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World’s Ugliest Lawn Champions Wildlife: Kyneton's Coone Embraces Mess

1/24/2026

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Jarno Coone's unkempt front yard in Kyneton, Victoria, has been named the World’s Ugliest Lawn 2025.
Judges described it as resembling "kids’ hair after a lice treatment gone horribly wrong."
Coone, a professional groundskeeper, embraces the title and promotes water conservation and wildlife habitat.
He notes butterflies and microbats thrive in the overgrown yard, and urban ecologists say messy yards can benefit local wildlife.

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Story summary

Jarno Coone's unkempt front yard in Kyneton, Victoria, has been named the World’s Ugliest Lawn 2025.
Judges described it as resembling "kids’ hair after a lice treatment gone horribly wrong."
Coone, a professional groundskeeper, embraces the title and promotes water conservation and wildlife habitat.
He notes butterflies and microbats thrive in the overgrown yard, and urban ecologists say messy yards can benefit local wildlife.