The new floral lawn at Avondale Park near Notting Hill in London has been created by Lionel Smith of the University of Reading.
If you’re interested in reducing the amount of your turfgrass, you’ll find lots of inspiration at these sites. The website Grass-Free Lawns,, has lots of information and photos, even videos showing the development of alternative lawns over the course of several years, plus links to many helpful resources. Check out Lionel Smith’s work at “Rethinking the Traditional Grass Lawn,”. Smith’s research indicates that his grass-free lawns need no chemical additives and can reduce the need for mowing by up to two-thirds.
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Most of his trial lawns contain a mixture of over 30 different plant species that can tolerate mowing. For several years, he has developed a number of trial lawns using a wide variety of plant species, most of which are flowering ground covers, such as chamomile, thyme, yarrow and selfheal lawns. One of the leaders in the “ grass-free” lawn movement is Lionel Smith, Ph.D., of Reading University in England. Naturally, I had to look into this, and my research led me beyond grass-free lawns to “no-mow” yards, “freedom lawns” and “tapestry lawns.” Did someone say “no-mow” and “freedom” in the same sentence as YARDS? Yes! So while you’re on your winter hiatus from grass-tending and mowing, you may want to take a look at these alternative lawn concepts. Hey, I thought, I’ve already got one of those! What really got my attention, though, was that Kessler seemed to be saying that a grass-free lawn could actually be a desirable thing - and trendy, too. The term “grass-free lawns” came up at a recent Master Gardener presentation by Ben Kessler of C’ville Foodscapes.
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