The grass blanket and rolling cooler, shown closed above, with white tinware plates (four for $20) and mugs (four for $16) are from Williams-Sonoma, (800) 541-2233.
The padded Grass Blanket, one of Tibor Kalman's last designs for M&Co., is made of plastic-backed water-resistant polyester.
Emerging from the canopy of forest to an open field, the warm sun was taking rest below the horizon of tall grass blanketing the Earth.
Surface erosion of slopes can be controlled by protecting bare soil surfaces and by slowing or diverting surface runoff through the application of reinforced turf mats, geotextile and mulch blankets, hydro-seeded grass cover, and surface drains.
The last-minute lawn grab is especially anxiety-inducing, as latecomers try to colonize the ribbons of grass between blankets.
It is a long way from the weather-beaten, brownish-yellow buffalo grass that blankets the quiet bluffs of the Little Bighorn battle site in eastern Montana to the turf of last weekend's Super Bowl in New Orleans.
I climbed up a hillside overlooking the village and the factory, and met shepherds herding their sheep there, eating the crops, grass often blanketed by the emissions from the coking plant.
After much deliberation, we finally decided that we would follow a small riverbed that had eroded a meandering path through the velvety tundra like grass that blanketed the lower slopes of Chukung Tse.
The pair's focus in this project was on creating landscapes that are beautiful and inviting even in persistent drought conditions, with shady spots, meadows of nonflammable grasses, and blankets of color from leaves and blooms.
You'll hear birds chirping and be able to sit on soft fake grass, picnic on blankets and swing on hammocks.
