Fake Grass and Urban Heat

In Queensland, we have a very hot summer looming. Increasing the number of street trees and planting gardens for shade is one way to mitigate. So why this...

Dec 03, 2023

While we are all busy trying to cool our streets and suburbs, the Queensland government is busy replacing plants with fake grass.

photo of intersection with a large area of fake grass in the centre — This intersection is at Kedron in the Brisbane suburbs. People live nearby. That flat green used to be a densely planted garden bed.

My local ACF community group has organised a petition to stop this practice.

ACF Community Brisbane Northside

Petition: Stop TMR putting artificial turf on public land

Did someone make an official decision to start putting artificial grass on traffic islands and median strips? This is the intersection of Gympie & Stafford Rd at Kedron. Until recently the little bits of land amid all that concrete were all planted out. Now the largest bed of that planting has been ripped out and replaced with green plastic / fake grass…

a year ago

If you are anywhere in Queensland, please sign and share it - and let them know if you find more examples in your area. If you are in other states, start looking around to see if your council or state government are doing the same.

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