Artificial Turf in Bastrop, TX for Lost Pines Lawns, Year-Round

What Bastrop Properties Need From Turf

The City of Bastrop\u2019s Drought Contingency Plan includes permanent water restrictions that apply every day of the year, in any drought stage. Automatic in-ground and hose-end sprinklers are prohibited between 9:30am and 6:30pm. Letting water run off a property or pool in the street is a violation. Washing sidewalks, driveways, and patios with a hose is prohibited. Running an irrigation system with broken or misaligned heads is a violation. Even golf courses are limited to 1am to 7am and 8pm to midnight on designated days. This is not a drought response that lifts when it rains, it is how Bastrop works permanently, which makes the water-savings case for turf a permanent one too.

Water service in Bastrop is split across more than one provider depending on the address, including the City of Bastrop, Aqua Water Supply Corporation, and Bastrop County WCID #2. Drought stages differ by provider and change through the year. We are not stating a specific current drought stage for the City of Bastrop, because it could not be confirmed and it changes. What does not change is the year-round rule above: no sprinklers during the hottest nine hours of the day, ever. Drought-stage restrictions come and go by provider, on top of those permanent rules.

Residential Turf for Bastrop Lawns Under a Permanent Daylight Sprinkler Ban

Residential turf is the most common project we take on in Bastrop. When a homeowner is permanently barred from running sprinklers between 9:30am and 6:30pm, the hours when grass actually needs water most in Texas heat, a living lawn is at a structural disadvantage every single day. Synthetic turf does not need the water at all, so the permanent restriction does not touch it. The same Texas sun that bakes a Bastrop front yard in August has no effect on UV-stabilized fibers. For the HOA-governed subdivisions in the area, Texas House Bill 2269, effective September 1, 2025, amended Property Code Section 202.007 so a homeowners association cannot require a property owner to plant, install, or maintain living grass or turf. A companion law, House Bill 517, added Section 202.008, requiring an association to suspend any grass-maintenance rule while a property is under a watering restriction. If your HOA has been telling you to keep a green lawn, the state of Texas has told them to stop.

Pet Turf for Bastrop Homes and Acreage Lots With Dogs

Pet turf is the other frequent request from Bastrop. The homes and acreage lots around here mean room for dogs, and the permanent sprinkler ban during daylight hours means a living lawn cannot be flushed the way it would be with free watering. Our pet turf systems use antimicrobial backing with drainage rates exceeding 30 inches per hour, which handles pet waste and Central Texas rain without holding liquid on the surface. In Texas heat, where pet waste breaks down faster and odors intensify, that drainage rate matters. A synthetic pet lawn does not need the watering hours Bastrop restricts, and it does not hold the odors that a struggling natural lawn does.

Putting Greens for Bastrop Golfers Who Play Lost Pines

Bastrop is home to Lost Pines Golf Club, formerly Wolfdancer, an Arthur Hills design opened in 2006, par 72, 7,205 yards, running through rolling prairie, a wooded ridgeline, and the Colorado River valley, at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines resort. For Bastrop golfers who play Lost Pines, a backyard putting green is a natural fit. We install practice greens at home, so you can work on your short game without driving to the course. We do not claim any work at or for Lost Pines Golf Club or the Hyatt resort, only that the course is there, and that a home putting green makes sense in a city where golf is part of the landscape. The \u201cLost Pines\u201d name refers to Bastrop\u2019s real, isolated stand of loblolly pines, unusual for Central Texas. A yard that stays green without water fits that landscape.