Brown the New Green? Hah! Not When There's Paint!!!

By Bea Karnes (Patch Staff)

Lawns around town are looking parched as residents embrace water restrictions in our fourth year of drought. There’s nothing like a threat of fines to encourage conservation.

But for some people a lush, green lawn is their only acceptable alternative for landscaping. Enter the spray nozzle—lawn painting.

Now we’re not talking gloppy latex paint, but colorants made of stone pigments and oil that helps bind it to the grass. It’s safe for pets, wildlife and kids. As a matter of fact, golf courses have kept this trick up their landscapers’ sleeves for years.

You can do the treatment yourself by purchasing products from home stores or online. Or, you can hire a service. Brown Lawn Green of Dixon painted the beautiful lawn pictured above.

What do you think—would you spray paint your lawn? Tell us in comments.

More Drought Coverage:

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• Berkeley Reduces Water Use By 26 Percent
• Nasty Tasting Water Returning to Some EBMUDTaps
• Construction of Temporary Salt Water Barrier Underway on the Delta
• Water Diversion Plan Shrinks Delta Recovery Promise
• $10,000 Fines For Water Wasters? Calif. Governor Proposes Drastic Measures Amid Drought
• California “Has Only About One Year of Water Supply Left in its Reservoirs”
• Drop That Hose! California Implements Drought Restrictions, Daily Fines Up to $500
• Gov. Brown Orders Statewide Mandatory Water Use Reductions
• How Much Did the Recent Storms Help the CA Drought?