An Australian garden has won the top prize in the first-ever 'World's Ugliest Lawn' competition.
After receiving unattractive lawn entries from around the world, Kathleen Murray's lawn in Sandford, Tasmania, was named the most unattractive lawn by an international panel of judges.
“Kathleen Murray's lawn has deep, dry depressions carved out by three wild bandicoots (small marsupials endemic to Australia), which are unable to water every decimeter covered in dust. Nothing is wasted.” Explained on the contest website.
“Thank you for that, Kathleen, for our planet and our dwindling reserves of life-giving fluids. Just as mischievous and mischievous bandicoots pockmark your property for the greater good. To.”
The contest was created by the Swedish Region of Gotland, a municipality covering the entire Swedish island of Gotland, as a light-hearted initiative to promote water conservation.
The site says it “uses humor to shine a light on such serious topics.”
“And this award goes to those who are willing to proudly declare that their lawn is worthy of the hate from their neighbors and the applause of the world.” It will be given to you.”
The panel's six jurors ranged from an Irish garden designer to a New Zealand architect to an American author and advertising copywriter.
The group considered entries from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Croatia.
“It's quite a shock and horror.” Murray told the Guardian..
“Bandicoots love to dig holes, and that's how they find their favorite food. Now my backyard looks like a real-life game of Hungry Hungry Hippo. I also have an echidna and a chook to help. Masu.”
Murray and her four teenage children live in an area without piped water, and the rainwater her property collects through tanks is too precious to use on the lawn.
If her family runs out of water in the summer, it can take up to two weeks for water to be delivered to their home.
The contest's winning prize was a used T-shirt that read, “Proud Owner of the World's Ugliest Lawn.”
She is happy to no longer have to worry about mowing the grass.
“I thought bandicoots were weapons of mass destruction coming onto my lawn, but now I know they're actually helping me never have to mow my lawn again,” Murray said. told the magazine.
“Especially since my ex-husband left with his lawn mower in 2016, I want to have a guilt-free weekend.”
