Saying goodbye to lawns

Workers remove grass from the sprawling lawn at Arcadia Councilman Tom Beck’s home.

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

May 16, 2015 9:55 AM PT

The state’s continuing drought is prompting people to tear out their lush lawns, a hallmark of Southland life.

Councilman Tom Beck, watches a crew tear out his lawn.

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Mario Hernandez waters pallets of cut sod at Southland Sod Farms in Oxnard.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Workers walk the fields of Marathon sod looking for invasive weeds to remove before cultivation at Southland Sod Farms in Oxnard.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jurgen Gramckow, co-founder and president of Southland Sod Farms in Oxnard.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)