Drawing looking down on a front yard showing a little of a house on the top left with a curved walkway to a doorway. Out from the front right corner of the house is a bean-shaped grove of plants around a magnolia tree. Labels pointing to various plants include: Walters' viburnum, sparkleberry, rhododendron, muhly grass. shiny blueberry , sunshine mimosam coontie, ferns. The title under the drawing is "Magnolia Gove" "Illustration by Marjorie Shropshire for 'The Art of Maintaing a Florida Native Landscape'"

#ReducetheLawn All too often beautiful native magnolias (Magnolia grandiflora) are plunked in the middle of lawns. They lose their large leathery leaves all year long, so it's a good idea to replace the lawn in the leaf drop area with native acid-loving shrubs, bunching grasses, & ground covers.

Hmm…what looks good for dinner? #monarchs #nativeplants #nativepollinators #reducethelawn

Bumblebee clinging to the underside of a swamp Milkweed leaf aka Asclepias incarnata

Two bumblebees taking refuge in a patch of blunt mountain mint aka pycnanthemum muticum

Bumblebee napping on the underside of the orange blooms of Asclepias tuberosa

Is there anything cuter than resting bumblebees? Here is a montage of these adorable and amazing pollinators seeking refuge during this extreme heat in the northeast: blunt mountain mint, butterfly weed and swamp Milkweed #reducethelawn #nativeplants

Photo of a group of black-eyed Susans in bloom. Text says, "Black-eyes Susans (Rudbeckia hirta)"

Black-eyed Susans are making a big show now in mid-summer.
Pollinator-friendly landscapes are filled with an assortment of natives and are never subjected to landscape-wide pesticides (including lawncare chemicals).
#PlantMoreNatives #ReducetheLawn #NoPoisons

Eastern garter snake (black with lengthwise yellow stripes) curled up in grass and leaf litter.

Sometimes it’s hard to focus on what I can do and ignore the rest. In my city yard yesterday I saw my second eastern garter snake - just chillin’ This sight that was so common in childhood fill me with peace. #justbreathe #nativeplants #reducethelawn

What looks like a pile of dead grass is actually at least one baby eastern cottontail

Baby bunny nest! This is why I am hand cutting my lawn #gardeningforwildlife #reducethelawn

Plant a native or 5 this Spring! Create more Natural Areas. Support wildlife, pollinators, use less water, have a more sustainable landscape. #reducethelawn #sustainableliving #waterconservation #fireflies #pollinatorfriendly homegrownnationalpark.org #toxicfreeliving #seventhgeneration #dougtallamy

Prairie in progress! Hoping this year will show off with more wildflowers but I still don’t understand how we’ve collectively decided flat, bland non-native grass is better looking than dynamic native grasses and forbs that harbor life. #nativegrass #reducethelawn