Grow More Mow Less

Enjoy hands-on guidance and tips for making gardening safe and enjoyable in this workshop from our friends at GroLeafy! 🌱

Focus:
🫛 Ongoing garden care routines (watering, mulching, observing plants)
🌿 Early problem spotting: wilting, yellowing, pests, or minor disease
🥕 Protecting plants from pests, animals, and environmental stress
🫛 Gentle, low-impact maintenance

Register for this class on our website at: waterfrontgardens.org/events

What's the big deal with planting natives?

Native plants are evolved to thrive in a specific region. They have adapted to work with pollinators in that area. Planting invasive or non-native plants threatens the ecological balance that evolved over time.

Learn more about the benefits of native plants and the impact on pollinators in the article below by the National Audubon Society:
https://www.audubon.org/content/why-native-plants-matter

Another way to grow more and mow less is to replace grass with an alternative groundcover! Groundcovers are low-growing and spreading plants that can act in place of grass in a lawn. These plants do not have to be mowed as frequently (or at all), which directly lowers personal emissions from lawn care, and gives you time back in your day.

Check out this article to learn more about the benefits of groundcovers: https://www.knps.org/the-many-benefits-of-groundcovers-in-a-garden/