When it comes down to thinking of synthetic grass I think it is fair to say that 95% of people automatically think of a football stadium, baseball field, or soccer pitch. Maybe a few of those 90% think of it for school playgrounds as well, but how many of you think of artificial turf covering a whole entire city?

Many small cities do not have the time or money to continually focus on their landscapes and keep the green grass beautiful and luscious. Oftentimes strong summer heat will even turn gorgeous green grass into burnt yellow hay – and there’s really nothing that can be done, unless you want to spend absurd amounts of money on labor and materials. A few small towns have even taken to just covering road medians with asphalt instead and while that’s an easy fix just one season later you will see that stubborn grass start to grow through the cracks and nature does find a way.

Recently a small city in Wyoming has decided to take it one step further. They are determined to keep their city gorgeous without breaking the bank. Gillette, Wyoming is conducting a one year test of placing artificial turf on all areas of the city near sidewalks, in street medians, parks, around parking lots, & outside of buildings. This area also receives a lot of snow throughout the year so they are doing an ample testing of various areas to see how fading or other factors will work over time. They will start on a rooftop with a small 15×15 patch, and then bring it down to near the parking lot closer to the winter to see how it will handle immense snow and plowing.

What an smart way to keep your city constantly looking beautiful, don’t you think?