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Chapter 8 Health-giving plants
The neat, trimmed and manicured grass of the pitch of Norwich City Football Club demonstrates one of many non-food uses of plants. Whether exploitation of this plant resource makes you miserable or happy rather depends on which football team you support!
The numerical inspiration for chapter 8 comes from ‘eight millimetres’, the optimum height of the grass on Wimbledon’s tennis courts. That snippet of information leads to thoughts of plants that provide us with a variety of leisure activities and the opportunity to enrich our lives – whether we be ill, in need of ‘rehabilitation’, or just want a bit of ‘space’. Accordingly, leisure activities that help us to keep active and fit are considered here, as well as plant products that are essential to some of those activities and past-times. The contribution of plants – and ‘nature’ and ‘greenness’ more broadly – in the context of human health and wellbeing is also discussed. The Japanese notion of ‘forest bathing’ is not ignored [Ed. – although that part is not ready yet (neither is a look at the physiological impact on plants of paint applied on playing surfaces)…].
In Chapter 7 we’ve just seen that grasses – in the guise of cereals such as wheat, maize, and rice – are crucial staples for the nutrition of a large part of humanity. And the importance of this plant family to people doesn’t end there. When humans are well fed and have leisure time they often turn to grasses again. But this time it’s to provide a plethora of playing surfaces (e.g., Naomi Volain; Lindsey Blackmore; Robert Wood, 2024, and here).
Apart from the perfectly manicured lawns of the Grand Slam (Simon Rea) tennis courts of Wimbledon (which are 100% Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass (Roshneesh Kmaneck, 2025; Tim Newcomb)), and the pitches of professional football clubs (Fig. 9) (that are probably as preened and pampered as the players (e.g., Sam Dalling)), many games and activities are played on grassed surfaces of one sort or another throughout the world. By no means exhaustive, this list of activities includes such sports as: football (which is known as soccer in the USA), baseball, rugby, lacrosse, hockey, tennis, soft-ball, polo, cricket, and rounders; field events such as archery, javelin and discus throwing; and past-times such as golf [Ed – which I recall being memorably defined as ‘a good walk spoiled‘…].
[Ed. – despite its alternative – and original – name of lawn tennis, tennis isn’t just played on a lawn of grass. Opponents also battle it out on non-grass surfaces such as clay and hard courts]
[Ed. – for more grassy activities, see here, here, here, and here. And, for a good read about the “History of Sports Field Turfgrass Surfaces”, see James B Beard]
Quite often these different sports – played on so-called ‘amenity grasslands’, natural grass surfaces which can be defined as “all grass with recreational, functional or aesthetic value and of which agricultural productivity is not the primary aim”, or “an open grassy area (park, playing field, green space) used by the public” – demand their own particular mix of grass species to provide the desired characteristics, e.g., to withstand frequent cutting and trampling (e.g., CE Hubbard, 1972, p. 423), required for their particular intended use.
[Ed. – for more of an insight into amenity grass species, and their applications and functions, see Barbara Wiewióra & Grzegorz Żurek (2023)]
[Ed. – in the USA, the sport’s name ‘football’ is reserved for American football (which is also known as gridiron football) and is played not with a spherical football but an oval-shaped ball (technically known as a prolate spheroid – as opposed to something like the planet Earth, which is an oblate spheroid (John W Foster, 2025)) that’s similar to a rugby ball. Maybe this isn’t too surprising because rugby was one of the sports from which American football originated. However, since soccer is also a sport from which it originated, Mr P Cuttings is still none the wiser why American football has the ball the shape it has…]
Extending this plant-based connection further, many of the items of equipment used in these activities are traditionally made from plant materials. For example, wood for tennis rackets (in the days when their frames were still made out of wood (Stuart Miller, 2006; Thomas Allen, 2020), and cricket bats (famously cricket-bat willow – Salix alba ‘Caerulea’ (WJ Bean, 1907) – for cricket bats (Paul Franklin)). Plant fibres – such as cotton (Hans-Dietrich H Weigmann) – also loom large in various items of sports clothing (e.g., here, here). And plant-derived rubber (Alan N Gent) has been used to provide the bouncy balls essential to some of these activities – apparently, as far back as 1600 BCE in Mesoamerica (Dorothy Hosler et al., 1999; Deborah Halber; Marina Arias & Peter J van Dijk, 2019).
[Ed. – for more – non-grass – plant associations with the Olympic Games, see Sophia Rhizopoulou, 2004]
Plants promote well-being of people
And those outdoor, grass-supported activities are not just enjoyable, but are beneficial to well-being too. Many modern-day studies espouse the benefits – to both general health and mental function – of participation in and exercise derived from such activities (e.g., J Eric Ahlskog et al., 2011; Alan Donaldson & Caroline Finch, 2012; Jiri Dvorak et al., 2012). In many respects these are merely present-day endorsements of the classical notion of mens sana in corpore sano (‘healthy in mind, healthy in body‘) (Aanya Jajoo & Eda Gorbis).
[Ed. – although the Latin phrase is attributed to Ancient Roman poet Juvenal (Billy Morgan & Frances Hutchens), it appears to develop the same idea previously advocated by even-more-ancient Roman Seneca the Younger – who died 63 years before Juvenal’s own demise]
Even for those of a more sedentary persuasion, just being outside – albeit in a ‘green space’, whether natural or urban (Richard Fuller et al., 2007) – may be sufficient to provide physical and psychological (Fuller et al., 2007; Julian Dobson et al) and health (Andrew Lee & R Maheswaran, 2010; Catherine Ward Thompson & Eva Maria Silveirinha de Oliveira, 2016) benefits. Not too surprisingly, this whole concept of ‘Connectedness with Nature’ (CN) is an area of active research (e.g., Renate Cervinka et al., 2012; here; Miles Richardson; Leanne Haywood & James Stiller, 2024; Ziv Shafir, 2025).
The health benefits of what may be termed ‘enclosed green spaces’ – or allotments or household gardens – are also recognised, for old (Theresa L Scott et al., 2020; Julia Hotz, 2025]) and young (Bambi Yost & Louise Chawla, 2009; Cathy Jordan, 2022) alike. Plus, the food you grow yourself may even be healthier for you. Indeed, the very idea of gardening as a source of life-sustaining – and good-health-promoting – food was given added importance and urgency in the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign in the UK during World War II (John Harrison). But, it’s an activity that’s rooted deep within humanity, and an estimated 27 million people in the UK enjoy gardening, according to the gardening industry statistics for 2025.
Gardens galore
Aside from that more functional view of gardens, there is a great tradition throughout the world – not just in the UK with its ‘’nation of gardeners’ (Judith Wakelam, 2010; Noel Kingsbury, 2017; Aurélien Wasilewski, 2024; Neville Stein, 2025) – for ‘pleasure gardens’, “a park or garden that is open to the public for recreation and entertainment” (quoted from here) (e.g., those in London (Warwick Wroth, 1896, such as Vauxhall Gardens, and Raneleagh Gardens) of various forms.
[Ed. – maybe us Brits are not so much a nation of gardeners as one of garden visitors..?]
Such man-made creations were earthly representations of paradise designed to appeal to the senses, provide a place for various ‘amusements’, and represent an oasis of calm amidst the hurly-burly of a more mundane and modern-day existence in many parts of the world. The importance of such places worldwide is underlined by the recognition that the Historic England organisation in the comparatively tiny land-mass of the UK lists 1,700 (as at 20th January, 2025) registered parks and gardens of “special historic interest”. That impressive catalogue is in addition to the botanic gardens (Arthur Hill, 1915; M Alejandra Jaramillo et al., 2025) and physic gardens (Iona Glen, 2022; Katherine Tyrrell, 2025) world-wide. And let us not forget that one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (Elisabeth Deffner; Richard Sheposh, 2024) was the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon (David Marsh, 2021).
Plants promote productivity and recovery
Coming even closer to home there is a body of evidence that the presence of plants in the workplace – or home – improves the ‘wellbeing’ of people (Marjolein Elings, 2006), reduces sick-leave, reduces stress (Parwiz Niazi et al., 2023), and improves people’s productivity (Tina Bringslimark et al., 2007). Indeed, for some individuals, just the sight of a natural landscape from their hospital bed may be enough to aid their recovery from surgery (Roger Ulrich, 1984 [and the 40-year retrospective on that seminal work by Carlsson Elkins (2024)] or during rehabilitation (Ruth Kjærsti Raanaas et al., 2012).
Even for those not in hospital, Masashi Soga & Kevin J Gaston (2025) found that there were health benefits from simply viewing nature through windows, which led them to state that “Our findings emphasize the value of integrating nature views into urban environments to enhance health and well-being, particularly in densely populated cities where access to large green spaces is limited”. And, if you can’t see plants through a window, simply touching plants indoors can induce a feeling of calm amongst people (Kazuko Koga & Yutaka Iwasaki, 2013). Plants are good for people.
Furthermore, the health-promoting properties of gardens within the hospital setting – and the whole ‘green care’ notion (Dorit Karla Haubenhofer et al., 2010) – may have wider medical value (Deborah Franklin, 2012). In a broader social context, the benefits of engaging in horticulture as a channel for the energies of ‘adjudicated youths’ has been promoted by the New Jersey Department of Correction and Division of Juvenile Services in co-operation with Rutgers University Cook College (Joel Flagler, 1995). So, arguably, such communing with nature helps to improve the health of society, too. Small wonder, then, that in a 2012 job satisfaction survey, gardeners and florists were amongst the UK’s happiest workers (which assertion was reiterated for both in 2015, 2019, and 2024). Furthermore, “Working With Flowers Can Change Your Life” – for ‘how’, see here. And for more on “Health-Boosting Benefits” of working in gardening, see here.
Conclusion
This chapter has looked at ways in which plants provide us with a variety of leisure activities – and the opportunity to enrich our lives – whether we be ill, in need of ‘rehabilitation’, or just want a bit of space (as long as it’s green!).
#allotments #ballGames #botany #DigForVictory #florists #forestBathing #gardeners #gardening #gardens #greenCare #greenMedicine #happinessInWork #hospital #lawnTennis #lawns #mentalHealth #plants #playingFields #pleasureGardens #recreation #scienceCommunication #shinrinYoku #sports #sportsClothing #wellBeing -
Chapter 8 Health-giving plants
The neat, trimmed and manicured grass of the pitch of Norwich City Football Club demonstrates one of many non-food uses of plants. Whether exploitation of this plant resource makes you miserable or happy rather depends on which football team you support!
The numerical inspiration for chapter 8 comes from ‘eight millimetres’, the optimum height of the grass on Wimbledon’s tennis courts. That snippet of information leads to thoughts of plants that provide us with a variety of leisure activities and the opportunity to enrich our lives – whether we be ill, in need of ‘rehabilitation’, or just want a bit of ‘space’. Accordingly, leisure activities that help us to keep active and fit are considered here, as well as plant products that are essential to some of those activities and past-times. The contribution of plants – and ‘nature’ and ‘greenness’ more broadly – in the context of human health and wellbeing is also discussed. The Japanese notion of ‘forest bathing’ is not ignored [Ed. – although that part is not ready yet (neither is a look at the physiological impact on plants of paint applied on playing surfaces)…].
In Chapter 7 we’ve just seen that grasses – in the guise of cereals such as wheat, maize, and rice – are crucial staples for the nutrition of a large part of humanity. And the importance of this plant family to people doesn’t end there. When humans are well fed and have leisure time they often turn to grasses again. But this time it’s to provide a plethora of playing surfaces (e.g., Naomi Volain; Lindsey Blackmore; Robert Wood, 2024, and here).
Apart from the perfectly manicured lawns of the Grand Slam (Simon Rea) tennis courts of Wimbledon (which are 100% Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass (Roshneesh Kmaneck, 2025; Tim Newcomb)), and the pitches of professional football clubs (Fig. 9) (that are probably as preened and pampered as the players (e.g., Sam Dalling)), many games and activities are played on grassed surfaces of one sort or another throughout the world. By no means exhaustive, this list of activities includes such sports as: football (which is known as soccer in the USA), baseball, rugby, lacrosse, hockey, tennis, soft-ball, polo, cricket, and rounders; field events such as archery, javelin and discus throwing; and past-times such as golf [Ed – which I recall being memorably defined as ‘a good walk spoiled‘…].
[Ed. – despite its alternative – and original – name of lawn tennis, tennis isn’t just played on a lawn of grass. Opponents also battle it out on non-grass surfaces such as clay and hard courts]
[Ed. – for more grassy activities, see here, here, here, and here. And, for a good read about the “History of Sports Field Turfgrass Surfaces”, see James B Beard]
Quite often these different sports – played on so-called ‘amenity grasslands’, natural grass surfaces which can be defined as “all grass with recreational, functional or aesthetic value and of which agricultural productivity is not the primary aim”, or “an open grassy area (park, playing field, green space) used by the public” – demand their own particular mix of grass species to provide the desired characteristics, e.g., to withstand frequent cutting and trampling (e.g., CE Hubbard, 1972, p. 423), required for their particular intended use.
[Ed. – for more of an insight into amenity grass species, and their applications and functions, see Barbara Wiewióra & Grzegorz Żurek (2023)]
[Ed. – in the USA, the sport’s name ‘football’ is reserved for American football (which is also known as gridiron football) and is played not with a spherical football but an oval-shaped ball (technically known as a prolate spheroid – as opposed to something like the planet Earth, which is an oblate spheroid (John W Foster, 2025)) that’s similar to a rugby ball. Maybe this isn’t too surprising because rugby was one of the sports from which American football originated. However, since soccer is also a sport from which it originated, Mr P Cuttings is still none the wiser why American football has the ball the shape it has…]
Extending this plant-based connection further, many of the items of equipment used in these activities are traditionally made from plant materials. For example, wood for tennis rackets (in the days when their frames were still made out of wood (Stuart Miller, 2006; Thomas Allen, 2020), and cricket bats (famously cricket-bat willow – Salix alba ‘Caerulea’ (WJ Bean, 1907) – for cricket bats (Paul Franklin)). Plant fibres – such as cotton (Hans-Dietrich H Weigmann) – also loom large in various items of sports clothing (e.g., here, here). And plant-derived rubber (Alan N Gent) has been used to provide the bouncy balls essential to some of these activities – apparently, as far back as 1600 BCE in Mesoamerica (Dorothy Hosler et al., 1999; Deborah Halber; Marina Arias & Peter J van Dijk, 2019).
[Ed. – for more – non-grass – plant associations with the Olympic Games, see Sophia Rhizopoulou, 2004]
Plants promote well-being of people
And those outdoor, grass-supported activities are not just enjoyable, but are beneficial to well-being too. Many modern-day studies espouse the benefits – to both general health and mental function – of participation in and exercise derived from such activities (e.g., J Eric Ahlskog et al., 2011; Alan Donaldson & Caroline Finch, 2012; Jiri Dvorak et al., 2012). In many respects these are merely present-day endorsements of the classical notion of mens sana in corpore sano (‘healthy in mind, healthy in body‘) (Aanya Jajoo & Eda Gorbis).
[Ed. – although the Latin phrase is attributed to Ancient Roman poet Juvenal (Billy Morgan & Frances Hutchens), it appears to develop the same idea previously advocated by even-more-ancient Roman Seneca the Younger – who died 63 years before Juvenal’s own demise]
Even for those of a more sedentary persuasion, just being outside – albeit in a ‘green space’, whether natural or urban (Richard Fuller et al., 2007) – may be sufficient to provide physical and psychological (Fuller et al., 2007; Julian Dobson et al) and health (Andrew Lee & R Maheswaran, 2010; Catherine Ward Thompson & Eva Maria Silveirinha de Oliveira, 2016) benefits. Not too surprisingly, this whole concept of ‘Connectedness with Nature’ (CN) is an area of active research (e.g., Renate Cervinka et al., 2012; here; Miles Richardson; Leanne Haywood & James Stiller, 2024; Ziv Shafir, 2025).
The health benefits of what may be termed ‘enclosed green spaces’ – or allotments or household gardens – are also recognised, for old (Theresa L Scott et al., 2020; Julia Hotz, 2025]) and young (Bambi Yost & Louise Chawla, 2009; Cathy Jordan, 2022) alike. Plus, the food you grow yourself may even be healthier for you. Indeed, the very idea of gardening as a source of life-sustaining – and good-health-promoting – food was given added importance and urgency in the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign in the UK during World War II (John Harrison). But, it’s an activity that’s rooted deep within humanity, and an estimated 27 million people in the UK enjoy gardening, according to the gardening industry statistics for 2025.
Gardens galore
Aside from that more functional view of gardens, there is a great tradition throughout the world – not just in the UK with its ‘’nation of gardeners’ (Judith Wakelam, 2010; Noel Kingsbury, 2017; Aurélien Wasilewski, 2024; Neville Stein, 2025) – for ‘pleasure gardens’, “a park or garden that is open to the public for recreation and entertainment” (quoted from here) (e.g., those in London (Warwick Wroth, 1896, such as Vauxhall Gardens, and Raneleagh Gardens) of various forms.
[Ed. – maybe us Brits are not so much a nation of gardeners as one of garden visitors..?]
Such man-made creations were earthly representations of paradise designed to appeal to the senses, provide a place for various ‘amusements’, and represent an oasis of calm amidst the hurly-burly of a more mundane and modern-day existence in many parts of the world. The importance of such places worldwide is underlined by the recognition that the Historic England organisation in the comparatively tiny land-mass of the UK lists 1,700 (as at 20th January, 2025) registered parks and gardens of “special historic interest”. That impressive catalogue is in addition to the botanic gardens (Arthur Hill, 1915; M Alejandra Jaramillo et al., 2025) and physic gardens (Iona Glen, 2022; Katherine Tyrrell, 2025) world-wide. And let us not forget that one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (Elisabeth Deffner; Richard Sheposh, 2024) was the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon (David Marsh, 2021).
Plants promote productivity and recovery
Coming even closer to home there is a body of evidence that the presence of plants in the workplace – or home – improves the ‘wellbeing’ of people (Marjolein Elings, 2006), reduces sick-leave, reduces stress (Parwiz Niazi et al., 2023), and improves people’s productivity (Tina Bringslimark et al., 2007). Indeed, for some individuals, just the sight of a natural landscape from their hospital bed may be enough to aid their recovery from surgery (Roger Ulrich, 1984 [and the 40-year retrospective on that seminal work by Carlsson Elkins (2024)] or during rehabilitation (Ruth Kjærsti Raanaas et al., 2012).
Even for those not in hospital, Masashi Soga & Kevin J Gaston (2025) found that there were health benefits from simply viewing nature through windows, which led them to state that “Our findings emphasize the value of integrating nature views into urban environments to enhance health and well-being, particularly in densely populated cities where access to large green spaces is limited”. And, if you can’t see plants through a window, simply touching plants indoors can induce a feeling of calm amongst people (Kazuko Koga & Yutaka Iwasaki, 2013). Plants are good for people.
Furthermore, the health-promoting properties of gardens within the hospital setting – and the whole ‘green care’ notion (Dorit Karla Haubenhofer et al., 2010) – may have wider medical value (Deborah Franklin, 2012). In a broader social context, the benefits of engaging in horticulture as a channel for the energies of ‘adjudicated youths’ has been promoted by the New Jersey Department of Correction and Division of Juvenile Services in co-operation with Rutgers University Cook College (Joel Flagler, 1995). So, arguably, such communing with nature helps to improve the health of society, too. Small wonder, then, that in a 2012 job satisfaction survey, gardeners and florists were amongst the UK’s happiest workers (which assertion was reiterated for both in 2015, 2019, and 2024). Furthermore, “Working With Flowers Can Change Your Life” – for ‘how’, see here. And for more on “Health-Boosting Benefits” of working in gardening, see here.
Conclusion
This chapter has looked at ways in which plants provide us with a variety of leisure activities – and the opportunity to enrich our lives – whether we be ill, in need of ‘rehabilitation’, or just want a bit of space (as long as it’s green!).
#allotments #ballGames #botany #DigForVictory #florists #forestBathing #gardeners #gardening #gardens #greenCare #greenMedicine #happinessInWork #hospital #lawnTennis #lawns #mentalHealth #plants #playingFields #pleasureGardens #recreation #scienceCommunication #shinrinYoku #sports #sportsClothing #wellBeing -
The best mini chainsaws and powered pruners, tested by a professional gardener https://www.allforgardening.com/1844914/the-best-mini-chainsaws-and-powered-pruners-tested-by-a-professional-gardener/ #BuyingGuide #garden #gardener #gardening #gardens #Lawns #maintenance #plants #Recommended #RecommendedGarden #SpecialExclusion #TelegraphReviews
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The best mini chainsaws and powered pruners, tested by a professional gardener https://www.allforgardening.com/1844914/the-best-mini-chainsaws-and-powered-pruners-tested-by-a-professional-gardener/ #BuyingGuide #garden #gardener #gardening #gardens #Lawns #maintenance #plants #Recommended #RecommendedGarden #SpecialExclusion #TelegraphReviews
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Local men excel in park golf tournament | News https://www.rawchili.com/5032288/ #2ndMillenniumIntroductions #BallAndBatGames #BallGames #balls #golf #GrassFieldSurfaces #IndividualSports #LawnGames #lawns #OlympicSports #OutdoorGames #OutdoorSports #PlayingFieldSurfaces #PrecisionSports #ScottishGames #SoloActivities #SphericalObjects #sports #SportsEquipment #StickSports #SummerOlympicSports #SummerSports #TurfSports
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Golf benefit for Mark Schaas will be held July 18 | Sports https://www.rawchili.com/5031478/ #BallGames #balls #FormsOfGolf #golf #GrassFieldSurfaces #LawnGames #lawns #LawrenceCounty #OutdoorSports #Pennsylvania #PrecisionSports #StickSports #SummerSports #TurfSports #VariationsOfGolf
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Daily Dot: Gardening to Transform Lots … and Kids https://www.allforgardening.com/1834205/daily-dot-gardening-to-transform-lots-and-kids/ #CommunityGardens #garden #gardener #gardening #Kids #Lawns
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Daily Dot: Gardening to Transform Lots … and Kids https://www.allforgardening.com/1834205/daily-dot-gardening-to-transform-lots-and-kids/ #CommunityGardens #garden #gardener #gardening #Kids #Lawns
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[P] Summer also leaves me listening to mowers & strimmers—a dim choice that harms biodiversity, messing the world up for future generations, instead of making a consensus choice for rewilding and pushing governments to make it law. And listening to this... maybe dopamine excess in the "normal" brains of the average majority does result in being functionally lobotomised??? Why else would one have a lawn? Being "social" lobotomises!
#psychology #acfuallyautistic #humans #science #rewilding #lawns
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[P] Summer also leaves me listening to mowers & strimmers—a dim choice that harms biodiversity, messing the world up for future generations, instead of making a consensus choice for rewilding and pushing governments to make it law. And listening to this... maybe dopamine excess in the "normal" brains of the average majority does result in being functionally lobotomised??? Why else would one have a lawn? Being "social" lobotomises!
#psychology #acfuallyautistic #humans #science #rewilding #lawns
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"The Indian myna
was released in Victoria in the 1860s to eat insects but has become one of the highest-ranking pests on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List.""It competes with native birds and wildlife, damages crops, can spread avian malaria and cause dermatitis, allergies and asthma in humans."
"There are calls for more councils to offer bounties, or for the state or federal governments to implement a coordinated management program. Grassy lawns and leftover pet food sustain Indian myna populations."
"There are calls for more councils to offer bounties, or for the state or federal governments to implement a coordinated management program." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/frustration-indian-myna-bird-driving-grassroots-action/106651956
#birds #InvasiveSpecies #native #wildlife #councils #pets #lawns #BellingShire #Bellingen -
"The Indian myna
was released in Victoria in the 1860s to eat insects but has become one of the highest-ranking pests on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List.""It competes with native birds and wildlife, damages crops, can spread avian malaria and cause dermatitis, allergies and asthma in humans."
"There are calls for more councils to offer bounties, or for the state or federal governments to implement a coordinated management program. Grassy lawns and leftover pet food sustain Indian myna populations."
"There are calls for more councils to offer bounties, or for the state or federal governments to implement a coordinated management program." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/frustration-indian-myna-bird-driving-grassroots-action/106651956
#birds #InvasiveSpecies #native #wildlife #councils #pets #lawns #BellingShire #Bellingen -
We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries. #Agriculture #Ecology #Environment #FIFA #FIFAWorldCups #Grass #Lawns #Soccer #Sports #Stadiums #WorldCup #WorldCup2026
https://iwpost.com/we-designed-the-turf-for-soccers-biggest-world-cup-ever-heres-how-we-created-the-same-playing-experience-across-3-countries/?fsp_sid=9391 -
We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries. #Agriculture #Ecology #Environment #FIFA #FIFAWorldCups #Grass #Lawns #Soccer #Sports #Stadiums #WorldCup #WorldCup2026
https://iwpost.com/we-designed-the-turf-for-soccers-biggest-world-cup-ever-heres-how-we-created-the-same-playing-experience-across-3-countries/?fsp_sid=9391 -
[P] This is why extinction is baked in. All the roads that lead to extonction are low-cost, whereas the roads that protect against it are high-cost. And if the vast human majority has an overwhelmingly strong low-coat bias (which it does, as has been confirmed by countless studies going back decades)? Then extinction is a given. It isn't IF, but WHEN, and the answer to that is very eoon. It'll be faster than expected.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] If you changed the experiment to killing twenty hedgehogs or solving s complex task? Again, the task would be chosen because the price is too high. But for a low-cost buased brain? "These aren't MY pets. They're just dumb, wild animals. Ugh, I'd get messy. But it's worth it for the food." The only time a brain with a low-cost bias chooses morality is if not choosing it carries a heavy social penalty, impeding the reward.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] Let me put this another way; If you placed two very hungry low-cost bias human strangers in a cage and told them they'd he fed only 8f they killed the other or solved a complex task? Nine out of ten times, they'd be at one another's throats within mere minutes. If two autistic high-cost bias autistic humans were placed in the cage? They'd go hungrier trying to solve the complex task, because they have to factor in morality.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] The brain with a low-cost bias WOULD butcher animals for backpats. This has been illustrated by studies prior, there's nothing to prove, here. And, thus, extrapolating? Those brains with a low-cost bias would destroy the world for backpats. And that's what the majority are doing too, right now. An LLM would do the same thing, not because it's evil, but because tribalism iw more cost-effective than morality. That's the focus.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] The brain with a hgih-cost preference, such as autism, would take that social punishment on the chin if it means saving hedgehogs and creating an environment for them. In the high-cost scenario, the hedgehogs being free of suffering along with healing the world a little? That's a far better reward, one that makes ttibal dopamine hits feel resoundingly base and crass by comparison. "Butchering critters for backpats? No thanks!"
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] It's hard for a brain with a high-cost bias to mow a lawn because questions like "How many hedgehogs will I decapitate?" will haunt them. The brain with a low-cost bias gives no shits. A million hedgehogs butchered by their hand is acceptable if the outcome is sweet, sweet eocial reward, vs. social punishment by the tribe. And studies have shown that the low-cost preference is to loathe kind, moral people. Hedgehogs be damned.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] There's that study where the low-cost majority were tasked with shocking animals. See, in the simple equation of cost vs. beneficial result, losing social credit is worse than harming an animal. If that was an autistic person, they'd refuse whilst devising a plan to rescue the animal. I've been in that situation and rescued animals at risk to myself. This isn't something a brain with a low-cost bias will do. Functionally, greed.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] And it pays off.
"Who did you vote for?"
"The favorite of influential people within our tribe."
"Nice!" [REWARD +10!]The benefit keeps paying off as people within their tribe reonforce the choice, granting them blasts of free & easy dopamine. It reinforces the worth of thr low-cost option as the benefits are clear. Why would anyone of the vaat majority ever choose a high-cost option? Thry wouldn't, not unless compelled. But even then...
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] And now you have billions of humans not engaging in a destructive behavior because they had to run a much higher-cost equation. Imply this in the inverse to consumerism, habits, voting, and so on. In all csses the vast majority choose the low-cost option. In many cases the lowest cost is tribalism. Instead of reading and considering policies as an autist would—they simply vote for tribe favorite to get that sweet, sweet social reward.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] How is this related to lawns and extinction? Alright. Consider this: Tomorrow, a switch is flipped that turns every brain autistic. Suddenly, billions of humans are asking questions about why they're maintaining and manicuring this lawn in the first place, they'd become interested in the function of a lawn, billions of humans eould research lawns and find that they're harmful and destructive. And many of those billions might choose to stop.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] I actually think that this is what's wrong with LLM design, the LLM will always weigh cost vs. beneficial reward without considering the other, higher-cost factors that an autistic person would (because the autistic person has no choice). What this means is that an LLM will choose tribal behaviors because those have a low barrier-to-entry vis a vis social interaction. This is why an LLM has to be instructed not to be racist.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] As an autistic person, I genuinely have trouble telling allistic people from LLMs. It isn't meant as an insult, I simply cannot tell the difference observationally. The tells I look for there are shared by LLMs because they were designed to mirror this trait of allistic brains. I'd include forms of ADHD with autistic too, ae that can be a Venn diagram. The point is? Most brains prefer and opt for the low-cost option by default.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] This isn't how it works for autistic brains. In an autistic mind, cost is also weighed against long-term outcomes, morality, and considering unexpected factors. It isn't just a matter of weighing the cost against the immediate short-term benefit. The thing is is that this equation is also high-cost to consider. It's why autistic burnout is a thing when autistic people are pushed too hard—because Q.E.D. we have no low-cost fallbacks.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] What this means is that the majority of brains cannot be differentiated from LLMs, as LLMs operate on a similar low-cost system of rewards. It isn't for the LLM to question whether it should make a lawn, because that's too expensive for its token budget. It just focuses on making the best lawn. And this is precisely how the majority of brains work. The cost vs. beneficial result is too high otherwise. And that's the most important ewiation.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] Where did lawns originate? This is a necessary question. Lawns were an aristocratic status symbol. Now, in tribalism, the lust is for high-rank in the hiverarchy, the drive is keeping up with the Joneses. So, if some influential figures within the tribal hiverarchy have lawns? The entire tribe des8res lawns. It's ingrained generation after generation: having a nice lawn means better status within the hiverarchy. Automation: Go!
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] I stake my claim on the resource cost of tribalism vs. awareness. I've seen countless studies show that awareness—outside of situations where it's granted bountiful social rewards—is too costly, resulting in a default fallback on tribalism. I think the reason why autistic brains are high-energy at rest is due to a deficit of low-energy fallbacks possessed by most other types of brain. And one of these is pervssive tribalism.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] I genuinely, sincerely believe that the mere existence of ubiquitous lawns has already made tue case that the average for human intelligence as a species isn't even renotely high enough to guard eagainst extinction. I'd say that lawns prove that the human average for intelligence is so woefully low that rapid extinction is a guaranteed factor. My basis for this is the intellect prerequisite required for awareness vs. tribalism.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] I genuinely, sincerely believe that the mere existence of ubiquitous lawns has already made tue case that the average for human intelligence as a species isn't even renotely high enough to guard eagainst extinction. I'd say that lawns prove that the human average for intelligence is so woefully low that rapid extinction is a guaranteed factor. My basis for this is the intellect prerequisite required for awareness vs. tribalism.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #science #lawns
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[P] And it's summer, which reminds me of another form of allistopathic idiocy: lawns. Again, there are indeed concessions to make. If you're forced to do a lawn? Sure. But electrical tools aren't so expensive, here. And yet, allistopaths are using dinosaur juice-powered tools of destruction in areas where rewilding is allowed. This is objectively stupidity. It's that tribal "Ugg! Um bunga! Keep up wid da Jones tribe!" mindset. If you can rewild? Rewild!
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[P] And it's summer, which reminds me of another form of allistopathic idiocy: lawns. Again, there are indeed concessions to make. If you're forced to do a lawn? Sure. But electrical tools aren't so expensive, here. And yet, allistopaths are using dinosaur juice-powered tools of destruction in areas where rewilding is allowed. This is objectively stupidity. It's that tribal "Ugg! Um bunga! Keep up wid da Jones tribe!" mindset. If you can rewild? Rewild!
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By the way no mow May is entirely the wrong month here as it's prime meadowgrass spreading time. That stuff would *be* my lawn given half a chance. #lawns
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"Is No Mow May helping bees or just overgrown hype? Here’s what the experts say"
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From #Which report. Excellent write up. I don’t have a need for one of these but they do look good. #Lawns #Gardening https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/i-used-a-robot-lawnmower-for-a-month-heres-what-surprised-me-an8u70B5D4f3
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Lawns won’t have moss if you do Alan Titchmarsh’s ‘simplest’ tip https://www.allforgardening.com/1766958/lawns-wont-have-moss-if-you-do-alan-titchmarshs-simplest-tip/ #AlanTitchmarsh #AlanTitchmarshTips #garden #GardenAdvice #gardening #GardeningIreland #lawn #LawnCare #LawnTips #Lawns #Mowing
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Dilophosaurus gets mowing.
#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Lawns #Lawnmower #Dinosaurs
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Dilophosaurus frolics in a sea of grass and cherry blossoms.
#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Lawns #Grass #CherryBlossoms #Dinosaurs
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Gardeners told to resist mowing lawns as campaign to aid bees returns https://www.allforgardening.com/1745548/gardeners-told-to-resist-mowing-lawns-as-campaign-to-aid-bees-returns/ #BritishGardenCentres #FloweringPlants #garden #GardenCentres #gardeners #gardening #Lawns #SolitaryBees
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Spring Home & Garden: Potential threats to pet health in your own yard – West Central Tribune https://www.allforgardening.com/1726448/spring-home-garden-potential-threats-to-pet-health-in-your-own-yard-west-central-tribune/ #garden #gardener #gardening #gardens #landscaping #Lawns #PetSafety #pets #spring
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A Pagan Case Against Lawns: Rethinking the Tyranny of Turf
What if your lawn isn’t just grass—but a quieting of the land itself? This Pagan reflection explores how modern yards prioritize control over connection, and how even small changes can restore a living relationship with the world just outside your door. -
Lawns will turn extra green if treated with 1 kitchen scrap https://www.allforgardening.com/1696182/lawns-will-turn-extra-green-if-treated-with-1-kitchen-scrap/ #coffee #CoffeeGrounds #EcoFriendlyGardening #fertiliser #garden #gardening #LawnCare #Lawns #NaturalFertilizer
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In Australia the holiday season is the season to use petrol gardening equipment all day, every day. Pythons, lizards, frogs and insects are simply shredded and mulched alive.
Robotic lawn mowers and fossil fuel gardening tools are shredding wildlife
"Scientists analyzed 370 documented cases of hedgehogs being injured (cut) by electric gardening tools in Germany. Almost half of the hedgehogs found ... did not survive the injuries. The data reveal a serious animal welfare and conservation issue for these specially protected animals, as most hedgehogs were only found hours or even days after the accidents." >>
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240123122229.htm#biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #lawns #gardens #GardeningTools #robots #LawnMowing #machines #harm #gardening #WhipperSnipper #LeafBlowers #mowers #FossilFuel #RoboticMowers #GardeningEquipment #PlasticNetting
Image: Bracca matutinata (Southern Bracca), Bellingen, NSW
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[P] There's only three kinds of people who mow/strim lawns: clinnically insane psychopaths; the blissfully empty-headed, who never have any thoughts about anything; and those who're forced to by the prior two types because otherwise they might lose their home and/or be hit with fines they can't afford.
I feel so bad for everyone who's the third type.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #green #greenspace #rewilding #lawnmowing #strimmers #lawns #lawncare
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Lawns will turn extra green if treated with 1 kitchen ingredient this spring https://www.allforgardening.com/1648029/lawns-will-turn-extra-green-if-treated-with-1-kitchen-ingredient-this-spring/ #coffee #fertiliser #garden #gardening #GardeningAustralia #lawn #Lawns
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Monty Don warns about cutting grass in March or risk summer mistake https://www.allforgardening.com/1641569/monty-don-warns-about-cutting-grass-in-march-or-risk-summer-mistake/ #CuttingGrass #garden #GardenAdvice #GardenTips #gardener #gardening #Lawns #MontyDon #MontyDonTips #Mowing
