A thick landscape turf is usually quite weighty, meaning over a larger area it will somewhat hold itself in place. When installing over a hard surface, you can choose to direct stick the grass. It may be enough to glue the grass just around the perimeter and down the joins. This will stop the wind from getting underneath the grass and flipping it. It will also stop tripping at the edges of the grass. There are a few options for glue made specifically for direct sticking artificial grass to hard surfaces.
Laying synthetic turf over concrete is also a great option for a temporary installation. For example, you can install artificial grass temporarily at a rental property. Without gluing the grass down, it can be taken with you in the future and it won’t damage the existing hard surface. If the edges need to be secured temporarily, placing heavy pot plants on exposed corners should suffice. If installing over brick pavers, some of the pavers on the edge of the area could be removed so that turf pegs can be used to hold edges down.
If you intend for the grass to be reused somewhere else in the future, we recommend not applying infill sand to the synthetic turf. Infill sand will make the turf very heavy to roll up later.
