Have you considered letting go of some of your lawn? I write about adding more native plants to your yard, but maybe you’re all out of garden beds, or maybe you never considered how much time and space you dedicate to that non-native ground cover. One way to fit more natives into your yard is to shrink that lawn!
Unless your kids or your dogs need the room to run and wrestle, you could be saving so much time and energy if you filled some of that space with plants that will bring more life to your yard.
In this article I share a step by step guide to removing some (or all!) of your lawn and have a few sample plans that show you how you can use the space to add more natives that will have a positive impact on your suburban ecosystem.
A sample plan showing one way you can balance lawn and thriving garden beds.