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Landscape DesignHow to Make Your Lawn More Wildlife-Friendly and Sustainable
Landscape pros share how to create a lawn that’s easier on the earth, a haven for wildlife and pleasing for you
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Landscape DesignWhat to Know About Losing Your Lawn
Learn why you might want to replace your turfgrass, how to do it and and other considerations for losing the lawn
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Front Yard IdeasInspiring Alternatives to the Traditional Lawn
Consider the many attractive and ecologically friendly alternatives to turfgrass
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Gardening GuidesHow to Create Beauty in Your Garden With Ornamental Grasses
Find out how to cut back and divide ornamental grasses for garden style, structure and romance from season to season
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Landscape DesignTour an Atmospheric, Minimalist Landscape in the Hudson Valley
Less is more in this weekend retreat, where ornamental grasses take center stage
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Fall GardeningThese Native Grasses Bring a Different Fall Color to the Garden
When other plants are brown, cool-season grasses green up the landscape
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Gardening GuidesSee 5 Native Alternatives to Feather Grass and Fountain Grass
Enjoy the movement and soft texture of these California bunch grasses in your garden, and do right by your ecosystem
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Flowers and PlantsFeathery Tufted Hairgrass Beautifies Gardens Coast to Coast
Deschampsia cespitosa offers attractive foliage and habitat for butterflies
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Flowers and PlantsBasin Wildrye Is a Tough Native Bunchgrass With a Big Impact
Leymus cinereus, a tall cool-season bunchgrass, brings rugged beauty and wildlife shelter to gardens in the western U.S.
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Flowers and PlantsLeafy Reedgrass Softens California Gardens
Plant Calamagrostis foliosa, a California native, as an alternative to exotic fountain grass
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Landscape DesignA Guide to the Grasses Available for Nontraditional Lawns
New grass mixes are formulated to require less water and less fertilizer
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