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Here’s how to make your backyard safer and cooler next summer

  • Written by The Conversation
Here’s how to make your backyard safer and cooler next summerVaravin88, Shutterstock

Our backyards should be safe and inviting spaces all year round, including during the summer months.

But the choices we make about garden design and maintenance, such as whether to have artificial turf or real grass for a lawn, can have serious consequences. Children, elderly people and pets are particularly susceptible to...

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