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Lawns are far from pointless!

Lawns are far from pointless!

I’ve just listened to Quentin Letts in his fascinating BBC Radio 4 series ‘What’s the Point of…’ This week he was digging deep to find out why the British are obsessed with lawns. He actually concluded that there’s quite a lot of points, like they: provide a...
We mustn’t lose our lawns

We mustn’t lose our lawns

Last summer Colin Crosbie, curator of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Garden at Wisley, defended lawns in a radio debate, saying he believes having dedicated areas for grass is important for recreational and environmental reasons. For instance, green spaces are...

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