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‘I’ve never watered it’: how an Australian groundskeeper achieved the world’s ugliest lawn Neighbours might look askance at Jarno Coone’s unkempt yard, but the local birds, bees and bats aren’t bothered by the aesthetics When they moved in about 13 years ago, there was plush green lawn out the front. Nowadays the grass is so high that neighbours fear it could be harbouring snakes. Even the meter reader is a bit wary. “I’d love to have snakes in the front yard. But they need water. And so they stay down by the river, which is a couple of blocks away,” says Jarno Coone, whose unkempt front yard in Kyneton, Victoria, has been named the World’s Ugliest Lawn 2025. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/23/australia-worlds-ugliest-lawn-competition?CMP=aus_bsky