According to a report in americanheritage.com, “It had to look and feel like grass, be soft enough for rough-and-tumble play, and not cost too much. Chemstrand started making small batches of turf out of woven nylon, a tough and durable fiber that could take plenty of punishment. There was a trade off, of course, because while the nylon fibers were durable, they were also bristly and abrasive, more like a hairbrush than a lawn. The early turf wasn’t quite as rough as a doormat, but it was certainly no fun for bare feet.”
That was the beginning of artificial turf. However, these synthetic looking
artificial turfs looked, ‘unnatural’ at first. Technological advances have made this artificial grass look more natural.
Artificial grass