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Rethinking Lawns

Exploring lawn alternatives for biodiversity support, climate change resilience, and infrastructure improvements

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Project Introduction on Twitter

Lawn is an American habit as old as Euro-American settlers. Which is to say, relatively new. pic.twitter.com/lhIH4AsVqQ
— dr. chase prairie @chaseprairie.bsky.social (@chase_prairie) July 7, 2021

To put our ideas to the test, we are trying out ten different lawn-like alternatives & seeing how they do. Do they thrive? How much water do they capture? How much carbon? How many pollinators visit them? All these questions & more we're studying. pic.twitter.com/ms3ZY1WMBi
— dr. chase prairie @chaseprairie.bsky.social (@chase_prairie) July 7, 2021

Thank you to the following institutions for supporting our work:

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
The National Science Foundation
Chicago Park District Natural Areas
Stantec Native Plant Nursery
Chicago Botanic Garden
University of Michigan-Flint
The Walder Foundation
The Eppley Foundation for Research
The David H. Smith Fellowship

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