{"id":138622,"date":"2023-08-04T00:20:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fake-grass-my-daughter-loves-it-and-so-do-i-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T00:51:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:51:08","slug":"fake-grass-my-daughter-loves-it-and-so-do-i-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fake-grass-my-daughter-loves-it-and-so-do-i-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake grass? My daughter loves it, and so do I | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDebbie Austin says an artificial lawn in her back yard has allowed her daughter to spend time outdoors safely, while Vivienne Cox says she doesn\u2019t think her small bit of green is a blight on the planetI have read many negative articles about fake lawns (The plastic lawn backlash: why people are pulling up their fetid fake grass, 31 July). I have never yet seen one with a counter perspective, so here is mine. I live in a terraced house in Cumbria that, when we moved in, had a small concrete back yard. Our daughter has a severe learning disability and is autistic. A year after moving in (when she was six), we removed the concrete and laid fake grass to give her a year-round safe, accessible garden. She can be safely outside whenever she wants, in all weathers \u2013 and she is.It rains a lot in Cumbria, so a lawn here would be a mudbath much of the time and that in itself would cause significant challenges for her and us. I am always saddened to read black and white arguments about fake grass, as there can be another perspective, especially in relation to disability. Continue reading…
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