Why Mow When You Can Have Flowers?

One must ask why mow your nature strip when you can create a flowerbed to welcome the bees, a flowerbed that scents the air in perfume, a flowerbed that would be considerably less work and definitely more beautiful than a strip of short grass.  This is a nature strip that welcomes you home after a long day. This is a nature strip that's says HELLO, I MISSED YOU ALL DAY. Most nature strips are like a tidy trim on a sensible dress, the finishing touch to the lawn, a gift from tradition. And while tradition is great in that it gives people unity, placement and community, by nature it does not welcome in a new way. There is a soft wind of change blowing though; I have seen a couple of landscaped nature strips that match the house and garden, but none of cheery as this one.
Before I go, I would like to mention a related interest, the idea that some people are turning their entire lawns into vegetable gardens, and that is simply smart and wonderful.

SUGARBEE XX   06/12/12