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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:

Allen Family Philanthropies
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

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant Number 2430161.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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