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June 4, 2005

LAWN COUCH

by Jill Fehrenbacher


How much oxygen did your furniture produce today? Wouldn’t you rather be sitting outside in the back yard, than indoors on your couch? Now you too can have the best of both worlds, and sculpt lawn furniture from the lawn itself, with this excellent ReadyMade guide to growing a sod-couch.

I came across this useful how-to guide in a ReadyMade back issue. I figured with the advent of hot summer weather it was a good time to bring this back around. I don’t think I need to mention (but I will anyways) that all materials required are organic and environmentally friendly.

Thanks to Readymade for providing instruction on the important things in life.

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Whoa! That’s pretty crazy. I just wonder how comfortable they are?

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[…] If you happen to be in San Francisco this Friday, November 17th, take a moment to stop and smell the fresh cut grass, or better yet, have a seat on one of the four real grass couches in and around the Ferry Building and Justin Herman Plaza. The couches are part of a series of interactive green installations celebrating the launch of a new website, http://www.letsgreenthiscity.com. You may remember this sod grass couch from a Readymade How-To that was published back in 2005. Well, the sod couch is back and better than ever, and this time its taking over the streets of San Francisco. […]

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