Rooftop Grass Growing Fast

Enjoying a rooftop garden is nothing new. We have advocated the benefits of rooftop gardens since the early days of the Artificial Grass Blog and our post back in May 2007 ‘Roof Gardens: A Cool Lifestyle In A Hot City’ has been one of the most popular to date.

Looking beyond the UK and indeed beyond Europe to countries much further afield where hot climates prevail, there has recently been a significant increase in rooftop garden construction.

Take South Korea for example. In Seoul, building owners can get up to 70% of the cost of creating a roof garden as a subsidy from the local government which has been promoting ‘green Seoul’ projects since as far back as 2002. Many office workers in the city benefit from this, opting to take a relaxing break or even hold some of their meetings in the more pleasant surroundings that their building’s roof garden offers.

The therapeutic benefits of roof gardens in Seoul are not restricted to office workers though. Hospital patients are also able to enjoy them, a good example of that being Eunpyeong Hospital in Seoul which has built a rooftop garden on the top of their building specifically for use by its patients. According to a spokesperson for the hospital the garden “can help patients stay in an emotionally comfortable condition and have a positive mind … the green environment is especially helpful for those suffering from depression.” Read the full article here

Grass Storefront Success

One of the more interesting and perhaps unexpected success stories for artificial grass distribution is in the number of paving and driveway specialists that are now using and promoting the product.

Anthony Pownall operates a well established driveway and paving company (Pownall Paving) and earlier this year started using our artificial grass as a complimentary product alongside his paving work. Such was the level of interest that he decided more people in his local area of Stalybridge should know about the product rather than wait to have a driveway done before thinking about it.

The result ... an artificial grass storefront sited on the main traffic thoroughfare of the town!

Passing cars stop at the traffic lights right in front of Anthony's store where he has a display of artificial grass in the window as well as a super, new sign above the shop entrance. When people enter the shop they are greeted by a range of artificial grass samples. They can browse and take a close look at the difference in colours available and also, perhaps most importantly, to feel the quality of the product. After all, not many people would invest in a new carpet without first calling in at the carpet store to do the same thing. Artificial grass is no different - you need to see and feel before you buy and that is where this paving specialist has used his initiative to forge ahead of the competition.

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