Reward both yourself and the environment by leaving your lawn.
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Beautiful No-Mow Yards is the ultimate resource for gardeners looking to revitalise the typical, turf-dominated lawn. It's now easier than ever for gardeners to convert a green space into a less demanding, more rewarding landscape that saves time and money and reduces the gardener's ecological footprint. This groundbreaking guide for adventurous gardeners features inspiring full-colour photography, encouraging prose and cutting-edge advice. The beautiful gardens are accessible, inspirational and include unique ideas like the urban bird mecca, the flower-powered meadow and the small-space farm. Detailed profiles of the 100 best ground-layer plants, design tips to reduce maintenance, guidelines for making smaller and smarter lawns, and examples of innovative gardens round out the text.
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... an inspirational look at 50 alternative possibilities to try outside. If you've ever fancied your own mini-prairie or runoff-reducing rain garden, garden design expert Evelyn Hadden's imagination will carry you along - and you may never look at turf the same way again. But if you can't let the lawn go for good, she includes some eco-friendly tips ...
Some good pics and ooh and wow moments. Interesting.
... a well-written book, appealing and generous with information, and worth adding to the library.
If you are a lawn fanatic perhaps this is not the book for you, but if you want to try to reduce your lawned area to experience and cultivate more glorious plants or because you are more eco-minded, there is much to stimulate your interest.
