City fed up with maintaining grass
Grass is not well adapted to city life and is expensive to keep up, so the city is looking for better alternatives for park greenery and especially for strips beside roads and sidewalks.
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Faiz Imam 15:23 on 2019-05-21 Permalink
I’ve done lawn maintenance before. Once you get an eye for it, its stunning to note how much grass we have all over the place that needs to be cut regularly. There are thousands of workers out every day fulfilling landscaping contracts for houses, commercial properties as well as municipalites.
putting down grass is just something everyone is used to, and the aesthetic of freshly cut grass is something our culture values immensely. But in reality its almost all a waste.
Putting down turf is among the cheaper options upfront, but once you add up the maintenance costs, as well as the environmental consequences vs other options, more creative ideas start becoming more attractive.