Green Does Not Equal Ecology: Lawns are the Opposite of Ecology

A green space deliberately designed without a lawn. The scene shows no neatly mown monoculture lawn; instead, there is a mixed-height grassland: a mix of grasses, legumes, and various wildflowers, ranging from twenty centimeters to one meter tall, some already seeded and yellowing, others still in bloom. Only a path for human passage is mown through the middle. The entire green area is diverse, layered, and seasonal. Avoid: using a monoculture mown lawn, pruning plants into neat shapes, keeping all plants at the same height, using large areas of ornamental exotic flowers.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處刻意不做草皮的綠地。畫面裡看不到修剪整齊的單一草種草坪,取而代之的是高矮混雜的草生地:禾本科、豆科與各種野花混生,高度從二十公分到一米,有些已經結穗枯黃,有些還在開花;中間只割出一條供人通行的路徑。整片綠是雜的、有層次的、有季節的。避免:使用單一草種的修剪草坪、把植栽修剪成整齊的形狀、讓所有植物維持同一個高度、使用大面積的觀賞性外來草花。