Seeds of Change?
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COPENHAGEN — Motorists who park illegally on grass shoulders in the western Danish town of Hobro are being reprimanded with flowers instead of fines, the newspaper Politiken reported Wednesday.
Packets of seeds are placed on the windshield of transgressors. With the seeds comes a letter explaining how the town tries to preserve its grass and an invitation to the driver to plant the seeds in his garden.
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