May-June-issue

ENVIRONMENT
times less acidic than water running off a hard
surface. These filtration properties are also the
reason that turfgrass is used to help recycle
effluent water.
Interesting facts
• A small lawn can make a dramatic impact
when you put in landscaping. You can
even make it look bigger by adding a shrub
or nice container as a focal point at the far
end. (scotts.com)
• Never remove more than one third of the
grass length on any one occasion
(lawnsmith.co.uk)
• American perspective on lawn care
is different than the rest of the world’s.
Americans view their lawn with pride.
Behind family, a home is as much a symbol
of the American dream as anything else.
Americans can devote a large amount of
time tending to their lawns, up to 8-10
hours from people we’ve talked to
(lawnstarter.com)
• The Top 10 Best Landscaped Colleges –
East Coast (check them out)
1) Duke University – Durham, NC
2) Harvard University – Cambridge,
MA
3) The College of William and Mary
– Williamsburg, VA
4) University of Maryland – College
Park, MD
5) University of Vermont –
Burlington, VT
6) Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, VA
7) University of Virginia –
Charlottesville, VA
8) Yale University – New Haven, CT
9) University of North Carolina –
Chapel Hill, NC (lawnstarter.com)
10) College of Charleston – Charleston,
SC
• Kikuyu grass is the most common grass in
Kenya. It is best for large scale projects like
roads (asepsis-kenya)
• Maadi River-Greyish-blue creeping grass,
It is an old variety in Kenya. (asepsiskenya)
• Paspalum -Poor establishment possibility,
suffers in drought, cold and cannot
compete with weed (asepsis-kenya)
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