nature strip

Noun

 * 1)  An area of grass beside a roadway, possibly with a few trees or shrubs, lying between the roadway proper and the footpath, if there is one; a tree lawn.
 * 2) * 2009, Mary Horsfall, Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden, CSIRO Publishing, |%22nature+strips%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZvS8T8epEMmViQep9s3iDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22nature%20strip%22|%22nature%20strips%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 107,
 * This is a town with a culture of nature strip gardens. Along our road there are no footpaths, but there are wide nature strips on which many residents have planted gardens of one sort or another.
 * 1) * 2009, Mary Horsfall, Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden, CSIRO Publishing, |%22nature+strips%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZvS8T8epEMmViQep9s3iDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22nature%20strip%22|%22nature%20strips%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 107,
 * This is a town with a culture of nature strip gardens. Along our road there are no footpaths, but there are wide nature strips on which many residents have planted gardens of one sort or another.
 * This is a town with a culture of nature strip gardens. Along our road there are no footpaths, but there are wide nature strips on which many residents have planted gardens of one sort or another.

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