In much of the English-speaking world, the lawn is the most common of all garden features. For arguably a millennium, it has played a significant role in the anthropogenic landscape and during that period, it has been inextricably linked with grasses. Nevertheless other plant species have accompanied the grasses and also been used in creating lawns. From medieval wildflowers to Victorian weeds, the plants that challenge the formal concept of the perfect lawn have journeyed with it but have until recently remained only small players within the dominion of grass. By the beginning of the 21st century, with a new environmental ethos permeating the garden, the long journey of the grassy lawn and its plant companions has led to the grass mono culture being heretically rethought: by removing both the mono culture and the grass.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:659006 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Smith, Lionel S. |
| Publisher | University of Reading |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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