Make Your Lawn a Low-Maintenance Contributor to Biodiversity and Landscape Beauty
About this episode
The episode discusses how to create a colorful, low-maintenance lawn that supports local wildlife and native plants.
As Dan Jaffe Wilder Wilder says " you can grow a lawn which is a whole bunch of green stuff. Or you can grow a lawn that is a whole bunch of low-growing green stuff with some yellow, some blue, some white, some pink and some red mixed in. Which do you choose? " Join the conversation with this native plant expert and learn how you can make your lawn not only colorful but also easier to maintain and supportive of the local wildlife and native flora.
People in this episode
Host: Tom Christopher
Guest: Dan Jaffe Wilder
Topics covered
- lawn care
- biodiversity
- native plants
- landscape beauty
- wildlife support
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