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With some 40 million acres of lawn in the continental United States, transforming that feature of our landscapes presents the greatest opportunity for an environmental up-grade in our gardens. Krissy Boys, the Natural Areas Horticulturist of the Cornell Botanical Gardens in Ithaca, New York, has shown how to do that. She’s replanted an area of conventional turf, replacing the European-descended lawn grasses with naturally compact native grass species and a complex of low-growing perennial flowers to support pollinators. Krissy has dramatically reduced the need for mowing, eliminated lawn watering and fertilization, and made her re-designed turf into a richly functioning part of the local ecosystem. Join our conversation to hear the details of how she accomplished this
