A Lawn Isn't Just For Christmas?

Like a pet, a lawn has to be kept year-round. The immaculate UK lawn of yesteryear, has now gone out of vogue. Celebrity gardener, Monty Don, is consequently working with the Royal Horticultural Society to design a hardy 'robust lawn' for the coming Chelsea flower show. Its resulting grassy area, is intended to be occasionally mown but still be resistant to trampling by dogs. A working formula, consists of combining a hard-wearing rye grass variety with daisies, clover and dandelions. The intention is to produce areas usable by humans and their pets but that also support insect pollinators, such as bees and butterflies  (https://www.inkl.com/news/rhs-develops-robust-lawn-that-works-for-people-pollinators-and-pets). The old, monocultured lawns basically suppressed many other organisms. The hope is that these robust lawns will facilitate biodiversity. Any lawn, however, is better than gardeners replacing their grass with hard-standing for cars. This makes areas more flood prone, as drainage is prevented.