Breaking the Grass Ceiling (Part 1): Native Lawns and Low Growing Meadows

Start Date

04/08/2025

End Date

04/08/2025

Description

How do we create true native habitat that is compatible with an urban and suburban environment? This lecture focuses on meadow/lawn hybrids, and how they can be used to create natural areas that are also accessible for frequent human use. Dave will emphasize the use of both cool and warm season grasses as the foundational species, as well as the broad leaf perennials that can visually and ecologically complement them. Illustrated applications will range from native lawn on residential properties, to the open areas surrounding business plazas and shopping areas, to the fields and meadows of public parks.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Residential Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Hours

1.25

Learning Outcomes

Understand how native grasses compare to conventional turfgrasses and how they can be used in native lawns and natural landscapes.

Discuss the benefits and costs of changing from conventional turfgrasses to natives.

Learn how management practices, such as mowing, irrigation and chemicals affect native grasses, along with the development of natural communities.

Instructors

Dave Kaplow

Course Codes

Provider

New Directions in the American Landscape

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