What if we rethought lawns?
WHAT’S UP WITH LAWNS?
Lawns take up a huge portion of North American landscapes.
Between seeding, mowing, watering, herbiciding, and weeding, lawns cost us a lot of time and money!
Our best estimate of the amount of lawn in the US comes from a 2005 NASA study.
The United States has at least 50 million acres of lawn.
SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
We can plant something new.
Lawn grass is just one species of thousands we could plant in our cities. What if we tried something else?
Experts from Chicago Park District, Chicago Botanic Garden, and other institutions are trying out different plants we think will work. The plant mixes in this experiment include our native prairie flowers & grasses.
Rethinking Lawns 