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Sowing seeds of change in the capital; SafeLawns demonstrates the durability of organic lawn care on the National Mall.(News)
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April 14, 2008
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Byline: Chrissy Kadleck
To show that organic lawn care really works, SafeLawns is sowing the seeds of its message in the most demonstrative and arguably the most trampled spot in the country: the National Mall in Washington.
Open to the public in late March, the 4-acre area between the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol Building was overhauled with hundreds of yards of compost, organic fertilizers, and new grass seed since the project broke ground in September 2007.
"The fence came down and people were out there playing soccer and Frisbee and taking strolls, and people were walking around in their bare feet because the grass is nice and lush and green,'' said ...
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