Fake grass

[Jultay]

Has anybody fitted this themselves or is it best to get it done professionally .... any tips would be most grateful.

Where do I pretend it's good for the environment fgs? Is everything you do environmentally friendly? Or do you - dare I suggest - make compromises?

Well you make out it's ok because it's only 20% of your wildlife haven garden and it looks natural when there are a few leaves on it.

I said upthread I'm not perfect and that we all have a negative environmental impact just existing.

But to me there is simply no justification for it. Clearly we are never going to agree on this.

A garden is an exercise in fakeness. Non native species, plants pruned and trained.

I agree with you. But a 'fake' real garden is still far better for insects/bees etc etc than a garden of plastic grass.

Gnome my garden has no fakery. I have long grasses and wildflowers which have self-seeded. I will be creating a more 'organised' area but I'll be putting in native species, keeping pruning to a minimum and installing a pond (I already have a log pile). Four trees have established themselves and at the moment they're quite small (under 10ft high), but I will have to keep these in check so that they don't encroach on my neighbours.
There's plenty of room for native species and nature within a relatively confined space. Our fences are situated in such a way that small things can pass through, and larger things can climb under/over.

Adding to the chorus to say please don't! Terrible for the environment. And looks horrible and tacky. The only people who will tell you it doesn't look awful are the people who already have it!