Covenant-aware for your yard. Water-wise for common areas.
Turf and HOAs don't have to be a fight. For homeowners, we design to your guidelines and prepare a submission your board can actually approve — and Colorado law is on your side. For boards and property managers, we help you convert thirsty common areas to water-wise, native landscaping — the compliant, grant-eligible path under the state's new turf law. Two audiences, one honest approach.
Two audiences, two paths.
We help you get to "approved."
Most homeowner denials aren't because turf is banned — they're because the submission was incomplete or the design ignored a guideline. We close that gap. We read your covenants, design to the rules, and hand your architectural committee a package they can say yes to.
- Covenant readWe review your CC&Rs and design guidelines for turf-relevant rules
- Design to guidelinesProduct, setbacks, borders, and drainage matched to your community's rules
- Submission packageSpecs, product data, and a scaled drawing ready for the committee
What's in your submission kit
- Scaled drawing
- Plan view with dimensions, turf zones, borders, and transitions.
- Product specs
- Turf face, infill, and base — the details committees ask for.
- Drainage note
- How water sheds and where it goes, addressing common concerns.
- Guideline map
- Which covenant rule each design choice satisfies.
We won't install something that puts you offside with your board. If your covenants prohibit it, we'll tell you before you spend.
Common-area conversion — water-wise, and compliant.
Under Colorado's SB24-005, HOA common areas, medians, and shared/commercial landscapes can't add new artificial or non-functional turf as of January 1, 2026. That's not a dead end — it's a push to convert thirsty, high-maintenance common turf to xeriscape and native landscaping, which is exactly where state and water-district grant money is aimed. We help boards evaluate and phase that conversion honestly — no hard sell.
- Water savingsRemoves most irrigation demand on converted common turf
- Lower upkeepCuts mow/fertilize/reseed line items from maintenance contracts
- Grant navigationWe point your community to current CWCB / water-district turf-replacement funding
- Phased pilotProve it on one median or entry before scaling community-wide
Where common-area conversion pays off
| Area | The compliant, water-wise move |
|---|---|
| Entry monuments | Native beds, boulders, and drip — high curb appeal, near-zero water. |
| Medians & ROW strips | Dangerous to mow and hard to irrigate; prime candidates for xeric conversion. |
| Non-functional turf | Grass nobody actually uses (slopes, edges, buffers) → water-wise plantings. |
| Athletic fields of play | The one exemption where artificial turf remains allowed under SB24-005. |
We design to SB24-005 and route you to current rebates. Existing common-area turf is grandfathered; verify the current rule for any specific area before you scope it.
How an HOA project moves.
Covenant & site review
We read the rules and assess the site — drainage, sun, slope, and any guideline constraints.
Design to guidelines
A design that satisfies the covenants, with product and drainage details spelled out.
Submission package
Committee- or board-ready specs and drawings, mapped to the rules they'll check.
Approval & (optional) pilot
You get the approval; boards can run a single-area pilot before scaling out.
Over-built install
The same frost-proof, QA-checkpointed install we run on every job.
Documentation handoff
Photo record, care guide, and warranty — useful for owners and managers alike.