Kate Foster Lengyel moved to Park Slope from Manhattan three years ago with dreams of a verdant backyard for her two young children. But she was skeptical when her landscaper suggested artificial ...

Starlight Avatar is a genetically engineered flowering tobacco plant that's billed as the world's first light-producing plant. Those are among the interesting tidbits taking place lately inside ...

Fake grass, you say? Don't scoff. Synthetic turf is moving beyond football fields and golf courses to become more common in home landscapes. I'll show you how this material can make sense in many home ...

Is fake grass coming of age? It's been around for 45 years, but synthetic grass has been slow to take off in the UK, despite becoming relatively popular for domestic lawns in the arid southern states ...

Gardeners who have artificial grass in their garden have been hit with a warning as the weather turns cold again. We’ve only just recovered from the big freeze, Arctic blasts and heavy snow, but the ...

Artificial lawns are more popular than ever – but they are also an environmental nightmare. Will the campaign to stop them be successful? My lawn is a disaster. To be honest, it’s not really a lawn at ...

Debate over the use of artificial and natural lawns has been rekindled in recent weeks as temperatures surge across the UK. Small changes to how lawns are looked after can help provide low maintenance ...

EXCLUSIVE: Every home on new-built estate appears to have a fake plastic lawn at the front and back While low-maintenance, campaigners warn chemicals and plastics are dangerous to wildlife and ...