Lawn Alternative Demonstration

Lawn Alternative Demonstration

We have a Lawn and Lawn Alternatives area in our Palo Alto Demonstration Garden waterwise area. It demos choices for lower water,  lower maintenance, and less fertilizer-using plants for home landscapes in three categories:
  1. Lawns, four types, with smooth, mowable surfaces for kids and pets to play on.
  2. Groundcovers, four types, that have a walkable, low-growing surface.
  3. High-growing meadow grasses, four types, for low foot traffic .



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