Your neighbor may have spent thousands on a pristine plastic lawn to escape the endless cycle of mowing and watering, but that investment could soon be a thing of the past. While homeowners once ...

With the labor involved in caring for a lush lawn, along with health concerns surrounding the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, homeowners are seeking other ways to have the yard of their ...

The debate over whether to install turf over grass fields has become a referendum on sports, health, the environment and the use of scarce public resources. By Ken Belson and Hiroko Tabuchi Across the ...

Around the country, heated debates are taking place over whether to install artificial turf, pitting neighbors against each other. A rare warm spell in January melted enough snow to uncover Cornell ...

Turf requires much less maintenance than real grass, but it doesn't last forever. Here's how long you can expect to go before ...

This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. On a hot summer morning, a dozen residents of Scotch Plains gathered under tall ...