Groundcover Revolution: How to use sustainable, low-maintenance, low-water groundcovers to replace your turf - 40 alternative choices for: - No Mowing [Paperback]

Tired of spending your weekends mowing, trimming, and edging? Then it’s time to say goodbye to your standard grass lawn and join theGroundcover Revolution!

Turns out you’re not alone in your desire toditch the lawnandreplace it with something prettier, more diverse, lower maintenance, welcoming to pollinators, and good for Earth’s climate health. Reducing the lawn is among the biggest trends in homeownership, with an endless stream of homeowners looking for an eco-friendly alternative to a traditional turfgrass lawn. In the last few years alone, over 23 million American adults converted part of their lawn to a natural landscape, and now they’re looking to do even more.

The biggest challenge to adopting this new ideal of the perfect lawn? Knowinghow and when to replace your turf, andwhich plants are the best ones for the job.Groundcover Revolutionis here with all the answers you need (and some you didn’t even know you needed!).

Those answers include:

• How replacing a lawn with groundcovers reduces resource consumption on a significant level
• Why groundcovers require far less long-term maintenance than turf after establishment
• The many additional benefits of groundcovers, including erosion control, a reduction in chemical usage, a boost in biodiversity, and mitigation of climate change as a carbon sink
• The ways groundcovers overcome challenges such as tree roots, compacted soils, poor drainage, and dense shade
• The step-by-step mechanics of how to get rid of your lawn, how to place and plant groundcovers from seeds, plugs, or transplants, and how to care for your new “quilted lawn” once it’s in place 

Also included are40 in-depth profiles of plants that are perfect choices for replacing a grass lawn. There are options for sun, for shade, for dry and wet sites, and for varioul“Ô