“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 ...

I love to garden, but I’m not much of a mower. It’s monotonous, and when it’s 110 degrees outside, I usually spend the time fantasizing about ripping up all the grass and planting cacti and rocks. But ...

Rolls of artificial turf stacked up before installation - Valerii Maksimov/Getty Images Ideally, it'd be easy to have a lush, natural grass lawn. Unfortunately, that's not always the case— you have to ...