ALTERNATIVE NATURAL LAWN, At Oak Hills Park

Benefits:

- Naturalized ground cover plants used are drought-tolerant, thus saving water

- Little to no mowing, and no fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides needed

- Promotes biodiversity and habitat for wildlife (seed mix includes chamomile for tea)

- Alternative Natural Lawns are cost-effective — and beautiful!

Seeds Mix Includes:

- Sheep Fescue

- Baby Blue Eyes

- Five-Spot

- Strawberry & Red Clover

- Yellow Daisy

- Johnny Jump-Up

- English Single White Daisy

- Tall White Sweet Alyssum

- Wild Thyme

- Roman Chamomile

FAQs:

- In the Fall, preparations began

- Existing lawn grass was turned over/removed, with new soil added

- Seed mix was covered with straw

- In the spring, more seeds and straw added

- Mowing may not be needed, or rarely (according to personal preference)

- Lawn mix includes perennials, coming up every year

- Pollinators such as bees and butterflies will be attracted, deer as well (Reminders: Bees

do not normally sting, but rather, it is hornets and wasps that attack people and do not

typically reside in this sort of lawn)

- Ticks may or may not be a problem as they do not like dry areas such as this with scarcer

plantings

CONVENTIONAL LAWNS:

- In the U.S., we use 9 billion gallons of water for lawns

- Lawn grass is the largest agricultural crop in the U.S., more than corn or wheat

- With short roots, lawn grass cannot absorb rainwater well, poor drainage in floods

- Lawns are food & shelter DESERTS for wildlife, essentially eco-wastelands