{"id":139376,"date":"2023-09-29T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-dogs-very-happy-water-conscious-gotlanders-compete-for-ugliest-lawn-title\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T18:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:09:28","slug":"the-dogs-very-happy-water-conscious-gotlanders-compete-for-ugliest-lawn-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-dogs-very-happy-water-conscious-gotlanders-compete-for-ugliest-lawn-title\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The dog\u2019s very happy\u2019: water-conscious Gotlanders compete for ugliest lawn title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nCompetition aimed at encouraging Swedish island residents to save water is being copied elsewhereDry, brown grass is no longer a source of shame on one Swedish island where residents have been competing over the \u201cugliest lawn\u201d in an attempt to save water \u2013 and it seems the trend is spreading.\u201cIt was the easiest competition to win, I didn\u2019t have to do anything,\u201d said this year\u2019s winner Stina \u00d6stman, a resident of Sweden\u2019s largest island of Gotland, who has mixed feelings about her victory. \u201cIt\u2019s always nice to win, even if you are the worst,\u201d she said. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/sep\/29\/the-dogs-very-happy-water-conscious-gotlanders-compete-for-ugliest-lawn-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018The dog\u2019s very happy\u2019: water-conscious Gotlanders compete for ugliest lawn title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Competition aimed at encouraging Swedish island residents to save water is being copied elsewhereDry, brown&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Ag0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148750,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/worlds-ugliest-lawn-winner-says-she-leaves-watering-to-mother-nature\/","url_meta":{"origin":139376,"position":0},"title":"World\u2019s ugliest lawn winner says she leaves watering to Mother Nature","date":"January 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r New Zealand garden takes first prize in global competition designed to promote water conservationA sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in the world.Now in its second year, the World\u2019s Ugliest Lawn competition rewards lawn owners for not watering their parched\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15752,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-official-british-offices-are-the-coldest-and-ugliest-in-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":139376,"position":1},"title":"It&#039;s official: British offices are the coldest and ugliest in the world","date":"June 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...It's official: British offices are the coldest and ugliest in the world","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":111397,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/nzs-ugliest-house-for-sale-fred-flintstone-style-home-hits-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":139376,"position":2},"title":"&#039;NZ&#039;s ugliest house for sale&#039;: Fred Flintstone-style home hits market","date":"October 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A house hunter has described a home currently listed on real estate sites as the ugliest she's ever seen. 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