Why a Low-Maintenance Zone? [374]
Channel: Science and Environment Council
Date: 2021-04-10

Charles Reith discusses pitching the benefits of a low-maintenance, or "no-mow," zone to the HOA community.

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One of the first concepts that we got the neighborhood to accept was the idea of having a low maintenance or no mow zone. We explained how important it was for keeping nutrients out of the Lake. That it would be a nice barrier to the nutrient movement that would foster algae growth. And we also talked about how this prevents bank erosion, it stabilizes the bank, and sort of an incidental benefit is it has turned into valuable wildlife habitat. We're getting a lot of pollinators and we have some birds that nest in it.