lift the townscapes within the Shire’s communities and we will continue to use such products in the coming years.

“Everybody knows that traditional turf is very difficult to keep in good condition in our climate and there is a very real need to preserve our water resources so this is a move I think people living within the Shire can be proud of,” he added.

Lake Grace is just one of the local government authorities in WA that is considering wider use of synthetic grass in the future. We all know that pressure on water resources is only going to grow in the coming years and decades and we need our councils to back sustainable solutions that reduce our ongoing water use – especially when they can improve the look of our surroundings at the same time!

While many young Australians will dream of the opportunity to contest grand slam tennis tournaments, surfaces in our suburbs are not always the optimum training grounds for a new generation of Lleyton Hewitts or Sam Stosurs.

Few get the opportunity to pit their wits on genuinely good natural grass turf, the like of which is found at Wimbledon. But synthetic grass is now providing a viable alternative for top class tennis clubs because it not only looks like the real thing but acts like the real thing too – only it is much easier to maintain.

Great tennis turf is difficult to maintain properly even in the most agreeable climates, requiring intensive grounds keeping throughout the year. But in the hot arid conditions encountered through Perth’s Western Australia’s long summers it becomes nearly impossible to manage natural turf.

The Bassendean Tennis Club chose synthetic grass for their new courts on Guildford Road because their natural turf was not providing the performance required. The Town of Bassendean, who manage the facility, engaged the services of Green Planet Grass to come up with a high performance solution to their turf troubles and the new courts have been as well received by club members as the numerous residential customers installing synthetic tennis courts recently.

Green Planet Grass designed and constructed the new synthetic grass courts providing a full turn-key solution for the Town. The scope of work included project design to Australian standard, demolition, base construction, lighting, fencing and of course laying the synthetic grass surface. Both the design and construction were approved by SportDev Australia on behalf of the Town. Sport Dev Australia work with Tennis Australia to implement their facility concepts.

The courts were completed in February 2011 and are now starting to save the Town of Bassendean serious sums of money thanks to reduced maintenance and the elimination of irrigation requirements.

“The Bassendean tennis courts are an important sports facility in Perth’s eastern suburbs and we were delighted to be able to provide a top class surface for tennis there,” says Jeff Dennis, managing director of Green Planet Grass.

“When installing sports surfaces it is essential to get the preparatory work right and be meticulous in producing a high quality finish because these facilities are heavily used and sustain high impacts on a regular basis. The fact that the surface is approved by Sport Dev Australia shows that our tennis court design and construction are of the highest quality available in WA.”

Hopefully synthetic tennis courts can prove to be a great training ground for West Australian tennis stars of the future.

To see the stunning effect synthetic grass can have on our street scapes it’s well worth taking a stroll down the coffee strip in Ardross Street, Applecross.

Renowned as one of the plushest shopping villages in Perth, Ardross Street was one of the first public spaces to get the Green Planet Grass makeover more than two years ago.  The City of Melville, who manage this idyllic space were keen to cut down their maintenance costs and find a durable solution in an area which proved very difficult to grow natural grass because of the large amount of pedestrian traffic on verges surrounding shops, cafes and car parking areas.

Small stones and pieces of gravel thrown out by lawn mowers had also caused problems with the paintwork of cars parked on the street being chipped so synthetic grass provided a clear solution. If you know the Ardross Street cafe strip you will know that many of those motor vehicles that frequent the shops are not the cheapest cars on the road. As a council worker you wouldn’t relish opening a letter from or picking up the phone to a well-healed and disgruntled shopper who has returned from a late morning jaunt to the boutiques with a noticeable decrease in the amount of perfect paint on their otherwise shiny Jag or Merc.

This may not be a major reason for choosing synthetic grass but it certainly removes a considerable headache – and more importantly the possibility of claims against the council!

Green Planet Grass also helped the City of Melville eliminate the ongoing cost of watering turf and drastically reduced the local authority’s maintenance bills. This means that thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ money will be saved over the coming years, which is a very welcome result for the council and residents living in the area.

Of course, the reception from shoppers and people living locally was a major consideration too.

“The Green Planet Grass installed at Ardoss Street, Applecross, has been well received by local residents. It’s also provided us with an ideal solution for a high pedestrian area, which proved difficult to grow natural lawn,” says Ian Davis, Manager of Parks and Environment at the City of Melville.

Maintaining a natural lawn in Perth often proves incredibly difficult in the hot dry climate and with water restrictions set to continue, the City of Melville has found a sustainable solution which will save considerable amounts of money.

One of the most satisfying aspects of Ardross Street is the fact that it was one of the first major public areas that we installed and it still looks great today, having taken a serious amount of pedestrian traffic. If you’re thinking of installing synthetic grass then check out the cafe strip – and make sure you relax and enjoy the surrounds while you do!

When it comes to serious synthetic grass installations where looking great all the time, performing in a wide range of weather conditions, and withstanding the rigours of heavy pedestrian pounding you have to trust in quality you can depend on.

We confidently call ourselves the synthetic grass specialists because we have built up a serious amount of experience, not only in residential lawns and gardens but in a wide variety of commercial and public locations. We are also committed to developing our expertise to ensure that Green Planet Grass provides recognisably the best surfaces underfoot that you can find, whether it’s in your local park or playground, a work environment or playing sport.

Having installed a vast array of synthetic grass landscapes across WA in recent years, Green Planet Grass has the expertise and experience required to deliver perfect solutions in a diverse range of settings. From small but perfectly formed lawns in West Perth apartments to large multisport play areas and from competition quality tennis courts to upmarket coffee strips, we have installed synthetic grass in Pilbara mine sites, Wheatbelt towns, metropolitan sports stadiums, and lawns in nearly every residential suburb of Perth.

Each square metre of our synthetic grass is installed to exacting standards. Green Planet Grass provides a full turn-key operation from in-house design to accredited specialist installation. We ensure that every aspect of the job from project design, through to construction and installation is carried out with the highest attention to detail. This is why we pride ourselves as Western Australia’s synthetic grass specialists.

Thousands of Green Planet Grass customers across our state are now reaping the benefits of long-term reductions in their water bills and maintenance costs. Of course they also have outstanding landscapes to enjoy as well.

Our product range includes tennis courts, cricket wickets, soccer, football and rugby fields, basketball and netball courts, golf putting greens and tees and a diverse range of landscape applications.

We also install an extensive range of lawns for applications ranging from landscape to sport, commercial, school and childcare.

Green Planet Grass is a Western Australian company with a strong reputation for selling and installing quality Australian-made lawns that have been developed through two decades of testing and expertise. We guarantee that our synthetic grass products are completely non-toxic and totally safe for children, pets and wildlife.

We are happy to answer any questions so please don’t hesitate to call the synthetic grass specialists on 9240 8448.