- A well maintained landscape adds 15 percent to a home’s value.
- There are about 8 million plants in an average lawn of 10,000 square feet.
- A single grass plant can have 387 miles of roots! That means that beneath the average lawn there is about 3 BILLION miles of roots!
- Grass is estimated to trap some 12 million tons of dust and dirt from the air annually.
- Smoke is also trapped in part by turfgrass leaves so that it does not re-enter the air we breathe.
- Grass requires carbon dioxide to survive. In exchange, it replaces that carbon dioxide with oxygen! That works out pretty well for us, doesn’t it!
- One area of grass, just 50 feet by 50 feet, generates enough oxygen to meet the needs of a family of four. Grass makes for a truly efficient carbon dioxide/oxygen converter.
- One of the many benefits of turfgrasses is their ability to trap and hold rainfall better than most surfaces, thereby reducing water loss by runoff.
- Healthy lawns absorb rainfall six times more effectively than a wheat field, and four times better than a hay field.
- Research has shown that the best way to keep nutrients out of our water resources is to maintain healthy grass. A Cornell University study has shown that a healthy, properly fertilized lawn is the best protection against possible nitrogen leaching into water. In other words, a healthy lawn may be viewed as a protective shield against environmental concerns.
- The front lawns of just 8 average houses provide the cooling effect of about 70 tons of air conditioning.
- Well-maintained lawns surrounding a building serve as a fire-fighting buffer and will not sustain fires as dense, woody vegetation may.
- There are many, many more benefits of turfgrass.

In summary, turfgrasses play an important part in sustaining a healthy ecological balance between people and their environment.