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Artificial Grass – So Many Uses

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

Artscape have recently become a supplier and installer for an artificial grass company called Namgrass.  Whilst we are lovers of ‘the real thing’ there are times when artificial turf is the perfect garden design solution.

For example ,the grass can be used in shady areas where grass won’t grow, for hard wearing areas of lawn perhaps were children and dogs regularly go, and can even be used on driveways and additional parking where a hard visual appearance isn’t wanted.  It can also be used on banks to reduce maintenance.

Artificial GrassNamgrass design and, manufacture market-leading artificial grass products.  With a reputation for quality Artscape have chosen to become a Namgrass installer because we want to offer high quality artificial grass as part of providing the best solution to our customers.

Artificial grass is becoming increasingly more common for home owners and businesses. Grass can be difficult to maintain if sunlight isn’t consistent or you don’t experience much rain (obviously not this year so far!). This can lead to rough patches of soil or yellow grass, which does not give an aesthetic look. Artificial grass can help solve this problem. It offers very realistic grass which does not need any maintenance.

Other uses for artificial grass is wide: car parks, sports areas, schools, nurseries, lawns and gardens, balconies and terraces.

Gardening Goes Digital

Monday, June 13th, 2011

The world of gardening has leapt into the 21st century with the creation of LeafSnap, a new mobile phone app, the first of its kind, that can identify a tree’s species by looking at a photograph of the leaf.

Using facial recognition technology to analyze the leaf’s contour, LeafSnap selects a match from its index of species. If it’s not entirely sure it will bring up a list of possibles which you can then browse to determine which tree’s leaf you’re holding.  To make this easy, LeafSnap has a botanic dossier on all of its trees, including information about the tree’s habitat, growth, and other specifics (e.g. are the fruits poisonous or sweet?), as well as a collection of photographs that show the tree’s seeds, bark, flowers, and fruits. The tree’s entire life cycle is captured in a pocket-sized album, at very high resolution and the photographs can be magnified to examine it more closely.

The app also invites contributions from users who, having identified a leaf, can tag their tree and this data is then added to a collective map of the different species. While the guide is initially limited to species in the United States, plans are underway to expand its range.