NEW YORK: The spread of no-maintenance artificial lawns is threatening wildlife and rare plants, conservationists and gardening experts are warning.
Gardens are an increasingly important haven for wildlife forced into retreat from the countryside by loss of habitat and intensive farming.
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But the growth in the popularity of artificial lawns, which look like the real thing but require no mowing, watering or fertilising, means there’s no refuge in an increasing number of Britain’s back gardens.
