08/08/2026
LESS LAWN, MORE LIFE - Friends of the Garden Home Tour
Recently, HCBG members were invited to tour the exceptional gardens of the Powells and the Hagenbarths. These gardens are excellent examples of how conventional turf grass lawns can be reduced and/or replaced by diverse plant communities that will provide critical food and shelter for our pollinators, birds and other wildlife.
In the USA there are over 40 million acres of lawn. To maintain that turf grass, homeowners use three trillion gallons of water, 200 million gallons of gasoline and 70 million pounds of pesticides each year.
If you would like to reduce the noise, air and lake pollution created by lawn mowers, fertilizers and pesticides and are interested in learning how to create habitat and increase biodiversity in your yard, please go to www.lesslawnmorelife.com
or contact us at [email protected].
Also, many members of the garden braved the morning heat and humidity to enjoy the variety of blooms even in July! We laughed and learned at the recent “Keep it or Kill it” flower garden walk. We discussed aggressive spreaders compared to invasive and shared techniques to avoid growing lunch for the deer!
Thanks to Vickie Peace, the Powells, the Hagenbarths, volunteers and shuttle drivers who contributed to the success of the morning. Watch for more garden walks once the cooler temperatures have returned in the fall.
Let us know when we can come visit your garden!
Another great post from Vickie Peace, Board Member and Education Team Leader.🌼🌸🌻🌺
