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CANCELLED Urban Gardening: Native Lawn Alternatives

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Saturday, January 20, 2018

Location:
Main Library
449 Broadway
Lecture Hall
Cambridge

Neighborhood:
Mid-Cambridge

“Lawns are a soul-crushing timesuck...,” reads the headline of a recent article on washingtonpost.com. According to NASA, more surface area in the U.S. is covered by lawn than by any other single irrigated crop. Lawns are resource-heavy, requiring irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive in our climate. Learn some of the best, environmentally friendly lawn alternatives for urban gardens.

 

This class is part of our Urban Gardening Series a set of classes designed to help city dwellers grow healthy, sustainable, and beautiful urban gardens. Led by New England Wild Flower Society in partnership with the Cambridge Conservation Commission.