What will the Neighbors Think?: Cultural Values

An Aesthetic With A History

We can blame our European forefathers - or at least the royal folks they envied - for the lawns we labor over today. The origins of our mowed lawns are traced to late 18th century aristocratic France and England.

Early colonists in America used land-changing practices as they transformed the wilderness. Later, as American settlers moved across the continent, a sign of encroaching civilization was the passion for green grass - tamed and maintained.