In a World Where lawns wreak havoc on our natural ecosystems, landscape designer Owen Wormser offers a compelling alternative. Meadows create wildlife and pollinator habitats. They're low-maintenance and low-cost. They have a built-in resilience that helps them weather climate extremes, and they can park loads of car-bon. They're also really beautiful, all year long. Wormser describes how to plant an organic meadow that's right for your site, whether it's a yard, community garden, or tired city lot. He shares advice on preparing your plot, coming up with the right design, and planting grasses and flowers-all without using synthetic chemicals. Owen also profiles 21 starter meadow plants with guidance on how to grow each one. The book includes helpful illustrations and photos that Wormser has taken of meadows in different stages of development. To illuminate the many joys of meadow-building, Owen draws on his own stories, including how growing up off the grid in northern Maine, with no electricity or plumbing, prepared him for his work. Lawns Into Meadows is part of Stone Pier Press's Citizen Gardening series, which highlights how to grow food and garden in ways that are good for the planet. Book jacket.
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