Although there weren’t many decisions to be made, there was plenty of information to digest Tuesday at the Hillsboro School District Board meeting. In a work session, board members heard an update on ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with orthopedist Timothy Kremchekan about how artificial turf can exacerbate injuries among high school football players. There was much attention when Aaron Rodgers was ...

Artificial turf is not free of maintenance. It requires fungiside, de-weeding, vacuuming or sweeping. The natural ground below the artificial turf is forever destroyed by the under layer and chemicals ...

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 ...

As Santa Clara County supervisors consider a proposed artificial turf ban on county-owned land, parents and activists are pointing to the disposal of a local high school’s old field to highlight ...

The term dates back to the original artificial turf that was widespread in the NFL during the 1970s. AstroTurf, named for the surface installed in Houston's Astrodome, was essentially carpet with a ...

Aren’t sports meant to be played on natural turf? That’s what I thought when I first heard Mount Union College (now University) was trading in its natural grass for an artificial field in the summer ...

Artificial grass doesn't have to look as if it's foreign to your yard. Here is the best method for laying it and making it appear as natural as possible.