Buy Artificial Grass for Children

Family garden with artificial grass, a play teepee and a fire pit seating area

Grass chosen for children: soft fibres with no sharp edges, and enough pile depth to take a knock. These are the rolls we would put down for our own garden.

For a climbing frame or a trampoline area, lay it over shockpad underlay — the grass softens the surface, the shockpad is what actually absorbs a fall.

For a play lawn the grass needs to be soft to fall on, dense enough not to flatten under a trampoline or slide, and quick to clean. Eight ranges qualify, and for most families the answer is Dan 38mm at £8.99 per square metre: soft, dense for its price, and short enough that grass cuttings, mud and crumbs brush straight out. Val and Jers are the choices if the lawn doubles as a football pitch, because their fibres spring back after being trampled.

Under swings and climbing frames, lay a shockpad underlay beneath the grass; it takes the impact out of a fall and is what nurseries use. Avoid the very short piles, which are hard underfoot, and the longest 45mm, which holds more debris. Every roll is cut to your length in 2m, 4m or 5m widths, with free samples to feel first. Free delivery over £190.

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