by Jason Webb | Jul 25, 2007 | Water Conservation
MESA, Ariz. – Mesa is launching a Grass-to-Xeriscape rebate program today that will pay residents up to $500 to switch from water-thirsty turf grass to more water-friendly alternatives such as synthetic lawns like NewGrass™. Residents who remove 500 square feet or...
by Jason Webb | Jun 22, 2007 | Endorsing Fake Grass
NewGrass™ continues to gain North America media attention as representative of the leading edge of today’s synthetic lawn industry. Newspapers in Arizona, Tennessee, California, Texas, Virgina, New York, Massachusetts, Alabama, Georgia, and Toronto, Canada, have...
by Jason Webb | May 11, 2007 | Eco News, Endorsing Artificial Grass
NewGrass™ is eco-friendly far beyond being a valuable water conservation measure. The backing on NewGrass™ is in fact partly made from domestically grown soybeans. Called BioCel®, is made by Universal Textile Technologies, which has worked since 1999 to incorporate...
by Jason Webb | Apr 10, 2007 | Endorsing Artificial Grass, Media Attention
NewGrass™ will be featured in an episode of Modern Marvels that illuminates some of the newest trends in America’s pursuit of the perfect lawn. The episode, “Modern Marvels: Yard Tech,” premiers on The History Channel this Thursday, April 12. “For the last...
by Jason Webb | Feb 28, 2007 | Water Conservation
LAS VEGAS – Future droughts in the West and Southwest United States may be longer and more severe because of a regional warming trend that shows no signs of letting up, according to a new report from the National Research Council. The report concludes that although...
by Jason Webb | Jan 11, 2007 | Child Discussions, Endorsing Artificial Grass
TEMPE, Ariz. – NewGrass™ has made a world of difference at a school for youngsters with special needs, and hefty donations of materials and labor made it all possible. “Not only has it helped the children, it’s given us a whole new teaching area – outdoors on a nice...
by Jason Webb | Dec 19, 2006 | Media Attention
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – NewGrass™ artificial lawn is featured on an upcoming episode of Bob Vila, giving a young Massachusetts family a backyard they can finally enjoy. “We planted sod three years ago,” said homeowner Sarah Monzon, whose two-story 1921 home in Melrose,...
by Jason Webb | Nov 2, 2006 | Child Discussions
Elementary school principal Laurie Ocampo loved the sweeping green expanse of NewGrass™ that was installed at her school this summer, replacing the schoolyard’s 11,000 square feet of former dirt and sparse, constantly dying grass. But Ocampo knew the true test for the...
by Jason Webb | Oct 23, 2006 | Water Conservation
An increasing number of water districts and cities are seeing the benefits of NewGrass™ and other synthetic lawns as a viable, proven water conservation measure. In California, the Soquel Creek Water District, which serves 49,000 customers within mid-Santa Cruz...
by Jason Webb | Sep 27, 2006 | Pet Discussions
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Thanks to NewGrass™, one upscale pet resort can keep its sprawling expanse of outdoor lawn sanitized without worrying about killing it. “We use hospital-grade disinfectant, and we use a lot of it now that we have NewGrass™,” said Melissa Lidberg, an...