Garden meadow ideas

Tired of endless weekends spent mowing, weeding, and watering your lawn? Wish your backyard was a vibrant, pollinator-friendly haven instead of a boring green expanse? Imagine a riot of wildflowers buzzing with life, butterflies fluttering

Whether you want to reduce your grass lawn or replace it, there are lots of options for alternative eco-lawns including wildflowers, clovers, and fescue grass seed mixes.

Converting lawn into meadow increases biodiversity and reduces the harms of monoculture, pesticides and synthetic fertilizer.

Today we’re visiting Haliburton, Ontario, to see Justin Dumitrescu’s garden. The garden is ten years old and features mostly native plants in an informal, meadow-like design. Stepping-stones lead through a […]

The latest trend is for wildflower garden ideas featuring hazy swathes of planting and a wash of pretty pastel colors

% Gardening: How to create a wildflower meadow in the garden %

Converting your lawn to wildflowers will greatly support bees and pollinators, and it will be less work for you, too. Plus, flowers!

Creating contrast in the garden is such an important design principle, I thought it would be helpful to show how I accomplished this in my modified meadow.

Water restrictions and environmental concerns have caused many homeowners to ditch their traditional grass lawns and opt for more eco-friendly options. Replace your lawn with a native plant garden, add beds & borders, permeable hardscape, and other no-mow alternatives.