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Gardening experts offer tips and tricks for a lush, eco-friendly garden in our waterwise gardeners' roundtable.
Carol Pope: The question of whether or not to include a lawn is being asked more and more nowadays. Here are a few questions pertaining to that—and you may have a lot to say about this or just a little, depending on whether or not you support the idea of a lawn.
Paul J. Tukey: In our SafeLawns.org campaign, I always tell people that if the only time they see a part of their property is on top of their riding lawn mower, or behind their push mower, then they should ask themselves: “Isn’t there something more interesting you can do with that part of your property?” Many other forms of landscaping are better for your wallet and the environment.
Lush lawn, waterwise lawn?
Reform a guzzler garden
Waterwise quick fixes
Recycling garden waste
Waterwise tips for new gardeners
A healthy-looking lawn
Herbicides and pesticides
Growing food on less water
Eco-friendly ponds
Having said that, I would never advocate eliminating grass entirely, nor would I ever install artificial turf, which is an environmental nightmare. When you do grow lawn, make sure you have enough good topsoil in place. Grow regionally appropriate species. If you don’t walk, run or play on your lawn, consider growing one of the truly slow-growing and drought-tolerant species, such as Buffalo or Bahia grass. Keep your mower blade as high as possible in the heat of the summer (unless you’re growing Bermuda grass or seashore paspalum). Always mulch your clippings back into the soil; definitely don’t bag the clippings. Nan Sterman: I’ve come to think of recreational lawns as I do swimming pools: They are best as community resources than in individual backyards. Pools and lawns belong in community centres, parks, etc. where they will get the most use—and really fit better than in a backyard.
Funny enough, I find that when it comes to couples, women typically want to get rid of their grass while men usually argue to keep it…