Fescue to the Rescue
New Material Puts Green Back in the Driveway
Monday, January 15, 2007
It’s a lawn! It’s a driveway! It’s actually drivable grass — a new take on the old dilemma of how to combine aesthetics and environmental considerations with the demands of the automobile.
Drivable grass is a concrete grid made up of 2? x 4? mats. You fill in the grid with soil, plant grass seed and soon you have a green driveway. Because the surface is permeable, it allows runoff to soak into the ground where it can be absorbed and filtered. And a swath of green is always more appealing than a swath of concrete or asphalt.
Do-it-yourselfers can install drivable grass or contact Soil Retention of Carlsbad for a list of local installers.
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