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Water conservation ordinances could limit suburban lawns

Posted by: Maven on January 11, 2010 at 3:45 pm

From the New York Times:

“John Boyle, a 51-year-old venture capitalist in Menlo Park, built a new home on his property more than a decade ago largely to create a big lawn where his children could play football or baseball.

So Mr. Boyle, who is also a city councilman, is particularly sensitive to the idea that a proposed municipal ordinance to cut landscaping watering would prohibit other people from doing the same. He says he applauds conservation but is against the government dictating how to do it.

“I think it is important, where possible, for people to design their yards the way they want,” he said in an interview last week.

The all-American suburban lawn, the backdrop for everything from the illustrations in old Dick & Jane readers to House Beautiful, long ago began to fade in the drought-prone suburbs around San Francisco Bay. … “

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January 11, 2010 · Filed Under Conservation, Drought Tolerant Landscaping

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