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The Hunt for the Perfect Lawn | The Green Obsession (Full Documentary)

Grass, lawns, yards and turfgrass: everyone has a name for that green space, but what it really is, is your own little piece of the earth. Consisting exclusively of grasses, lawns represent a horticultural ideal that has nothing in common with a meadow; no herbs, shrubs or flowers must be found here. It was the British who transformed the lawn into a cult and a concept of lifestyle, but it was in the New World, where it was reinterpreted and pushed far beyond. Today, a huge industry takes care of this symbol of domestic tranquility and social success. Four billion Euros are spent on lawn care in Germany annually while in the USA golf courses, parks and private lawns require more land resources than any other single cultivated crop - including wheat, corn and tobacco! Lawns are a fascinating mirror of human behaviour that can be found even in the dryest parts of the world. A global fetish of wealth kept alive only by an exorbitant amount of fertilizers, water, gasoline and time. Without human labor, it was to become as extinct as the dinosaurs. A bizarre cult around the green carpet has emerged and fired man's imagination. From highly specialized sodfarmers to geneticists devoted to the perfect seed mixture, golf course managers, lawn mower collectors, producers of artificial grass and even people who risk jail for not mowing their front lawn - protagonists from all over Europe and the US share their experience. Narrated in a fresh way and enriched by entertaining animations, "THE GREEN OBSESSION" reveals the true nature of lawns. Chapters ▷ 00:00:00 - Introduction ▷ 00:00:32 - Landscape architect Gero Heck ▷ 00:02:35 - The „English lawn“ as a status symbol ▷ 00:03:30 - Sports like cricket and tennis ▷ 00:05:02 - Baron Albrecht von Knigge ▷ 00:06:00 - Mowing and trimming ▷ 00:06:43 - Irrigation system and proper humidity ▷ 00:07:30 - Cutting and rolling lawn ▷ 00:09:00 - Certified seed mixture ▷ 00:11:50 - Cultivated lawns in America ▷ 00:13:00 Interstate highway system ▷ 00:14:18 Gary Gordon's Lawn service ▷ 00:19:00 Non-toxic lawn colouring ▷ 00:21:00 Pesticides and weed killers ▷ 00:24:00 Obligation to cut the grass in some parts of the US ▷ 00:29:00 Green status symbols ▷ 00:31:10 Brian Radam, fascinated by lawnmowers since childhood ▷ 00:33:00 Lawn mower museum and cemetery ▷ 00:35:16 Furnace Creek Golf Course in Death Valley National Park, California ▷ 00:40:00 Bermuda grass ▷ 00:42:53 Biogeneticist David Huff on Poa Annua grass ▷ 00:47:15 Ludo Deveaux of Antwerp deals with 80 kinds of artificial grasses #lawn #lawncare #lawnmaintenance #lawnmowerrobot #garden #gardening ------- Subscribe to wocomoLIVING: https://goo.gl/g1YUqT Follow us on Facebook:   / wocomo   ------- 2011 © Licensed by Albatross World Sales