Tenfold uptick in turf removal projects in Los Angeles since summer 2013
4/22/2014 5:10:39 PM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
AFFECTED AREAS:
Los Angeles, CA
Start Date: 7/1/2013
- End Date: 4/19/2014
The number of turf removal projects in Los Angeles has increased tenfold since the summer of 2013, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Homeowners are tearing out their lawns and replacing them with succulents, decomposed granite and mixes of native plants.
Since 2009, 7.4 million square feet of turf has been replaced in Los Angeles, amounting to 1,289 projects out of the 482,000 single family homes in the city.
A turf business reported an uptick in business also as homeowners remove their cool season lawns and replace them with warm season grasses, which use about 20 percent less water and can stay alive on less water. One of the drawbacks, however, is that warm season grasses, often hybrids of Bermuda and buffalo grass, turn brown during the winter.
Los Angeles Times (Calif.), April 19, 2014
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