Rethinking Lawns

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

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Planting at CBG!

We started planting our lawn alternatives experiment at @chicagobotanic today!! We’re testing a range of different lawn plantings for their ecosystem services like pollinator support, stormwater retention and climate resilience. pic.twitter.com/FktykHoGIf

— Becky Barak (@BeckSamBar) June 16, 2022

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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