Meet Roanoke’s newest landscapers: Goats who happily chomp down on kudzu, poison ivy and other invasive plants

Meet Roanoke’s newest landscapers: Goats who happily chomp down on kudzu, poison ivy and other invasive plants

Roanoke has contracted some new landscapers to take care of invasive plant species on steep land at Valley Avenue Park. These landscapers, while bleating loudly and eating on the job, are more efficient and environmentally friendly than machinery and pesticides, and easier on the city’s wallet. Goats and sheep continuously eat away at the brush on the steep hill, day and night. The goats climb over each other to reach higher pieces of brush to e…