{"id":32175,"date":"2016-10-29T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pain-in-the-grass-alternatives-to-high-maintenance-lawns\/"},"modified":"2016-10-29T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T10:01:07","slug":"pain-in-the-grass-alternatives-to-high-maintenance-lawns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pain-in-the-grass-alternatives-to-high-maintenance-lawns\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain in the grass: alternatives to high-maintenance lawns"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHad enough of your patchy, weedy lawn? Try something different, from moss to artificial grassIt\u2019s autumn, and that means it\u2019s time to sweat over your lawn; raking leaves, reseeding bare patches and winkling out dandelions and other weeds. Have you ever stopped to think, this is too time-consuming?There\u2019s also an argument that lawns are not environmentally friendly; a monoculture kept evergreen with chemicals and copious water. No wonder more and more people are choosing not to have a lawn. A recent survey by interior design website Houzz revealed that 22% of respondents were reducing their lawn size, while 12% were ripping them out. Designer Charlotte Rowe says she now steers clients away from lawns in small gardens, because they look incongruous, instead introducing gravel and paved areas with planting. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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