Lawn / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

The pros & cons of lasagna gardening for growing food
Food production

Lasagna gardening: the pros & cons of a lasagna garden

...lawns. Also see our page on bee-friendly ground covers as an alternative to lawns, as providing habitat for bees is an essential part of food production to encourage polination.  A lasagna garden relies on recycled newspaper, cardboard, leaf materials, and traditional compost and soil material to achieve this, and it h...

“The perfect lawn” comes with a very heavy environmental cost!
Landscaping

Which are the best bee-friendly & eco-friendly alternatives to grass lawns in backyards?

...lawn Creeping Herbs, such as thyme and oregano Thyme makes a bee friendly, eco-friendly lawn alternative Japanese Sweet Flag Japanese Sweet Flag is a bright & eco-friendly lawn option  Buffalo Grass Buffalo Grass makes an eco friendly lawn Clover choose Clover for a lower maintenance lawn as well a...