Lawns of the Future: Less Grass, Less Work

We Need Water

What does the lawn of the future look like? They will need to adapt to the changing climate and the hotter and drier summers in the PNW. That means less grass, which in turn means less watering, fertilizer, weeding and WORK!
Your home landscape could require far less maintenance and look more beautiful if you removed some of your grass. Welcome to this episode: Lawns of the Future, with gardener extraordinaire and speaker, Marianne Binetti. We discuss the reasons to remove some of your turf, how to transform your lawn, and the benefits you will see. Plus some of Marianne’s favorite plants, and her tried and true method to starting transforming your lawn into something new!
In this episode, we discuss:
What is the problem with grass? (1:00)
Letting your lawn go golden (2:00)
Biological deserts (3:30)
Good alternatives for lawn (4:45)
What are some of the issues with your lawn? (6:50)
How water and fertilizer needs change when you remove grass? (8:30 )
How do you get started with transforming your lawn? (10:13)
Why you shouldn’t use a sod remover (12:45)
Recap: Steps to take to transform lawn (19:37)
Replacing your lawn can cost nothing! (20:25)
Other resources (21:35)
Marianne Binetti is a northwest horticultural expert: Marianne has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and writes a syndicated gardening column that runs in over a dozen newspapers each week including the The Tacoma News Tribune (Sundays) and The Daily Olympian (Saturdays). She has also written or co-written 10 gardening books including "Easy Answers for Great Gardens" and her latest book "Edible Gardening for Washington and Oregon" She lectures and gives seminars on a variety of topics, has appeared on HGTV and hosts radio and TV programs. Marianne leads garden tours around the world with her husband Joe.

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