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Letter: Ditch the lawn and grow other stuff instead

Published 17 August 2022

From Talia Morris, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

On Beronda L (30 July, p 28). Montgomery’s search for an eco-friendly lawn, the truth about lawns is that their environmental impact is neutral at best. As she says, better to grow trees or local native vegetation than to have a sterile-looking patch of grass.

Issue no. 3400 published 20 August 2022

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