(UPI) – An Australian woman’s bandicoot-ravaged yard was dubbed the winner of the first-ever World’s Ugliest Lawn competition. Kathleen Murray of Sandford, Tasmania, was named the winner of the contest, which was organized by the town of Gotland, Sweden.
Gotland started the contest two years ago to encourage locals to conserve water amid a near-disastrous drought in the town, and this year the contest went global, with lawns in the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, France and Croatia competing for unaesthetic honors.
Murray’s lawn features sparse patches of yellow grass, shriveled plants and dry divots caused by the local bandicoots.
