Fri Jul 30 2010
It was with disappointment and disbelief that I saw the lawns of Western Reserve Academy being sprayed with what I call poison. Disappointment because I had thought those grounds would hold out against the prevailing phobia of the dandelion; disbelief that an educational institution with the standing of the academy would flout all prevailing information on the dangers of lawn herbicides to yield to the now outmoded aesthetic of a chemically dependent monoculture lawn.
All the current information warns against spraying any chemicals where children, who absorb more chemicals than adults, might pass. The news repeats the loss of pollinating insects and the dire results for our agriculture. It would seem that a teaching institution would set an example of ethical standards.
Responsibility aside, there was an aesthetic as romantic as any medieval tapestry, unequaled anywhere in Hudson, which these mille fleurs sweeps of lawns evoked. There was a catching of breath when theta green was strewn with daisies like stranded star, threaded with blue violets and creeping campanulas vying with yellow dandelions. Right here in Hudson we had our own William Robinson vista, which offered the same delight in spring's exuberance, as might a trip to his famous gardens at Gravetye Manor.
Valerie Strong
Hudson
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