Come explore this sedge sanctuary, located just north of the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

📸 by Liz Anna Kozik and Libby Shafer

#SedgeLawn #Sedges #RethinkingLawns

Digging hole to grow native plants in converted lawn. Photo by Liz Anna Kozik.

What did we learn this week? We can make our lawns better for people and nature with:
☘️ Clovers
🌾 Alternate and native grasses
🌸 Native low-growing plants
🌻 Native prairie plants

🔗 Let’s rethink lawns! Visit https://rethinkinglawns.com
📷 by Liz Anna Kozik @chaseprairie.bsky.social 
#RethinkingLawns

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

🔗 Come back tomorrow for our region’s original lawn: PRAIRIE. Visit https://rethinkinglawns.com to learn more about all the lawn alternatives we’re testing. 

📷 by Liz Anna Kozik @chaseprairie.bsky.social 

#RethinkingLawns #NativePlants

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

Each species has its own personality. Which is your favorite? Share in the comments!

🔗 Let’s rethink our lawns! Visit https://rethinkinglawns.com Tune in tomorrow for a lawn full of flowers!

📷 by Liz Anna Kozik @chaseprairie.bsky.social  

#RethinkingLawns #EcoGrass #NativeGrass

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

🌺 Want to do more? We’ll be rethinking lawns all week, sharing ways to go beyond No Mow May and make your lawn better for people and nature.

🔗 Stay tuned for more! Get started at https://rethinkinglawns.com/

🎨& 💭 by Liz Anna Kozik @chaseprairie.bsky.social 

#NoMowMay #RethinkingLawns

Turf Grass Is America’s Default Lawn Setting. Chicago Researchers Are Rethinking the Possibilities Researchers at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Chicago Park District have teamed up on a project to answer one of ecology’s burning questions: What could lawns be besides grass?

Exciting to see Chicago Botanic Garden exploring this important topic in a data-driven manner #plant #soil #RethinkingLawns news.wttw.com/2024/11/11/t...