Compare Landscaping Options in Chandler, AZ

Real grass is cooler and cheaper up front. Turf needs no water but turns into a hot plate over caliche. Choosing by soil, drainage and HOA in Chandler.

Sod is real grass in strips, cheap now and thirsty forever. Turf is plastic carpet, expensive now and dry. What the Chandler HOA decides first.

Sprinklers throw water wide and fast, the way a lawn drinks. Drip delivers it slowly at the root.

Mulch cools the soil, rots in a Chandler year, and needs topping off. Rock lasts forever and cooks the yard.

Concrete is one poured slab, cheap and prone to cracking when the ground moves. Pavers are individual pieces that flex at the joints.

Stamped concrete is one slab with a stone pattern pressed into the top. Pavers are separate pieces with sand joints between.

Sod gives you a lawn in a day, seed costs pocket change and waits for the right weeks. The Chandler monsoon window and what the HOA makes you pick.

Gravel is a material, xeriscape is a system. Why a gravel only Chandler yard cooks and dies, and what plants, soil and drip change about it.