nolawns

If you’re going to plant grass, make it native to your area, wildlife depends on it.

I need something that isn’t grass to plant on my lawn. Ideally something hard wearing and can be mowed because my kids will tear it up aha...

I’ve seen 2 new awesome resources pop up in the comments this week (I haven’t added them to the list yet my personal life is chaos right now). I’d love to know if you guys have come across any other books, websites, videos etc that you find very useful and informative to add to the list....

A couple of weeks ago I detailed how I was letting my grass do whatever it wanted until I found the foxtails were taking over....

Would anyone like to give me advice on what would work well for a front yard in zone 5a/5b? The house is on a pond and there is a lot of tree cover....

A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.

Would love to see lists from all over the world!

If you love your lawn, fine, but maybe hear me out: Lawns are the worst. Even if you don’t mind the watering, mowing, and chemicals, most lawns—including yours—are terrible. A non-comprehensive list of why lawns are awful...

Here’s another link to Wild Ones explaining why to choose native plants over non natives....

We managed to score a bunch of slate and small boulders for free on Nextdoor. Most of the slate even matches what we already have around our garden so it’s working out perfectly. We are going to begin slowly extending the gardens out into the lawn, ripping out the sod as we go....

From the street my house looks abandoned but luckily I'm not keeping up with the Joneses

My hometown's newspaper just published an opinion piece about the disastrous effects, ecologically and financially, that lawn care causes. Not totally surprising but it's important to note that this is a retirement community in the bible belt!...

I am planning on killing my lawn and filling the area with raised beds with gravel in between the beds. I will be using the sheet mulching strategy to kill the grass. I’ve used this strategy successfully to prep for my existing beds. My question is this: should I put a layer of anti weed tarp before installing the gravel, or...

Obviously these plans aren't inclusive of the entire US but from what I understand they are working on adding even more garden plans to their list....

Just sharing this link since everyone always loves American meadows so much. The only issue I take with them is they sell seed packs that are "native to your area" and some are not....

house with rocks in yard

I've basically been letting the grass in my back yard grow all spring. Cut some paths through so my small dogs could easily navigate and small patch for my senior dog....

TLDR; killing off native species as well as their food supply and habitats.

I am currently a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. I have also authored the New York Times best seller Nature’s Best Hope and I have authored and co-authored additional books such as Bringing Nature Hope, The Living Landscape, and The Nature of Oaks. In addition, I...

Thanks for setting up the community! Came across this lovely spot near Broadway (UK). Not quite a lawn but I think it counts