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A person planting and growing a meadow.

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Before-and-after video captures a plain lawn turning into a cottage meadow in 3.5 months

A lawn of crabgrass.

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A 1962 ad's 'yard full of crabgrass' line left modern gardeners baffled

Green maple leaves with clusters of seed pods among them.

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Norway maples look like native trees, but experts say they're a serious ecological threat

Sprinklers water a lush green lawn under bright sunlight.

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The biggest irrigated crop across the US isn't food — it's grass, and wildlife pays the price

A field of sunflowers with yellow petals and dark centers surrounded by green leaves.

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Massachusetts man calls lawns an 'ecological desert,' builds pollinator haven instead

A field of wildflowers.

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Meadows are thriving through extreme weather, and manicured plantings are not keeping up

A garden with a variety of flowers and a gazebo.

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A 72-year-old grandad in England spent 6 weeks on his flower garden: 'That's gorgeous'

A person putting mulch over cardboard.

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Florida homeowner covered a front yard with cardboard to build a native pollinator garden

A monarch butterfly on flowers.

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Tennessee residents can get free native milkweed seeds to help monarchs, bees, and pollinators

A clear division between a neatly mowed lawn and an unkempt area with wild grass and yellow flowers.

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Neighbor mocked native plant yard for 2 years, then asked how to convert part of his lawn

A bumblebee collecting pollen from a pink flower.

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St. Louis study finds 'messy' gardens draw more native bees than manicured yards

A black swallowtail in a garden.

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Gardener grows dill for pollinators, then catches a black swallowtail laying eggs