Ditch your lawn obsession- learn to create a biodiverse lawn subsitute!

In this New York Times article written by Margaret Roach, learn from Dan Jaffe Wilder — director of the movement “Kill Your Lawns” — about how to re-envision America’s obsession with perfect lawns and make biodiverse lawn substitutes that help our pollinators and our planet! Jaffe discusses his “four gradients of ecology” , how to ease into a reimagined yard, and simple steps you can take to promote biodiversity, but keep some of your green grass. The simplest steps come first: stop using pesticides, keep the grass above 3 inches, and water less. Deeper into the article we learn about solarizing and other ways to get rid of grass and replace it with natural ground cover like strawberry and clover!

A field of clover as a grass substitute. You can still mow it, it is still green, you can walk, run, and play just like a yard of grass! The upside is it promotes biodiversity, there is no maintenance, and you don’t need to water it or use pesticides!