Summer Blend Series

The fiber treatment and the color. Summer Blend yarns are sunlight-reflecting and UV-inhibiting — engineered to bounce solar energy rather than absorb it, so the surface runs cooler than conventional artificial grass in the same sun. The face yarns are tan-blended with muted, non-reflective dyes, which does two jobs at once: it reads as natural Pacific Northwest grass instead of golf-course green, and it avoids the mirror-like sheen that causes glare off a south-facing lawn. Both products are 100% lead-free with antimicrobial treatment built in. 

All synthetic turf warms in direct sun — any honest answer starts there. What varies is how much. Summer Blend fibers are built to reflect rather than absorb sunlight, so the surface runs meaningfully cooler than standard turf under the same conditions, and no crumb rubber is used in the infill (rubber is the single biggest heat-retention culprit in synthetic lawns). Practical measures help too: a hose-down drops surface temperature immediately, and afternoon shade over a play or pet area does more than any fiber spec. In the Puget Sound climate this is a handful of weeks a year — but they are the weeks the lawn actually gets used. 

Same heat technology, different scale. Summer Blend Pro is a 1.6" pile at 80 oz total weight — the working choice for sunny family lawns, play areas, pet zones, and multifamily courtyards. Summer Blend Pro Max runs a 2" pile at 106 oz for a deeper, more finished look on showcase front yards and high-visibility landscapes. Both use the same C, D, and Mini Wave yarn system and the double-polypropylene backing with quad-flow drainage. The Pro Max carries a 10-year product warranty; both come with a 5-year workmanship warranty on the installation. 

The tan is intentional. Real Northwest lawns aren't a single flat green — they carry a thatch layer and dry-blade tones underneath the growing grass, and the tan face yarns reproduce that. It's the difference between a lawn people walk past and one they look at twice. As for fading: the fibers are UV-inhibiting and color-dyed through rather than surface-coated, which is what keeps color stable through summer sun. The muted, non-reflective dye also means the color it holds is the color that looks right in flat Northwest light. 

Installed pricing for Summer Blend runs roughly $12 to $25 per square foot, and where a project lands in that range depends on square footage, site access, how much base preparation the existing surface needs, and which product you choose. A flat, well-drained backyard with easy equipment access sits at the low end; a small, sloped front yard with hand-carried material and heavy excavation sits at the top. Every project is quoted after a site evaluation rather than off a price sheet.