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Reduce Your Lawn Day Is May 20th
Reduce Your Lawn Day is a national call to action to inspire transformations that turn underutilized yard space into thriving ecosystems with simple planting projects. Because small changes, multiplied across thousands of yards, create a real impact.
Join us! Take the pledge and be part of a movement where collective action leads to lasting change.
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This New York garden turns heads with vibrant wildflowers
This New York front yard garden features Black Eyed Susans, Echinacea, Sulphur Cosmos, and more in a front yard garden
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From lawn to wildflowers: a Vermont yard transformation
This Vermont couple replaced over an acre of lawn with wildflowerse for blooms, more beauty, and more pollinators!
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4 Reasons To Reduce Your Lawn
Create Healthy Habitat
Traditional turfgrass is a dead zone for wildlife. Reducing your lawn rebuilds habitat for birds, butterflies, fireflies, and more.
Reduce Pollution
Less mowing means cleaner air, less noise, and fewer spills from gas equipment.
Remove Harmful Chemicals
Skip fertilizers and pesticides that harm waterways, soil, pollinators, and people.
Feel Better
Gardening reduces stress and boosts well-being—get outside and dig in!
10 Easy Planting Projects To Reduce Your Lawn
Reducing a turfgrass lawn is one of the easiest ways to make a yard better for pollinators, people, and the planet. Need inspiration? Try these:
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Remove grass along your driveway and plant an easy-to-grow wildflower border.
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Plant easy-to-grow perennials around your mailbox.
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Flip the strip with a low-growing mini-meadow.
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Add a flower bed of native flowers for a pollinator pit stop.
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Expand beds using groundcovers.
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Swap hard-to-trim edges for creeping groundcovers.
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Build a raised bed for a cut flower garden.
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Remove fence-line grass and sow wildflowers.
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Create a bird-friendly corner with native plants.
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Flank your walkway with blooms to boost curb appeal.
4 Ways To Support Reduce Your Lawn Day
- Share your photos on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or X with #ReduceYourLawn or #ReduceYourLawnDay. Or submit photos here.
- Join the Reduce Your Lawn Day Facebook Group.
- Tell your community—share this page with local groups, reps, Master Gardener & Extension programs.
- Download and print the Yard Sign or Poster.
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