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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sarah Warwick

What is meadowscaping? And why this 'new' garden trend is so valuable

Wildflowers, including California poppies, Bachelor buttons, Cosmos, forget-me-nots and others in a garden in Kirkland, Washington State, USA

Have you noticed the trend to replace the lawn with wildflowers and native grasses? Or maybe some of your neighbors have said goodbye to turfgrass and rewilded their yards already? What’s known as meadowscaping is prompting homeowners to create a very different landscape from the traditional manicured lawn.

Meadowscaping involves exchanging a monoculture of turfgrass for a variety of native plants and flowers. Frequent mowing and fertilizing are tasks you can say goodbye to, and instead you can fufill garden ideas such as saving water and attracting pollinators. 

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