Trafalgar Square goes green
Many tourists visiting London have been confused by one of the metropolis's almost renowned concrete patches abruptly sprouting weed.Trafalgar Square - the key London house to Nelson's Column and the National Gallery - is normally covered with quite uneasy sidewalk.
But in a stunt that left some visitors confused and Londoners delighted, the concrete was replaced with soft turf. Workers for Visit London, an organisation that promotes tourism in London, spent the night turfing one of London's most famous tourist spots with 2,000 square metres of fresh turf.
Residents and tourists took advantage of the urban oasis and soaked up some springtime sun.
"There was a dog over there, some people doing circus tricks and a man playing with a baseball - it's amazing how grass suddenly attracts people to do things like that," said Haydn Oakley, who was handing out brochures for Visit London.
"It's a nice bit of green in London," said Alan Herbert, a commuter who was spending his lunch break sprawled out on the grass.
"It's very relaxing."
The stunt was part of Visit London's villages campaign, which tries to entice people out of the
city centre - and into some of the capital's more rural areas, often overlooked by tourists.The strips of grass will be removed tomorrow night, rolled up and transferred to Bishops Park in West London.
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