CASH FOR GRASS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, REDDING LIFESTYLES, SHASTA COUNTY
February 17th, 2009
Last week, I was driving to the airport listening to The Garden Compass Show on KQMS when the host mentioned a program sponsored by the City of Roseville. In response to the ongoing drought, Roseville initiated a pilot program last July offering residents $1 for every square foot of water-thirsty lawn they removed and replaced with less thirsty landscaping such as native plants and shrubs.
Americans have been in love with their expansive green lawns but now is the time to rethink this love affair. European settlers brought the practice of planting lawns to America from their homeland. In fact, many subdivisions in Redding have covenants requiring a certain amount of lawn be planted in the front yard.
I have been a retired lawn mower for a dozen years now. Not one blade of grass on my large city lot. I don’t miss it one bit. Gone are the days of watering, mowing, fertilizing and weeding. My lot now is planted with low maintenance trees and shrubs with bark mulch.
I have advocated in other posts that the City of Redding should encourage developers to eliminate lawn from their landscaping plans as a means of conserving water, eliminating air pollution from lawn mowers and edgers, and keeping fertilizers and weed killers out of our waterways.
I am violating the C,C,& R’s of my West Redding neighborhood by not having 1000 square feet of lawn but would vigorously defend my right to landscape with native plants and shrubs on drip irrigation if any neighbors brought action. Fortunately, some of my neighbors have followed my lead and replaced their lawns with low maintenance and water saving landscapes. I think California should follow Roseville on this matter as we face another drought and critical cutbacks in water allocations.
Here’s the link to Roseville’s pilot program: http://www.roseville.ca.us/eu/water_utility/water_conservation/for_home/cash_for_grass/default.asp
530-224-6767 or 530-941-7492
BRAD GARBUTT
REALTOR/BROKER ASSOCIATE
REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS GMAC
QUARTER CENTURY LOCAL REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE
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