St. Pete council member calls for native landscaping at City Hall

ST. PETERSBURG-- The city's many acres of grass are costing taxpayers a lot of green, city council member Karl Nurse said today. His solution: Replace lawns and grassy medians with native shrubbery and encourage more residents to do the same, Nurse said in his first news conference since he was appointed to the City Council in April. He's targeting lawns that aren't used for recreational activities, including the grass surrounding City Hall, which he said could be replaced with pine, flowers

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