Native Lawn Gem Archives | Page 4 of 143 | The Cool Down

Workers in bright safety gear are clearing tree branches from a street lined with shops and green vegetation.

Outdoors

After 10 years of nagging, Pennsylvania resident gets town to rip out Amur honeysuckle

A garden bed with small green seedlings, marked by wooden stakes and string along a concrete edge of a sidewalk.

Home

Homeowner swaps city-planted weed-grass for a $40 zinnia patch, and neighbors love it

A vibrant garden filled with diverse flowers, including yellow coneflowers and pink daisies.

Home

Midwest gardener turns a small yard into a 130-species oasis, including 100 native plants

Invasive green plants growing over and through a fence.

Home

Homeowner braces for yearslong fight after inheriting yard filled with invasive plants

A monarch butterfly rests on pink flowers.

Home

Gardener boxed in by concrete and invasives finally gets monarchs to visit new milkweed

Three rectangular stone slabs are framed by lush green grass and small white flowers.

Home

What counts as a weed is changing as clover lawns and creeping thyme gain ground

Pinedrops growing in the woods.

Tech

Oregon hiker spots alien-looking red stalk that 'steals' from trees

A cluster of umbrella-shaped white flowers on tall green stems surrounded by green foliage.

Home

Photo of towering giant hogweed in Scotland sparks urgent warnings over sap that can burn, blind

A woman standing near a garden with potted plants and flowers.

Home

At 92 years old, a senior living resident replaced part of the lawn with a gorgeous garden

A bumblebee collects pollen from a black bugbane flower.

Outdoors

Delaware bloom shows how native plants can lure pollinators without flashy flowers

A wild plant garden in the shade.

Home

Washington, DC, gardener shares beautiful blueprint for transforming one of the hardest parts of a yard

Two adjacent houses with different architectural styles, separated by a neatly trimmed hedge.

Home

Builder-grade front yard gets a cottage garden makeover, and just one season changes everything