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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Priya Bharadia

World’s ugliest lawn winner says she leaves watering to Mother Nature

A strip of brown, patchy grass with green trees either side
‘It makes its own natural rhythm’: Leisa Elliott’s garden near Christchurch, New Zealand. Photograph: Leisa Elliott

A sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in the world.

Now in its second year, the World’s Ugliest Lawn competition rewards lawn owners for not watering their parched yellow grass and patchy flowerbeds.

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