--- title: "Artificial Turf in Bow Mar, CO | TIMELESS Grass & Greens" description: "A lawn or putting green for your Bow Mar property. Make room for outdoor use while keeping the trees, views and paths you value." url: https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/bow-mar-co/ --- Bow Mar, CO # Artificial turf in Bow Mar, CO, for sloping acre lots near the lakes. Make room for a lawn or green while keeping the trees, views and paths you value. We discuss the layout and price at a free visit. - Plan the green around useful putting lines - Keep trees and surrounding landscape in view - Identify preparation before approving the scope [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) - Layout approved before installation - American-made turf - Free estimates, no pressure The short answer ## What should a Bow Mar turf layout take into account? Grade, trees and views. A grade change disturbing more than 4 cubic yards needs the Town's design board, as can landscaping that may affect a neighbor's view, so ask the board and your association before finalizing. Planning a turf installation? Get a layout, turf options and a written quote for your space. [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) We’ll call to arrange a free site visit. Before you install in Bow Mar ## What to know in Bow Mar. The rules in short. We measure and check the ground at a free visit, then draw a layout that fits. [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) - ### Room to practice Choose which part of the acre becomes the green, pet area or lawn, and start with the putting distances you want. A well-placed green can leave most of the landscape intact. See the rule on room to practice An open acre does not have to become one large lawn. Choose the part you want for a green, pet use or everyday lawn. For putting, start with the distances you want to practice and the route from the house. A well-placed green can leave most of the surrounding landscape intact. - ### The setting matters On a slope toward the lakes, point out existing water routes and neighboring boundaries. Settle any drainage advice separately from choosing turf, and describe the digging, not just the surface, to the reviewers. See the rule on the setting matters Plan the grade and the view together. On a property sloping toward the lakes, point out existing water routes and neighboring boundaries. Changes in level belong in the preparation discussion, with any required drainage advice resolved separately from turf selection. Ask the Town’s design review board and your association what they require for the proposed work. Describe excavation and landscape changes as well as the visible surface. We can consider written conditions when discussing the layout; the estimate does not replace those reviews. - ### The local rules A grade change disturbing more than 4 cubic yards needs design board approval. Sport courts must sit inside the building envelope, so ask in writing whether a putting green counts as one. See the rule on the local rules In Bow Mar, the Town's design board sees the plan first. Bow Mar's design board, the DRB, was set up by Ordinance 323 in 2018, and its guidelines of 24 June 2019 cover most of what happens to a yard here. Landscaping needs DRB approval when it comes with a new home or a major remodel, when it may affect a neighbor's view, and when it substantially changes the landscaping already in place ([Town of Bow Mar](https://www.townofbowmar.org/ordinances-and-policies)). Grade is the rule most likely to catch a turf job. Section XII of the guidelines sends any change of grade, landscape berms included, that disturbs more than 4 cubic yards of soil to the DRB. Leveling part of a sloping acre can pass that mark, so allow time for approval before the dig. Sport courts must sit inside the building envelope unless the Town grants a variance, and they can't be lit. Ask the DRB in writing whether it treats a putting green the same way before you settle where one goes. The Town code also limits planting that would unreasonably block another lot's view of the lake, the mountains or the city lights. - ### Water Your bill comes from the district, but Denver Water's rules set the schedule: two lawn days a week now, and no lawn watering after 30 September. Turf needs none of those days. See the rule on water Your bill comes from the district. The watering rules come from Denver Water. Bow Mar Water and Sanitation District serves 296 residences ([Town of Bow Mar](https://www.townofbowmar.org/bow-mar-water-sanitation-district)). It buys Denver Water's supply through a master meter and bills you on its own rate schedule, which is why a waste report goes to the district and not to Denver Water (Denver Water). Denver Water's supply conditions still set the schedule. It declared Stage 1 drought on 25 March 2026, running to 30 April 2027, with a target of cutting total use by 20%. Lawns get two assigned days a week, Sunday and Thursday for even addresses and Wednesday and Saturday for odd ones, and only before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m. (Denver Water). Then the season closes. On 26 August 2026 Denver Water's board ended lawn watering for the year: after 30 September, no lawn watering and no spray irrigation, with hand-watering and drip still allowed for trees and plants. On an acre, turf takes the biggest thirsty surface off that calendar in every month. - ### The ground This ground swells when wet and sheds rain instead of soaking it up, sloping toward the lakes. We build the base for that clay and set the fall so rain runs away from the house. See the rule on the ground Swelling clay on a slope that runs down to the lakes. USDA soil maps put Bow Mar on Renohill-Buick loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes. Renohill, about 65% of that ground, is a loam over a subsoil that runs 45% clay from 4 to 18 inches down. It rates high for shrink-swell and sits in hydrologic group D, the slowest class for taking in water, and Buick, most of the rest, is group C ([USDA Soil Data Access](https://sdmdataaccess.sc.egov.usda.gov/)). Put together, that's ground that swells when it's wet, sheds rain instead of soaking it up, and falls toward the water. We prepare the site and build the base for this clay, and set the fall so rain leaves the pad and heads away from the house. Lots here run to an acre, with mature trees and views the Town protects. The first house went up in 1947 ([Bow Mar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Mar,_Colorado)), and many of the low, prairie-style originals have since been rebuilt, so one street can mix old trees with brand-new grades. Under those trees, see [how much cooler turf runs in shade](https://www.timelessgrass.com/blog/how-hot-does-artificial-turf-get/). [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) What we install in Bow Mar ## Choose your turf project. Compare a practice green, lawn area or pet zone with the existing landscape and access. - [### Putting greens Practice your putting right outside your back door. See putting greens](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/putting-greens/) - [### Artificial lawns Spend less time mowing, with an artificial lawn planned around your yard and its use. See artificial lawns](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/residential-turf/) - [### Pet turf A dog run or pet lawn planned around drainage, secure edges and regular cleaning. See pet turf](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/pet-turf/) FAQ ## Turf questions in Bow Mar. ### Who installs artificial turf in Bow Mar, CO? We install artificial turf, backyard putting greens and pet turf in Bow Mar, CO. Two rulebooks shape the job here: the Town's design board must approve any change in grade that disturbs more than 4 cubic yards of soil, and BMOI's covenants require written approval before structures, fences, shrubs or trees go in. Call 303-349-2368 for a free estimate. ### Does BMOI have to approve turf as well as the Town? Ask before you build. BMOI, the private association behind the town's covenants and its lake beach and marina, requires written approval under its Amended and Restated Declaration before any building, fence, wall or other structure goes in, and even before shrubs and trees are planted ([Bow Mar covenants](https://www.townofbowmar.org/files/2e0f44ef5/Amended+and+Restated+Declaration+of+Covenants.pdf)). Send BMOI the plan you give the DRB, and keep both answers. ### Is there a rebate for artificial turf in Bow Mar? No. Denver Water's turfgrass removal discount, worth up to $750 through Resource Central, pays toward a living water-wise landscape and doesn't allow artificial turf, and its 2026 discounts were fully allocated in March (Denver Water). Colorado's state turf-replacement grants stopped taking applications in March 2025 (CWCB). ### Could new turf change how water drains onto the next lot? It can if the grade changes, and on this sloping clay that's worth planning for. The DRB can require a stamped engineer's drainage plan, and the Town says it makes no representation about how a change of grade affects the lots next door ([Town of Bow Mar](https://www.townofbowmar.org/ordinances-and-policies)). Settle the drainage in the plan, before the turf goes down. Nearby areas we cover - [Denver, CO](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/denver-co/) - [Littleton, CO](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/littleton-co/) - [Columbine Valley, CO](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/columbine-valley-co/) - [Lakewood, CO](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/lakewood-co/) - [Columbine, CO](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/columbine-co/) - [Everywhere we work in Denver Metro](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/) Free estimate ## Your free estimate in Bow Mar. Tell us about your project and we’ll call to arrange a free visit. [Or call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) Your free estimate includes - A visit to measure your space - A custom layout, drawn for your space - Turf options, side by side - A written price, with no pressure to sign [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) Five short steps. We’ll call to arrange your visit.