6.28.2012

Micro Intervention: Grass-Jubilee?

Photo courtesy of gardendesign.com
Always interested in the obsession with turf, we stumbled across this odd micro intervention when, on June 8, 2012, the York Minister Cathedral held a dinner inside the cathedral.as part of the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. (1)   16,145 square feet of the 14th-century gothic cathedral's nave—the largest one in Northern Europe—was covered in filter fabric and then a specialized turf called WowGrass. (1)  Sorry sod-loving Yanks, looks like they are based out of England.

Photo courtesy of gardendesign.com

Photo courtesy of gardendesign.com

Photo courtesy of gardendesign.com

Photo courtesy of gardendesign.com
(1) http://www.gardendesign.com/lawn-care/crazy-plant-trend-of-the-day-grass-covered-cathedral-nave?cmpid=enews062612&spPodID=020&spMailingID=4616195&spUserID=MTMzNzcwODIxOTIS1&spJobID=276559533&spReportId=Mjc2NTU5NTMzS0

1 comment:

  1. Its really nice.I'd like to take out my half dead front lawn and do something spectacular with stones, mulch, shrubs and other plants. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can find nice pictures to guide me?

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