AbeniYesterday my boss told me that the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street is called a HELLSTRIP, and it's the best thing I've learned lately.
James Longhurst
What the Hellstrip? -
Horticulturist Lauren Spring Ogden was spot on back in the 90s when she coined the term “hellstrip” to describe the trampled-on, stepped-over, parched, neglected, unsightly, unspoken-for, dog-potty strips of land between the sidewalks and the street curbs. Since then, the garden-minded among us have been quietly crusading for better treatment of these slivers of earth […]
@JamesLonghurst My spouse thinks it would be a great band name and AGREED
I was just talking with a group about alternative names for "boulevard" the other week. Actually I was asking for regional nicknames for the little connector sidewalks to the street, which I've heard people call "catwalks" here, but that also applies to the mid-block sidewalks in between houses.
Hellstrip is EXCELLENT.
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/gardening/21015037/add-curb-appeal-with-a-hellstrip-garden
@JamesLonghurst it's very apt. I'm going to try this year (for the second time) to get some plantings established there. We'll see if I can talk them into sticking around.