Because it relies on common technology, it also could help a homeowner maintain the perfect lawn or create a shopping list at a button's touch.

Not one stray leaf marred the perfect lawn.

The sun was out now, and the automatic sprinklers hidden beneath the perfect lawns had sprung to life.

It looks like an absolutely perfect lawn.

A huge gnarled cherry tree on the front lawn, perfect for climbing.

All because of the quest for the perfect lawn.

"I don't understand these hoity-toity types who can't stand a dandelion in their perfect lawns," he says.

When he got back to the perfect lawn behind the perfect mansion, the man called Jonathan was gone.

Such concerns are increasingly being voiced by homeowners who wonder whether the economic and environmental cost of maintaining a perfect lawn is worth it.

Comfortable deck chairs dot the lawns, perfect for a weekend of reading.