[jsiepkes]

I live in the Netherlands and I got a couple of hundred bucks of grants for removing all tiles in my backyard (previous owners put them in) and replacing them with grass. Obviously that didn't cover all the cost (and put in a bunch of back breaking work myself) but it's still a nice idea.

[kylebenzle]

In parts of America we're paid to dig up our lawns and replace them with rocks and tile.

[torginus]

Aren't those parts of America the parts which are literally desert, and maintaining a green lawn requires an amount of water that amounts to an ecological catastrophe?

[morkalork]

It's almost like you should work with your local environment when making a yard/garden and not against it.

[sans_souse]

i see what you did there

[Aeolun]

Hmm, Japan can learn from that. At least I’d very much enjoy if they learned from it.

[manfredz]

Some cities also provide trees to plant.

[nxobject]

Portland, Oregon’s park bureau has a fun program for that. I once cycled a linden sapling away on a hand truck connected to my bike…