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Using native, naturally compact grasses and perennial flowers, Krissy Boys of the Cornell University Botanic Gardens has created a “native lawn” that needs no fertilization or watering once established, and requires mowing just once or twice a summer. Biologically rich, this lawn has become a destination for pollinators and other wildlife, too. Listen and learn how she has created a model for how to rescue the 40 million acres of the American landscape currently devoted to the polluting green desert of conventional turf.
