In Your Own Backyard Transforming a Lawn into a Landscape Lawns fill the American landscape. They are where we play, relax, and enjoy a personal piece of nature. But there's a price tag on the traditional carpet of grass.
Lawns reduce the habitat available to wildlife.
A gas-powered lawn mower pollutes as much in one hour as does a car in 350 miles of driving. The first step is to think about what you want from your lawn. Then think about what you would be comfortable changing. Either way, you can reduce the negative environmental impacts of the industrial lawn. Naturalizing The simplest change you can make is to naturalize your yard - let native plants take over as you withdraw chemicals and water.