NATIVE LAWN
THE LAWN STORY: Let’s face it, Americans love their lawns! We water them, treat them with fertilizer and herbicide, and then spend countless summer hours mowing what we have just helped to grow. What a strange thing, the continuous cycle of growing and mowing that we encourage. It is an unfortunate fact that the lawns we play and relax on are, from an environmental perspective, little more than “green pavement.” In addition to draining our water supply, expansive lawns reduce biodiversity and are a source of groundwater pollution.
- Native Lawn Seed Mix
- contains 5 varieties of native fescues
- Sun to Part Shade
- 1 pound - $12.95 covers approx. 860 sq. ft.
- 5 pounds - $54.95 covers approx. 4,300 sq. ft.
- 10 pounds - $100.00 covers approx. 8,600 sq. ft.
- 20 pounds - $180.00 covers approx. 17,200 sq. ft.
- 50 pounds - $425.00 covers approximately 1 acre
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- Contains the following: Broom Grass, Creeping Red Fescue, Chewing's Fescue, Hard Fescue, Rough Bentgrass.
Frightening Facts About Typical Lawns
Scource: Tallamy, Douglas W. 2007. Bringing Nature Home. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
- On average, mowing your lawn for 1 hour produces as much pollution as driving 650 miles.
- Approximately 800 million gallons of gas are used each year in lawn mowers.
- Americans spend $45 BILLION each year on lawn care!
- Over 40 million acres of the United States is lawn.
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Plant a native lawn. Native grasses have longer roots, making them more tolerant of drought and able to withstand summer heat. The seed of native grasses is an important source of food for birds. Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, Little Bluestem and Purple Lovegrass are wonderful native grasses for songbirds.
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SAVE TIME, MONEY, ENERGY & THE ENVIRIRONMENT when you reduce the size of your lawn.
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If you must fertilize, use an organic fertilizer. Chemical fertilizers harm wildlife.
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Leave lawn clippings on the soil to add organic matter and nutrients to the soil.
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only need to be mowed twice a year, saving time & resources.
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attract diverse species of butterflies and birds.
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tolerate drier conditions and requires less watering.
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require no fertilizer or herbicides.
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thrive in full to part sun.
Project Native, Inc. 342 North Plain Road (Route 41) Housatonic, MA 01236 Phone (413) 274-3433 Fax (413) 274-3464