1. Louden says she wasn't told that detail.

2. In early May, Ms. Louden flew to California.

3. Ms. Louden proposed creating a landscape that would mimic the natural wetlands that border Yahoo's campus, but with a high-tech twist.

4. For a swampy effect, Ms. Louden insisted that Yahoo plant a billowy grass that wouldn't need mowing and would grow no more than 5 inches high around her 22 groupings of reflector-tipped wire.

5. Robert Louden hasn't given up on the quest for human fulfilment.

6. But, unfamiliar with California flora, Ms. Louden says she left it to Yahoo's landscaper to pick a grass suited for Sunnyvale.

7. Taniguchi says he told Yahoo and Ms. Louden that the grass would deliver the desired effect but could also grow up to two feet in ideal conditions. Ms.

8. 'They turned my art into a bad miniature golf course, ' Ms. Louden says.

9. Two days later, Mr. Kamm says, the facilities manager sent an email suggesting Ms. Louden not book her flight.