[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Done a little googling about this group, Native Plant Society and their recent convention and their goals. They are not political it seems and their topics and their goal is to restore natural habitats for creatures that live here. Seems like a good group.

Saw not a word in any of the information from them about artificial turf. Artificial Turf would not provide a home for the worms. (Or Mole Crickets for that matter) or things that feed the Sandhill cranes. I see the cranes beaking down into the grass for something. Artificial turf wouldn't halt wash out either, I would think.

Mark me down as interested in The Native plant society and not interested in artificial turf.

Or those bells instead of downspouts. We all have different tastes.

Why would a native plant society have anything to do with being political?
Yes -- they do excellent things and what they tout makes sense.
Why would they say anything about "artificial" synthetic turf?
That's not what they are about.

No artificial turf would not be a home to mole crickets (thank God!) or worms, but all your planted areas would be.
Furthermore, if you have stones as opposed to mulched areas,
the stones don't offer anything for the worms either and bake the soil (sand) in the sun.
Those areas require more water.

You primarily see the sandhill cranes on the golf courses, and not often in people's yards,
so that would not be a factor for a person having the turf in their yard.
The cranes prefer open areas anyway.

And bells instead of downspouts? Huh?