New Cultural Perspectives on Ecological Gardening and How Your Lawn Can Transform Itself into a Native Meadow
About this episode
Sara Weaner Cooper discusses indigenous approaches to ecological gardening and how her lawn transformed into a native meadow.
Sara Weaner Cooper describes how New Directions in the American Landscape is incorporating indigenous American approaches into Ecological Gardening and how by adjusting the growing conditions in her lawn she caused it to transform itself into a meadow of native grasses and wildflowers without the use of herbicides or other unsustainable practices. A replay of a July, 2024 conversation.
People in this episode
Host: Tom Christopher
Guest: Sara Weaner Cooper
Topics covered
- Ecological Gardening
- Native Meadows
- Indigenous Approaches
- Sustainable Practices
- Lawn Transformation
Keywords
- ecological gardening
- native grasses
- wildflowers
- sustainable practices
- lawn transformation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New Directions in the American Landscape
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