Posted on 01/12/2024 10:29:47 AM PST by DallasBiff
Tasmania, Australia, is the proud winner of the "World's Ugliest Lawn" competition. Region Gotland
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A brown and arid scrubland of a lawn is not something many gardeners would brag about.
But that is exactly the kind of yard competition organizers in Sweden were looking for when they launched the prize for the “World’s Ugliest Lawn.”
People from around the world were invited to post pictures of their dehydrated grass to social media in a bid to scoop the dubious accolade.
The intention, according to those behind the project, was to raise awareness of “saving water on a global scale by changing the norm for green lawns.”
The competition was launched in collaboration with Hollywood actress and environmentalist Shailene Woodley, who called the contest “an excellent way to influence people to use less water.”
Lawns, which can require large amounts of water to maintain, are coming under increasing scrutiny as climate change makes periods of drought more frequent and more intense.
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Al Bladez could fix it.
You will use no water, ever, anywhere, not even to drink, and you will be happy.
Not enough rusted out car bodies and ten foot tall weeds to even be worst yard in my home town.
This is like those districts in the US that regulate rain water catchment and require licensing on the ground that it is robbing from the aquifers, although only about 3% of rainwater ever makes it into an acquifer, the rest being runoff that evantually evaporates again or makes it to the sea.
Some of us who have green lawns don’t water them either.
“Hollywood actress and environmentalist Shailene Woodley, who called the contest “an excellent way to influence people to use less water.”
Is there anything Hollywood actresses do not know?
No wonder Aaron Rogers dumped this crazy beotch.
There is no shortage of water in 90% of the world. I have a brook across from my house right now that is running at flood stage because all the snow melted when it rained.
My well has never been close to running dry and it is only 130’ deep.
The water supplier for the city of Nashua, NH dumps millions of gallons a day of fresh water into the Merrimack River.
People need to stop living in the desert.
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Within very broad limits, I’m ok with people naturalizing their lawns. Native grasses and shrubs are fine. And I won’t quarrel with zero upkeep. I’ve never lived in a desert, but if I moved to the arid parts of the west today, I don’t think I’d worry too much about maintaining a manicured patch of green.
Low maintenance, I approve
That looks like my lawn during the summer.
Unfortunately, with the recent rains, it has turned all green again. And it has to be mowed.
My ultimate goal is to landscape it so that only drought tolerant plants are present. So that I can keep not watering during the summer.
Honestly this winner must have worked at having such a deserty looking lawn. I lived in northern Tasmania for 6 months, lots of rain. She is in a southern Tasmania town that gets almost 26 inches of rain per year. Tasmania is an island with so much rain and water it had the first hydro electric plant in the southern hemisphere, and today hydro provides 80% of the power generation there. Lots of good clean water.
They tried to do that here in Maryland. They failed, but they’ll probably try again someday.
Well you could always do this,
But how will I wash down my cricket fricassée?
“My ultimate goal is to landscape it so that only drought tolerant plants are present.”
She did. I guess you didn’t see the weeds?
wy69
I would put my weeds in a more esthetic arrangement.
:)
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