Pages Tagged “Landscape Renovation”
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- Painting the Grass Green
California has cut back a lot of water usage, but some places just can’t accept ‘brown is the new green’ for their lawns.
- Landscape Under Renovation
Irvine is dreadfully afraid you might think the dead grass is the result of poor maintenance. Apparently, they’re also concerned that the old Grass Under Renovation signs might not be inclusive enough.
- Renovated Grass
Yes, they’ve actually replaced some of the grass with more grass, instead of astroturf. Here’s the same median where I took the original Grass Under Renovation picture. I still have no idea why they bothered letting it die, putting up signs to warn people, and seeding all new grass. Not that I paid much attention […]
- Natural Turf
It turns out not all of the medians with Grass Under Renovation signs are being replaced with Astroturf. I drove past one at lunch today where the sprinklers were running. Not that an August afternoon is the best time to run sprinklers, but it seems clear that they’re expecting something to grow there. Maybe they […]
- Plastic Revolution
Well, I finally found out the reason for the Grass Under Renovation signs. I passed a median where a road crew was setting out what I first thought was sod, but then realized was Astroturf. Nice one. I suppose it’ll save money on water and maintenance, but then so would painting the concrete green. Couldn’t […]
- Grass Under Renovation
Oh no, there’s dry grass on the median! Oh, wait, it’s OK: There’s a sign saying it’s under renovation. *whew!* … Irvine is a strange town.