Artificial Turf & Putting Greens
Synthetic lawn areas and backyard putting greens, designed with the pavers, pool deck and planting around them, across Jacksonville and St. Johns County.
Green that stays green, where grass never did
Artificial turf is a synthetic grass surface laid over a prepared, free-draining base. St. Johns Outdoors designs and manages turf lawn areas and backyard putting greens for homeowners across Jacksonville and St. Johns County, usually as one piece of a larger backyard project.
Every yard has the spot. The strip beside the pool cage that stays wet, the shaded side yard that is half sand, the corner the dog has worn to dirt. Turf fixes those without a mower, and a putting green turns one of them into the reason people go outside.
We build throughout Jacksonville and St. Johns County — Ponte Vedra, Nocatee, Julington Creek, Shearwater, Durbin Crossing and eTown among them — north to Fernandina Beach, south to Palm Coast, and west through Orange Park, Fleming Island, Green Cove Springs and Middleburg.
The base is the job; the turf is the finish
Good turf that fails almost always fails from underneath. Water passes through the backing, so the ground below has to be excavated, built up with a compacted base that drains, and graded so the water leaves instead of sitting. The edges need restraint so the surface does not creep, and the seams need to fall where you will not see them.
That is the same thinking that goes under a paver patio or a pool deck, which is why we would rather plan the turf with the hardscape than have it laid up against it later. One set of levels, one drainage plan, one schedule.
Where turf earns its place
Putting greens
A shorter, tighter surface with the contours shaped into the base and cups set where the space allows. Side yards and odd corners suit them well.
Beside the pool
A turf area next to the deck gives the yard somewhere soft, and breaks up what would otherwise be a lot of stone.
Lawn that will not grow
Deep shade, heavy foot traffic and narrow side yards are where natural grass gives up and synthetic turf does not.
Between the pavers
Turf set between large pavers or along a walkway, planned with the hardscape so the levels and the edges line up.
Turf and putting greens from our projects
A putting green set into a turf lawn, and a short clip of a side-yard green. More of our finished work is in the gallery.
How a turf project runs
In-person estimate
We walk the space, look at the grade, the shade and where the water goes now, and talk through how you want to use it.
Written quote
Your quote follows promptly after the visit, with the area, the surface and the base work spelled out on it.
Plan it with the rest
If pavers, a pool deck or planting are part of the project, the turf is drawn on the same plan so the levels and edges agree.
Build & walkthrough
Base first, surface last, on one schedule with the rest of the project — then we walk it with you.
FAQ
Artificial turf questions, answered
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Call (904) 925-3089Yes. St. Johns Outdoors designs and manages artificial turf projects across Jacksonville and St. Johns County, from a small putting green down the side of a house to a large turf area beside a pool. Most of them are part of a bigger backyard project, so the turf is drawn on the same plan as the pavers, the pool deck and the planting around it.
It should, and whether it does comes down to what is underneath it. Turf backing lets water through, so the rain has to have somewhere to go: a compacted, free-draining base graded to carry water away from the house and the pool. That base is the part you never see and the part that decides whether the turf is still flat and dry-footed after a Florida summer.
Yes, it does, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. Synthetic turf in direct summer sun runs warmer than natural grass. That is worth planning around rather than ignoring: where the shade falls in the afternoon, whether the turf sits beside the pool where feet are wet, and whether a cover or a pergola over part of it makes sense. We talk through that at the estimate.
Patio coversUsually, yes. A putting green does not need a big lawn. Side yards, the strip beside a screen enclosure and corners that never grew grass well are some of the most common places for one, because the green turns dead space into the part of the yard people actually use. The shape and the contours are designed for the space rather than dropped in from a template.
It depends on the size of the area, how much base and drainage work the ground needs, the shape, and whether it is a lawn surface or a putting green, which is why we do not publish a price list or a range. Estimates are done in person because nobody can read grade and drainage from a satellite photo. Your written quote follows promptly after the visit, with the scope spelled out on it. Military and first responder discounts available.
Book a free estimateYes, and that is where it works best. Turf beside a pool deck softens a lot of hard surface, turf strips between large pavers break up a patio, and a putting green beside a fire pit gives the yard something to do. When the turf and the hardscape are planned together, the edges, the levels and the drainage are set once instead of being patched where two jobs meet.
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Show us the space. We come out, look at the grade and the drainage properly, and put a real number in writing promptly after the visit.