A square metre of turf contains up to 200,000 blades of grass.
There are 10,000 types of grass plant.
Grass is the third most important source of Oxygen.
An acre of turf produces more Oxygen than an acre of Rain Forest.
An area of turf can produce enough O2 for 64 people per day.
An acre of turf can absorb hundreds of pounds of fossil fuel air pollutants.
Turf helps purify water entering the ground because the root mass and microbes act as filters and capture and breakdown many pollutants – making it one of nature’s best filters
Turf absorbs noise.
Turf prevents soil erosion.
Turf has a cooling effect – the temperature over a turfed surface on a hot summer’s day will be 10-14 degrees cooler than over concrete or tarmac – beats air-conditioning!
90% of the lawn weight is in the roots
The net carbon intake of a well-managed lawn is 5-7 times higher than the carbon output of mowing it.