|
|
|
An obsessed gardener cajoles friends into moving tabletop-sized rocks, drafts multi-page To Do lists, loves and loses many plants, and transforms her urban lawn into a private, all-season garden. Earnest and comic, Apprentice to a Garden evokes the wonder, the drama, and the compelling nature of gardening.
|
 |
|
Where to Start Shrinking Your Lawn
|
|
Start with places you never go, except to mow. Transform fragments, boulevards, and slopes. Read our SHRINK Your Lawn mini-series. Make a tree island.
|
|
|
|
Low-Maintenance Lawn Alternatives
|
|
Replace thirsty turfgrass with fescue or other alternative lawn grasses, meadows, or other grasslands . Conserve water. And shrink your lawn, naturally.
|
|
|
|
Do-It-Yourself Landscaping Projects
|
|
Avoid chemicals and digging; smother your lawn. Build a patio and some paths. Make more plants. Install edges and potted or bareroot plants.
|
|
|
|
Naturescapes -- Landscapes Patterned after Nature
|
|
Use nature as a role model for a more self-sustaining landscape. Make a woodland. Plant a low-cost prairie. Other choices for North American landscapes.
|
|
|
|
Lawnless Landscapes
|
|
Create an inviting garden, and leave out the lawn! Design a tea garden, a stroll garden, an herb garden, an edible landscape, or a naturescape.
|
|
|
|
Useful Plants
|
|
Plants can do more for you than look beautiful. Try growing medicinal and culinary herbs. Follow the permaculture path to create an edible landscape. Use trees to reduce your home fuel bills. Use nitrogen fixers like clover to fertilize nearby plants.
|
|
|
|
About Us
|
|
|
|
Opinions and Editorials
|
|
|
|
Resources
|
|
|
|
LessLawn Q&A
|
|
|
