Artificial grass may seem like a low-maintenance solution, but growing environmental and health concerns are igniting legislators and prompting many homeowners in the South to go natural. “Because of ...

“Never in a million years did I think I’d have fake grass,” said Simone Harouche, a fashion stylist who lives in Los Angeles. A passionate green thumb, Harouche tends a lush property of climbing roses ...

Welcome to February, and, sad to say, what will likely be the last issue of the L.A. Times Plants newsletter — more about that in a moment. Just know that we still have a good list of plant-related ...

Many synthetic turf fields are believed to be made with PFAS. The grass may be greener if it's made of synthetic turf, but some communities are raising concerns about "forever chemicals" that may be ...

Yale epidemiologist Vasilis Vasiliou won’t let any of his five children play on artificial turf fields. His research on the infill for synthetic turf — typically ground-up tires — identified the ...

Patti Wood, executive director of Grassroots Environmental Education, based in Port Washington, was pivotal several years ago to the rejection in a referendum in Sag Harbor of its school district’s ...